Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-27
Borrible Scene on n seuffoid.

show cause Why he should not De rem >Veu from
the bar.
Horrible Scene Oh II ScnffOid.
Under the Geographic head in yesterdays
Gazette was published an account of the shock
ing hanging at Worcester, Mass The follow.
Ing are the further particulars
Samuel j. Frost was cxecu cd ,hi, moru-
ing, 10 Worcester, Mass, for the murder
Of his wilc's brother, Franklin =. ToWne. July
i, 1875, in the barn on the farm owned by
Townc. Frost has stoutly maintained all along
that he killed Towne in self d'frnse, and to-
| day, in an interview, said, II declare TO all
men that | die innocent Of wlItul murder.
! He has been apparently indifferent to ms fate,
/ refusing all counsel or advise untll within abou;
Two weeks; mas refused to be visited by Il clergy
man. Since that time he has been Wis
tied By G.. NJ L1uson but has shown no prnI-
tcnc., and has been disposed TO talk upon sub
iocts cntirrIy foreign to the matter which
his spiritual adviser was trying to impress
upon his mind. Politics has been his princi
pal theme and checkers lis amusement. Frost
slept vel last night. This morunc he COVERS
ed on Indifferent subjects, and said chccrlulIy.
81 am the hnppiest man in the prison this
III rning" a. the hour OF his rcath drew
near, he was calm and determined, and walked
unasSisled to The scatfold. lie made no re-
marks.
"As the drop fell the first thrill of shudlrr
had not run through the spectators when the
body was seen spinning at the end of the rope
almost hcadlcss, fearful tarc extending over
| the trout OF the throat, and the blood gushing
out 10 streams. The blood, forced upward
| by the arterial movements spurtcd tOun-
tao like upward from one or wv feet, the
stream falling to the floor in circle round
the hanging body. This circle extended
even to the frame w.,!k of the ga'lows. which
was in many places sprlnkled with blood. The
blood poured from the wound down The front
| Of the body and trcklcd from the feet, form
ing pool directly beneath the body. For some
TWO minutes the arterial gushngs OF blood Con
tnued, and the slow dripping of the blood from
the body continued longer. The knot OF the
rope had been paced behind FIost's left ear,
almost around to the centre of the neck. The
drop was enough not only TO break his neck
but to sever the spinal column entirely, leaving
the body hanging By the iutcgumcnIs OF the
| rear portion only.
The Color LINE-At the General Confer
encc Of the NJ. E Church, in Baltimore, YES
tcrday, the Committee Oh the State of the
Church presented two reports, a maj ,rty an |
minority report, on the color liuc question.
After the usual preamble, the maj rity re.
port recommended that there should be no iii.
vision of any Annual Conference in the South
crn work of the Church, and that there shouts
be no division Of such Conference, unless 1t
would appear that the interests Of the work
would be promoted by such division.
Rev. w. l.. Muir (coored) moved the adop
ton of the report.
% motion of Rev. J. NJ. Valdez, the mi
Dorty report was next read, which rec N mend
ed that 20 new Anpual Conferences should be
organized, or new conference lines established,
because Of any difference existing batween per
sQrs of African and Aug Saxon origin, and
that the Committee on Boundaries be so iD-
structed.
The reports we're made the special order for
| to-day.
The BLACK HILLS. Sherman has
| autographed to Gen. Sheridan that he has just
been to the President with Governor Thaycr.
| After reading the papers, and some discussion,
| the President said that the people who had
| gone to the Black Hills OF Dac,tah, Inside the
| Sioux reservation, or who may hereafter go
there, are there wrongtully, and that they
! should be notified of the Tact; but the Govern
| meut is engaged in certain measures that will
probably result 10 opening up that country to
occupation and settlement. Meantime the In.
| dams should not be allowed to scalp and kill
| anyb ,dy, and you are authorized to afford pro-
| lection to all persons who are coming away, or
who are conveying food and stores TO those al
ready there. | understand that arrangements
are now in progress with Red Cloud and Spot
| tod Tail onI m the
Indians should be kept near their agencies. II
satisfactory arrangements are not concluded
then new orders will be made as to the whites
who have iutruded on this Sioux reservation.
EXCITEMENT AT CULPEpER COURT House
In its account of the elecIol in that town last
Thursday, the Culpeper Observer says: -.
"The excitement was very great most all
day, so many brains having been hrcd UP by
the vile, cheap whiskcy wch was dealt out to
voters. In tie Afternoon difficulty occurred
between A. II. Lewis and Wm. Llghtfoot
coIored man, 10 which the latter received Two
severe cuts. At the sight of blood the large.
crowd Of negroes congregated at the polls be
came somewhat infull ted, some drawing pls'
tolls and rushiog toward levi ',cwlth oahs and
threats. They Were kept back, and Lewis was
taken TO ial by the Sergeant, the negroes i0l
wing, swearing they would mob him. They
were advised by many Of the leading cllz' Us
IN dispersc, a. l. wis was 10 the hands OF the
law. and they could not take HIM out. The
Mavor appointed number of armed men to
guard IN, jul durlng he night. The negroes
uuietcd down, and no more trouble is expect
cd as the law will take the matter 10 Land. .
A new prstnffice is established at oIlcott
Spring, Loudouu equity, Va, near Lincoln,