The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-04-03

fNING, APRIL 3, 1877. Cori,,pr =.
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Tho Tragedy on The S pot wherY5 the
Mount;lin Meadows Massacre was
f. t'PerpetfetedJ!An 'Eye!WitiiesySiDo-
tScription 0fthe Sco,nne.n ..agu b,j,
o 'o From Aef lNcae T~1, lLeraldv,on a.,
lG Belorc'9 o'clock the sor1icrs, s,n~
der tho command of Eier,t. iPatters
son. had been Placed in wasybns' and
d:ivcn to the tscehe OF the !emigrhlft
'cs.mp where the cflmihal WAS to CYL
plate hiB clime:onSolne Of the Ls6i!
,daiiers woreposted'oh the"adj joining
hills toi'guafd ng&nstesuiprisc. :, The
'wago,Is. were :ihcanwhiic placba in.
linen tho 'monuhcnt and army
bl.;nkots fastenedo overio the wheels
Behind this screen tlio squaaqof
men who had'tbeenl appointed to
shoot aIac Were, stationbd.H o:Tlie
purpose of this eonceaImont of9 the
firing PARTY. Was to prevent tho men
composing it, from being seen by
pny ono" "fGeYe 1bHcihg Il 4 ffctaar fftajr TIT
some ofIthe nulhero,fs 'telttivciy; Of
Lee mightywrepk vsngeanceron the
lffnds otAis executiqners, tyt,..f I..y.
The P9!5 PH5a4r1s of ,WhicA' the lcQfIin
WAS ITO be formed were ncxt un-,
lpaaed'fforn the wiag 3nn,,l aha the citE-
,penters' Began to nail them together.
# was rough pine 'boH.1 WHiloliit
w4s being made. Lee Il sat, stiGsome,
Distance away iwith u Ms.lal Nelson,
in'eGtlyy Watching stli thc s scene around
hrtnlfo oivilihs Bsganto arrive lust
dEen, qtdJtlIose specially 'inritet ns
''yittesscs We're allowed Ito ..qouag,
Within the malitary. ary.Anelesufe...,-4ill
of the Others were allowed TO WITT,
nessthe proceedings from 'consid-
erabtc distance cast Of the ravine.
:IIee sat like uil III ntfhn9eh iineiar the
spot where he was to die, as cool
9nA collected das evafoo He obegani
WfitIpg an autegnsphI, I,iote in. ..the
taSlllsstl}}ctr attobtppeYs memyrandum,.
BOOK. ,!Theh :, lie ReScha ahged 1ai'fkGyw%e fkGw%e
words With tl(c kev:' MI! Stokos. ani
" AZ 1890 o'clock, the enfii;t;l!y| Were;
drawn uprintlinHitnhd eluser iDt,the
scene Of eXcoutiotS, Then the phot Jg, !,
,r,sphcr made Lis appearance on the
scene, Soon after this the p1isoner,
AROSE, and: holding the ain of Air.
Stokes, ana precuaeI by the MIR.
sha1 and district attorney, advanced
toward the little corral,Wagons. The
cofiii bad IbcGn, in3 t!iei meantime
placed aaoutt ttMant yriiycl .feett from \
&iie wasoos, .Itry!
'"qdeo " YGss IS, dl3eessed in ., gray, coat
audi li3ftr'SioWn ;Cycrcoat He
seated himself o. lie cvotlip as soon
as he arrived at it. As soon as he
'soated himself he looked around
ha4liedly thong g4 cobllN A few
moments were itllen occupied by the
photographer, ,who took'a }Icttlre of
the colidUmned im;tli an The grouped
hhS~fo spectatorhs1 Then tiie rfe>
portcrs We're invited i'toI p},prouel
and Marshal Nelson rRad the death
warrant, nDpWli9g, thee Al; lE;epJ1iimg Of tho
ddo>cpinepht the prisoner manifested
no emott4iepn, ana 0n its conclusion. llee
Was infoyyiMqfa4al f yyiMq rs tNhft he !a94lds thep
1tHA proceedc11T 11To to deliver Ills ran i;1 l.
dom speech His ,,vcice was very
Clear and lis manner self fl,ossesscd
maj kaDtS prIlisHi5hh, d,Sl ,ttNbf iinsbga
oft intGa' h,imid sfNeH. IyVhcnG he
! spoke o. BriBhatfln' Y9Hhng''s ti9aE
mfnt Of hin" "he, 92iibitsd fabe,ing.; -
T. ,'TAc speech Maoa, 1steS fsdus5ted
h the Rev MI? SStbkos9 To o9ffbl psEaayi
ieE, apd beth llm3elt beside, he;eofip
and ASKED 'that il 'he was an ipnoce9tJ
man as he professed TO be, Ills jh-, jiG,
noefpcY9 ntSfT z ,m2s sshhtthsif$teB hlaysT
ao1; 5S 9S5f at&paHsstSy a5 (}S pkorSgat bat
~itliOutyo assiHtanoe;9 . an3dt sltooKI
1iRands Iowitlr >r9MrO Sadto !, o Mar.
fshaltI NslsonyooRistrict oa Attorney
fHo@ardp and aaGi fehhvDShdrsot Phal
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