, 1876-01-22

&C 60 u Kept IN custody At Marion to bs ussi u
states "itnoss agalnBt thoss arreaked.
Grain waa removed from Afurphysboro 10 Ms
ron 0et: la aud pacel IN tho County Js,l tharo.
before Judge II. G. Crawford for sLootin; viii
IAN spsnco. To this chAigo he p!oad gully aud
On tile following dsr was
eESTEhcED TO Br HUNG
On J9n; u: 1876. hftor his conviction md asn-
tenet. ho devoted biz life 10 nuus,oaa achieve.
ments. ono being to escape, and ono to join thu
Inrseaao or Campbelto fa:sh. His conduct Ia
p1!son % wan very good until Dec. a, when 10
.a.de hIs second attempt 70 escapo, BY cutting
thfsoogn fs tho top Of hls cell and tho roof OF tho
jail. His absence wAs discovered, and ho waa
caught u wGFk s*uing aud oafe,y lodged In bis
COW, elnce "hen le has been ironed aud closely
cd to tsko tho HE OF Sam 3lnAc, who il
confined IN acet 1ust opposite. lie asked lho
Jailer to tell Muni TO stop to the wludov, when
Grain commonsod pick4na u = cartridge he pos
scHaed. Luckily, however, the picking waa noh
sufficient to e1p:oio .he cartridge. OF likely
en- ugh he would layo aided anothor victim 10
his strlng. which ia NOW eYen
MI, TOO HonnisLE 70 co:trE,tr1sTx
dIae1ont he fols to Eiiins fsoW.crastas". sa no.
tlo"ed him 70 DO tbs villain ho WAS. HIS hands
led with tho Llood OF fellov-Eeugs. convicted ot
q horrible crime, h's DAYS numbetti, already Tho
work begun on lis sca1oid, aud his dea:h-1ar.
Knowing It uaa to be killed. He pattoos Of every
meal offered him With zeal thai would do credit
10 ~ ipnocent aud healthy mat. uc was II years.
weighed l2o pounds. light complexion, light
c.cH, liRh. sltaight hair was slender and straight
tullt. aud about feet inches high.
LEGAL PREPARATION AND AuRBIp ANTICIPATION,
~ early a. : O'Clock tnls .uornlug 1t least 900
stranger. were assembled in alaraou. AT II
around The jail. Craiu reased good from daTk
last night until 3 o'clock this morning, and
ate Hearty bEcakfast about O'Clock. ue
wiited consiueraht! from tllen. lie was Ia cou.
Ing. lilo wnH d.. .o>scd ut II o'clock in wht4
euis md baptltinal suit over tha;,
LAST MOMENTS.
uo took leave OF his 1,fe and brother ut 1910,
hnd walkcd to tho window. where lo addressed,
In a clear And audible voice, oyur 1000 peopie.
ea.1Lg:
Euu.t mako statement In regard 10 this natter
Ire! my duty to God spd man 10 do guilty
aud my punishment il Just. aope iii witi f,rsiyc
me. Pray God to guiue and prosper shls country.
lie then read poem composed By himself for
tho occasion. When through no walked to tho
is''?; s >pfaa fa oes '" Of ''esSy sup: : .oes aes
and tho Ho,. j: l. nodm4u. ''Tn; were
attending nipiators. Gee spoke Of tho solennity
OF the occasion, and read saveia, Scr.rtural
Lasssse:; L1n. The aymn. There 10 2 fountain
CAP was placed on Ess hcad 1t 1852 mhen Deputy
Sheriff Eddi,gton told Grain ho possessed lis
dcRth-1asrant. At 1854 Tho rope WAS put
around his mock and the cap pulled down over
Ills cycH. 11e uaa then askod il be had anything
TO sav. no replied: IL On tho murderer
Of William speuce." Hero ho paused,
but p1csontly resumed. "and George
". sisucY. TINT IL eli I havo 10 sty," WlGn
asked if In vore teady'so receive execution. ha
tsid, AYES" Tho ucpnty Sheriff then told
him he had five miuutch 5cI; ,E.ut Grain na,d that
was al. aud a. l2:56 Drltc .lland severed the
lopo ehlch held tho trap, l14a MssahaIi Csaln
hung
HETwKEH nEAvES ASn EARTH.
cxpat!nE for Ills bloody crime. Tho body jerh
cd somr, but otlltrwiae tho struggles sorn moi
noticeable. At l:f5 tho pulse was beating as 20;
at 1:1B thero mRs no pu!sAtion; At 1:10 pnlsas!cu
was again pe4coptibIs; 1t 1:3 pu!eAtior
ceased. and lfe was pronounced extinct bJ Dss
Nundy enl o'lIa:A. After hsnxlpg for thirty
minutes tho body WAS cut down aud tho neck
examined. aud found to be dblocated. 1Ao fAca
to tls street IN front Of Tho Jail aud tho multi
tudo allowed to look At tho fomAus. Tho bod,
wAs glvon To hts brother, Warron Cla,n, VIII
started for homo with it II s o'clock. 1ht
croHd was vety peacesble, displaying no desirA
to create \ disturbance.
PECULIARLY LOCAL.
He was born. ratAcd, educated, married, corot
mitted lin crince, Ard Wan executed within
radius Of 10 miles. Nom that tho DuIlipar sid<
arc moht1J al brought to Justice, Ill That 70.
uaaino TO make tbs county poaceabls 10 Tho saun<
10 tue Henderson sidb, which It Ia thought will
shortly follow: learn that ous OF tbsm IL
few daya II not already captured.