, 1876-01-09

wright suffered death at the hands OF the COM
mon hnnsman n asonerent fer his crime. 1t is
unnecessary now TO recap1ta!ata the saocHin2
details which successive exhaustive inquiries
have revealed Respecting the crime ics
wh,ch this mau was punished. Il
il, therefore, sufficient to state tia:
nothing occuse ed since tho death sentence wAs
passed to induce tho authorities in the eLsheess
doeree to modify their opinion that Honry VAIN
wright was the mat derer o! the unhappy woman
Harriet Lime. His prutesta:tons OF innocence
when At the bar of jGstica we're as might na:u-
ura'ly be imaglued- unavaliag, Gor ':ate ths sub
tic coEcocrieEs subsequently addressed to the
uome Secretary more successful.
Wainwright retired on Mouday night at II
O'CLOCK. and slept we'll until c:c0 on tbs follow
ing morning. At that horr he had an interview
OF fifteen miisutea' dc1atioo with the Governor.
and he then expressed q wish to be left ID as
much privacF as was pog1ioie during the re-
u1a;nder OF .he time allotted him to live. He
d,l not at this uDc;ure either read 0: write, but
engaged in si!en: meditation Some time before
ho WAS led to execution. tho Chaplain visited aad
engaged w1;h nin in deyo iona' exercises.
Eyoa eo early as o'c.ocS, while it xas vet
dark, a crowd OF Individuals whose dress and
demeanor Indicated thar station in iife, had as
temb:ed outside the walls Of Newsatc. and ~
the niuule5 passed tho numbers swet!ed until.
1T O'Clock. an assembaEe Of many thousands
occupied tho space in flout Of the Prison. That
po,rou 0; tbs public Which had orders for nd.
Als69iOI ACIo aADHNA ~ SA4GA -tN"HA*0 ~ t.tt
O'Clock, where, passlna through tho various
corridors. they gathered III the ezecu-
t1on yard. This spuce. surrounded by tbs
grim walls OF thu prison, WAS d!rlde1 By q
oarrier into txo pats. In corner OF the in
ner cne 77as saati pen. house, Ii: BY a couols
At lamps, wh.cb thew . dim light ou tho white
beam, from which. on the suspeEdiag ioka a
new rope, about fees in length. hung trinity,
the no Sc 1cs:ing on hcos projecting from she
apparatus The spectators, nov numbering
some fifkv or sixty, hudd'cd acains: that part Of
the barrier opposite the scaGTo!d and l,efe tor
naIt al hour thy w.lted, mostly in s1lance.
From above, 3. intervals Of a fey seco1ds. the
chapel bell sounded, snile, in the intermittent
moments the fainter reslins OF dEtans church
bells passed softly overhead. 4 solitary In
spector OF Police 1assel up a:d down W. in
:he liGo OF demarkatiou. AMI few conslao!os
were stat oned IN a c3nseLf n. coruer. The
nTr1ghts supporting the crossbeam we're visible
tor q distance Of urout fess aboge the half
ea1lows-houss from. the outede gaze. but the
portion nearest the main wall Tas kept open.
At few minutes before the dismal clau@ OF
the priFon-betl was heard. and than. before tho
clock etrucG, It 1as q repetition Of chapas-beli.
distant church-beE, praon bel, ,-deep-toned.
soft-sored. ha sh-toae1- Tho spectators grew
more Quias 81 the hou- OF doom grow nearer.
the CRY came, All hat4 oty, and It tbs instant
the clock chiued o'clock. Every head vas
uncovered, and every eye stratned in
Ln6 QltGCL4oD Oh LuH QuGE rom WHICH
the prisoner was to proceed. Behind the
Chsp'a figure neatly, but plainly. dressed,
tho hair Of whose uncovered heaa was carefully
combed, AND whose hands wore tiehtly pinioued
behind, needed no one to ask the question, Who
is he?' for all knew that it was Henry VAIN
wright With conntenauce as composed as 1t
apy time during the soyeTal exau1ina t.onH-ln
fact less sxious looking than on the last few
days OF his II al-w:tl n lip firmly Bet, aud III
'nblaocled facs, soe calpz,t entered the place Of
lis doon. followed by the Governor Of Sewga.e.
the Sherifrs, the e1tcutionor Marwood. and
other officials. The Chap'aio. leaning agiinsE
the half doors before metioned. read passages
suitable for the occasion Aarwood conducted
Wainwright to tie Assigned epct. and the
Governor OF Nevgato placed himself almost IN
front of the prisoner, Hl,sio the Sheriff stood q
little aloof. Twice Wainwright iooand in the dl-
rection ct the spectators, but the c'ancos "ase
eWift!y taken, aud tbs expression had no mean
ing beyond a seeming ucgl1o 10 fnlEcou1pf she''d
the circumstances OF bis appalling slsoafioo.
Then 1larwood. = thin. spare man. OF sharp coan-
teuauce and delefsoined nou b, raaea the Hh1ta
cap, aud covered With it tho head Of hi, yictina
who, without the fnintest indication OF emotion,
submitted to the process. Deity unaooSng tho !
nooee tho esocas'ooer placsd it roaud War
wr1ght's neck, and. harinS oc:xaioa to slight |
II raise the wnlte covering, oae could !
SEQ beneath it the etil unchanged faco
of the unhappy man. It seemed that Ma!"ood
was Enee1 essE llng in adjusting th3 rope. Tor he
1uTQe3t d ~ tHleseu- A4t4 fotA7At "oA A0fN%A !
it seTeEal times bofose its position ploased h1n.
Al Length, however. he drew the r1nnlng koot |
taut and therearon immedis.eiy sithd'es ftom |
Tbs :mmogable fixuEe Eound which tor the lat |
minute OF so ho had been bdsied. He tsap- !
peared and theze was q Eo1n:nt OF profound |
stiIlaes3, 1Len-n c-ash-Nain1right aau. out |
OF seh., ami the tightly stretched rope tod its
own taIe. 4 profound stillnesH prevailed in the |
ya,d >: &ha instant. The officials gszed into the
daoth concealed from tho spectators; the latter |
reea 1ed nlg the strained AMI lsli2htIy-quigenng
roue, all wa.blo the nent-houae was silent, bat |
from without came the roar Of the busy London !
world quickening into uctiyisT uith tho 3D. |
vancine da7, and urg1og the spectators to tue |
immediate dispersal which followed. |
After hanging 40 hour the body was cut down |
md dul5 examined By Al1. Gibson. the prison
surgeon. Haylug pronounced 1t daaI. the rag t
resautatiyes OF the press we're requested to ad- |
jonra to what il called the B,ard room. An ln-
ques: ~as there he'd. md innedlatels after tue |
verdict wAs delivered tue bodT OF the wratched F!
man vas dlveeted OF the whole Of bis clothing,
in the presence Of Mr. Mppperson, the principal |
Wardes. ana the Governor. and tho co:tin sas !
flied up with quickl1ne, IN which the tour was |
completely enyaioped- The i4d wae thea Yc1ev-
ed down, and Henry Wainwright was
foreye. removed from mortal ewes.
1t Was buried in tho couree OF tho
afternoon in one OF tha gloomy pas-
sages OF the Jail b. the side OF the last coaylc.-
ed murderer, and In d TOW with the Flowery |
Land pirates AMI q number Of other crimlnx,s
who had imb1usd their hands in the blood OF |
their tellow-c1eztures. Tbs effect OF the auicx-
| ma anon rhe naked corpse II was s{ated 1ynnfd