The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-27

The Frenchmaa was found sitting in
large easy-chair in front Of the IRE. His
eountenance had upon It an unusually
lively expression. He pl1ytully called
his wife Marie to him, As he ehAtted with
the physician, and even made her sit
upon his lap, although such an e1eEtion
made him tremble ike leaf. Alter An
hours chat upon many matters, during
which the Frenchman never appeared
mentally clearer, or more 10 an adyant-
age, he suddenly checked the talk by
saying: "My time has come. VIII you
please help me TO the bedy'
The physician FASTENED to his aid, and
gently led the man to the bed. The dying
man placed himself squarely upon II
looking straight before him As he called
his wife to him.
Coed bye, doctor; | shall be of IN 4
moment said he, in a strong, clear voice,
as he took his little wife IL his arms.
"Poor little Marie added he, in cheer
/ ial voice. Il do believe you are crying.
| You are young and pretty, You will ind
some one to care for you when your old
man i gone
Here be took his wife's face between
I his two trembling hands and kissed her
repeatedly.
Then he murmured "adieu," and quick.
| ly "ag reror,' as he gave her final
kiss.
At once he became rigid, and eIclaim'
ed in loud voice, Stand back, All = Nv
father before me, at Waterloo, died with
his face to the enemy, |, too, will face the
great enemy, Death
He raised his head boldly and looked
straight ahead, with the buOyant look OF
man who knows not fear and with this
noble look Of courage upon his face he
passed away.
As class, the physicians think that
people Of culture meet death more firmly
| than the illiterate ones. Those Of higher
minds have invariably cauVassed the sub
iect OF death, and il never comes 10 them
with all the terrors that it does to people
Of lower grade Of intellect. The e1ceP'
tions TO this are the cases OF brutes exc
cuted for the commission Of some crime,
The majority Of these die calmly, but it
/. the excitement OF the situation and
the presence OF many spectators that
keeps them up. II is also secret prac'
tice in most penilentiaries to furnish
prisoners who are 10 be hung with an in
ordinate quantity Of Etimulants, 80 that
they are rarely il ever in a normal condi.
ton when they stand face to face on the
scatEOld. Execute men in secret, without
any spectators beyond the necessary Off
cials or sickening details published in
the newspapers, and executions would
have terror for criminals that would
more than double what they have now.
Charge battery in daylight and not q
man falters. Charge in the blackness Of
night and fully one.halt skulk at the first
opportunity. 1t is the sense Of glory in
maintaining a semblence Of bravery that
\ keeps up the criminal when he has a
crowd at his feet and a person at each ell
bow to boost him at once into heavenly
paradise.
was present some years ago at the eG'
ecution Of Barney Williams in this dis.
trict. He was an illiterate man, who had
committed one Of the most AtIociOus Of
possible murders. In his cell, preceding
the moment that he was led out to eTecu.
ton, there was one Of the most distressing
Of imaginable scenes. His wife was adj.
mitted to say farewell to him. She was
a very strong woman, regular Amazon.
In the transports Of her grief she seized
upon her husband, heavy man, weigh.
ing upward Of l7j pounds, and ran all
around the cell, crying ont in a Wild
wailing voice, that made ones blood
curdle With sheer dread. II ever there
was scene that could have completely
unnamed man that was the one Of all
others. Yet Barney Williams walked out
Of his cell az calm and collected as II he
we're going to a dinner instead Of bis
grave. never understood this mans
nonchalance until ! aiterward learned
that he was filled to the bFim with whisky
and camphor, until he had lost the real
izing sense Of the situation entirely. lie
was too drunk to talk even, and 80 passed
over the border.