Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-12

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tk Dooaed NOVA Qssck Death
A special dispatch 10 the Baliimors a,a
rom Snow Hin, Worcester c,unty, Mar
and, August II, saye-Jenktns Shovel.
olored, Vas hanged to-day st me Worcester
, lmshouse grounds, for committing outrage
: pom Margaret Purpel, colored, agca 80
, ears, and Mn. sally Mary Handler. young
married white woman, Novemoer g. iSA
rue history Of the horrible crimes were given
The condemned man passed q restless
night. occupied chiefly In singing and pray
Ing; His orssaf.s. .s. 1877. very ,,sh,, and be
adviser, Samuel q. watsrs, Of the Colored
N. Il. chrrch. calmed him ~ much 90 pos
sible, and by ten O'Clock he was already for
conversion and 10 being ready tor death.
The sounds OF the prisoners singing. accom-.
panied by the clinking OF his irons, we're
IN the S ssra ,oe prison on mSra n E :,
farewell.
BY II O'Clock Snow Inn was FUN OF people,
s $40 t ~ eaecnt ton srounds prssensed the
Iolo ss me central ooject Or carts loaded
down with whole families contributed To
sostod rss ,n 20 ss sns .cens prsssn,ed The
IN the midst OF q thick pine grove, the larger
trees OF which were fuu OF men as thick a.
blactoirds. IL is estimated that fully 2,ooo
people were present At 4 O'CLOCK, when the
execution was set 10 take place a large pro-
portion OF them women, including an many
whites rs blacks. A number OF the whites
were very young girls. Daring the forenc d
AZ raiped heavily, when the or carts were
tilted and the occupants cot under them for
shelter. Before noon, however, 10 cleared OF
beautifully, and the woods looked fresh and
green.
The condemned man, robei In black, which
came down 10 his feet, which were encased
In carpet slippers, was brought from the jail
were Iibioned with q white cord, aud he was
escorted by guard OF nfteen men, armed
with shot guns. De was assisted into q
Waters. As he appeared at the prison door
he shouted: cali right, I'm going home { ,
go 70 glory" He continuously shouted these
Wei, %oras Tor three miles oa The road 70 the GAL
very orderly indeed.
At i've minutes TO one O'Clock Shovel,
assisted by the colored minister, asceudet
the scsfiold. Perfect quiet prevailed among
the large concourse OF people. who had come
from ali parts of the country % witness tue
and his deputy, L. j. Pruitt, Also sscended
with the prisoner. Charles johnson aud two
other colored men 10 whom the prisoner
platform and eSchsnsed q few words Win afs
him. The prisoner then advanced 20 the
front OF the ecaffold and said
81 hope that noue who are before me viii
come 10 the end as me. 4 hope you will al,
both whites and blacks, take warning AID
turn 10 the saviour OF men. IL he has par
doned me He will pardon you. am going
sin or sorrow. i hope You will meet me in
Heaven. God bless you. I was converter
on the last THURSDAY night and the last Fri RI
day morning Of my NE. got on my knees
He has done 90. What do i want 10 stay
here fort What has the world ever done for
me? have home % which am going far
better than any home on earth. will shout.
said would shout when got here
The doomed man, as he said this, Jumped
up number OF times and shouted as loudly
from previous shouting. His delivery and
pronunciation OF the words OF his speech
were very good and his manner very calm
for enc apparently under the highest state OF
Rev. Theo. A. II. O'Brien, OF the NJ. Il.
cnurcn, was then Invited mp oy the sheriff,
and ma made q lengthy prayer for the soul OF
Great God, In this our DOOM" was sung by
the ministers and colored men on the soar
fold. At LIS O'Clock the sheriff adjusted the
moose firmly, put on the black cap, the scaf-
fold was vacated, and at ILL p. m. precisely
Sheriff Fooks cut with one stroke OF the
Ratchet the cord which held the trap and
the work was done. Tue moose slipped 90
was about Is feet high; the drop was about
* feet. All the machinery OF the execution
worked well, and the sheriff, though IL was
bis nrst performance, did his duty with
calmness and great success. In three min
utes Showell ceased his struggles, which
were n no tine very violent. In IS minutes
bis heart ceased 70 beat, and Ia Is minutes
the corpse was cut down, when IL was found
bis neck had been broken. He died very
easily. The surgeons In attendance were
DIS Paul Jones and +. Marshall. Tue body
was placed In . coffin and buried on the
almsboose property, where the execution
bad taken place. Among the persons wit
Messing the execution was Mr.. Mex. Halle.
way, father OF one OF the victims OF Snow
ellis lust