Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1875-04-03
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Yesterday Wm. AUDI the murderer Of
,ad-o, HITLER Ghoison, waa hung. The crowd
10 - ".a '.slush sa weeks ago was snail
I'd, ,nd|l compared h to that Of yesterday. Early in
,soyil sthel morning our streets were lined with
~ 'fh"people' white ahd black, who seemed eager
rne ill.,, "to Tie cdiprit Aud pay III. penalty of
s.d9no7 his, crime. The day was ceudy and rainy,
I'd, bnn bukdeapite This unplpasanness, men, women
Ra Iiin land children commenced early to take their
s"' ~" PLACES near the eao9s which they held
- until the rope was cut and the body Of
ad' yi.Auld pronounced dead.
sG'i' hcgallon's'w erected South East of the
{, -, o1d Iail, and was about twelve feet high and
n., - Peycn, feet long, Tie ncighborng treas,
H"t ,!fences, and ahed tops were oil crowded
,,'r"l q With anxious spectators The Sheriff had
,,u,,, 10 Ye1s 's9ube in keeping the crowd from
7sd,i, near the galloYs. Indeed if il had not been
Fitii 'fs the precaution he took faskng the Col
~ =" 9fief 0f oiir militia for, guard of forty
,na M u, men, Who entered the Jail yard with fixed
-w oinbayonets, it would have been impossiblc for
,rlds.1othim toiuve nlnintnincds order. We noticed
~ bsaHat inalshals q IN. .land J. u. Wolfe and
ts p' Il Fi 81 iMitehsll did .sir duty faithfully, and
,oy,ao sue9esdcd rcmetkahly well in quieting
nua bodlof, two ,w.o (scemed determined to make
'I naia ~ duarA under the direction of Sheriff
yno edt Gain, made the crowd form hollow square,
e'o1" s'!v which ithdrev every one to distance of
,ap''ln % y the gallows. This posi-
d,Iv II siipn we're compelled to keep
Ioit ;ialHti eaae execution, when they
II .; .,9n1 littlenearer. I,
y sf,utes before Auld was
a 8li' a,oasn was placed along long
~ 'as lows eesyhich xpute spectator
'qln2s a.rved,o remind sfk Assavd tist,he sceHa
l l 81 5l sas Esh Eas tS fa foqd heart
one; s; IS
sl' issn
taitss i yards
rs: sysnty Ys II pia,lies s er r
aettled callanen mud Ill a rsspecl T. he l6als:f
ed as one whose mind had been thoroughly
t.s!n.,i .lppaade Up todie. sFFYi 49, g,
.,iiV IS After minutes to I o'clock he Was led to
1pn 81" the Slows accompaniedly the sheriff and
the ministers mentioned absyc. IIc walked
n.sl- / up tho ladder to the board which was to be
D>:,pn cut from under him with apparent GOODNESS
eo'i,iraahd stood by the side Of the exscutioner.
CO. 49,, =. shsi Gain here addressed tile crowd
slf ssad asked iha. aienco be maintained willie
eons1 4 he read the sentence, the Court. AT the
'ii yonelasIdr Of ssntenco where the word,
% ' and Lord Eli mercy mercy, on lis soul,
40 ro lApld exclaimed, ju,taqer the Sheriff had
sGn ',aniahed, 'tqodGraht itr' The respite giy-
), y.:yen ffbm tho 10Th III Aarcl. to the end inst
was them read, aae, which the Sheriff asked
blo d; the prisoner If hc had anything 10 say. lie
replied in the affirmative and said in Sub
'"'-1 ,stdhes:'
"sfy friend., I am sorry that have
pdl brought this County to this disgrace, and all
90 myselfto this end. and hope that it will
lI," be warning to NIL thos. Who age not. here.
4 ~ i'll an, not glad that am Jrough, here 10
-n,u, na4s this warning, but hope by it that you
y Nss b .ss5s: TO obey tho laws Of the coun-
~ III dry snd more especially the laws Of God.
While man Lives out Of Gods law, his