The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-09-30

The Historical Prison Of Lon.
dOm--Whal Grace GreenW God
saw There.

In one Of The cells ve found an iu-
telligent looking man engaged In this
unccngenial work, and were after
ward told tina, be was barrisseF who
had been convicted Of perjury. II
ell the gentlemen who perjure them
selves in our courts, aud In Congres
siunsl Investigations, and revenue
/ returns should be convicted and set
to picking oakum, the world would
be embarrassed hy great American
Fnonopoly-a mighty .scornef IN
rope ends. We were shut - one
! interminsble minute in the dars cell,
! were shown the stocks in which re-
fractorF prisoners sre fas'enel and
/ logged, the chair, in the sonbre H.
/ tie chapel, in which TIE condemned
murderer sits 10 he2F bis LAST sermon,
and the eel in which be spends ths
i lsst night before execution. We
were next taken into small spsrt-
merit near the scAEol3, wheFe in
! dsrG and iresstQl closet. or aFFaory
OF iastice. sre kept the irons. hand
cuts. cords. ard piuioas. snong
them are the vertzble irons esp-ci-
sis prepared Tor Jsek Sheppard
weighing more than twenty-five
pounds. In this room he condemned
j prepared for execution. Here he
true metal O. tie nan : shown. He
is going br bat few steps 70 quiet
speedy and almost m witnessed death.
There is DO incentive 20 brzvado or
DO mob 10 be noyei br such poor
arts o such admiration g errai&t'1B
only Two CT three coal. stern ot.
seials and the faithful Chaplain. wbo
already knows him vel. and psties
the sinner without pasllstlng me 80.
The brate courage q so0e great ruf-
fans utterly gre wsv here. Nj
lsay ago. q nost BLOODY 81 ism grew
20 faint With fesr that hi limits gave
war under him. He had n BE- car
ri-d In . chair to the scaHolJ, half IN
conscious. and % placid upon The drop
and so went down, char and all
TIE arrangements for hanging sfe -
humane IS Christianity snl the "a
ture Of tie fact will Rlnit, The
frame d The gsIlos-lf il 50 bs call
-l-is strong enough t. support an
OK, and the breaking 81 the rope il
quite oai Of the question. The ap-
partner, IS small. and while bull out
from The yery heart Ct The Jail, i e.
.eeto ally pro,ec.ed from ali obserTa
tioa-s kerrst horror and : mystery
ta tie prisoners themselves The
warden assured . hat these strictly
private executions, simply, speedy.
as3 bus5ness-E.e. we're asvIBg
good noTs3 aIeet-1F, - aess. avoid
ing Tie immoral eEscts q the execu-
.4aas q Sd TINES. vtau It's murderer
o. highwaEEaan, s1arr5v rode to "
burn In :rsunphal car q crime. all
nsaieuce and brsvsio; or when from
. high sesHol1 in front 81 Newgate,
ze made bis sensational last speech
. ; sargiag crowd Of men women
mi children, AMI dies game" amid
helF bowls and huzzz.. One such
execution sss The father oi many /
indeed, was 10 itself q satunaiia Of
aa an3 wseEedness. When viii our
1Eas1a authorities make sueh -Jspen
.ofy arrangements. fer decencys and
aunauitys sake. that the breaking
if the rope and the thrice hanging Of .
he po9r wretch shall no. be the rllp {
n chr execution: When vii gaey
ease h defy mortality and to essde
he law by making ''prjsate e2eea.
ions, 50 called. semi-pHDlic, shows;
by hundreds adm tied BIZ
tickets and ~ as many outsiders a.
can be packed on the 'ha4setaps Of .
the neighf1rhooi.
A more dreadful place than the
scafJli vas To me certain aide,
dim corridor, beneath whose dark
aagstnnas noted murlerer- ha~@ been
barred lor many years past. On the
'gall their initials are rujety carved.
Quicslime is al once thrown On the
l8cothuea bodies, 50 there j. little Of
The dishoaorei dos for the purturbaI
spin, II h1vcT about and "ms:eFal-
.ze' from at the hour when church.
yards ya.n ard the graves giTe up
their dead Yc; I shud3ered with
the fancy that the place mast he
haunted hy : fearful company ~
ghosts stalking, STEALING, crogrhsng
about, each one alone with the ghost
7t his or her oH.n crime hs assassin
with his air draws dagger. taN foet-
pad with nis phantom club. the uris-
aneF with TER specrrsi cap. The gaian-
tie DE- bearing in her arms lt'l=
white bundle thst walls ami sh4l-
3ers, and will MT lie, dough SEE
wind it ever 20 ttgh' 10 her mantle.
the wife tnIrderefs win ne g1sst5r
hale n! hls v5rttm ig.a1az am
: - y STEP ~.th her plea Y rss1,
AMI pltaoIs, agf sI5 eyes.