The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-05-10

here to suffer the extreme penalty of the
! will frst Introduce Wsghtuen &lieas'
.Amidsk a aiianne that waa eImost pair
ful, Wtghtman Allen, with, bla6ched
'fzse,s s.,c,ts. Ice aeiA vhnanevef eometh unto
me will in no wise cast out. I want all
my friends to take warning from my
presence here to-day. Get ready to meet
Christ. Keep your loot in-the path from,
earth to heaven. My friends, do not
think too much of your friends; this is
what brought me here. am here to be
crucifed like my Saviour. I-don's know
what am put here for. This thing will
! stare you in tho face when you don't ex-
pect It. May God have mercy on me-"
Jenkins Whitner next arose and said !:
81 thank God that I am able through
His mercy to stand bafore yGu. thank
God He has enabled me to fee from the
| wrath to come. Yoa may rejoice ut the
death of one poor servant, but all have 10
come to this. The tall, the wise, the
| rev'rent head must lie as low as ours.
Here's me; see me holding on 10 this
last solemn words. am innocent of this
this very object. I amt got the blood
OF any man on my hands. Thank God
| when lie down will have no blood on
ny hands. Lord blees us all, my friends
| that they may be able to realize their
true condition. God bless you all. God
loves all of you; He loves your souls.
| God is the ruler on high; He Is able to
save sinners. I can smile at my coffin
down there. God bless you all, white
! and colored. May God bless you. May
Gcd save you all. give my respects 70
Mr.. Jones and family. They have been
kind to us--kind TO us ell; and cay
here upon my last solemn tomb / believe
| my Redeemer won't charge il TO him.
Pm innocent of it. Remember these
words. Pray all Of you. Pray that God
| may save your souls; that you may be
| able TO fee from the wrath to come.
! Mcy God bless you all and aaye you in
His Kingdom" .e.'
| John Allen then spoke as follows:
"1'm here In the hands of Ny God. Pm
going to tell the truth. I've got to stand
before Gods Judgment bar. / was with
the party that killed Mr.. Allen. fred /;
l run but don't know whether hit or
not. thank God feel that am clear
Of that. Try to meet me in heaven.
I've tried to make my calling and cleo.
tion sure" AD
The Sheriff, assisted By Agr. Hughes,
then adjusted the ropes about the necks
of the unhappy convicts, bado them good
bye and descended from the gailows.
There was moment Of awful suspense,
and at q minutes past IL the drop fell
with dead thud, and the majesty of the
law was fearfully vindicated. The
Sheriff had taken the precaution to tack
bagging around tho lower part of the
gallows frame, so that the contortions OF
the hanged men could not be seen by the
multitude. Drs. Edwin Parker, Of this
place, o. p. Hawthorn, of Due West,
and ]. G.. johnson, of Lowndesyille,
acted as medical experts, and ut 8 min
utes 10 IL o'clock pronounced tho three
men dead, when they were cut down and
deposited in neatly stained coffins that
were in waiting by the scaffold. The
necks Of the two Aliens were completely
broken, and they died almost without q
struggle. Whitner lived for seventeen
minutes after the drop fell, and
died from asphykia, or straneulation.
Wightman Allen was 81 years old, about
s feet in height with snail BODY and
good looking face. He was formerly the
slave of James Allen, and was named
for Bishop Wightmanl Of the Methodist
Church. he was married end had three
Living children. He he'd always lived
in Lownd6sville. He had no education ;
could neither read nor write, but DOS.
sessed the average intelligence of 'hif
race. He claimed 20 the last that he was
not present at the shooting OF Allen
that ne was a1quaFtSF of o mile daistau;
from the scene Of the murder at the time
the shooting took place. It was at his
house that the conspirators assembled
both before and after the shooting, and
this, together with the fact that he had
taken an active part in raising the crowd
led to his execution. -,iYs ~
John Allen was brother to Wight.
man, and Was twenty.one years old. He
could read little, went to school TO O
colored man, Tom Heard. He had d
forbidding front ee2 an evil eye. He
was little over i've Yeet IN height, and
weighed perhaps one hundred and sixty
pounds. He confessed on his trial and
from tho guiiows that ne was present al
the murder of Allen and that he fired
upon him. n
Jenkins Whitner was about twenty.
four years old, and large, stout, heavily
built black fellow, with u pretty fail
countenance and rather pleasant man.
ners. he could read and write, and was
more intelligent than the masses of hii
people. He was born and raised in An.
derson County, aud was once owned by
Maxy Moorehesd, who lived three mile,
from AnderBon village. He came t.
Lowndesville year before last; and liseG
there until last December. He went
TO school to Mary Hicks Ct Anderson
ne was q lieutenant OF the sqtad that
murdered Alien. & ~
The Sheriff. conduct as the execution
was most admirablo-he behsved like &
man., and deserves the highest praise
The best order prevailed Throughout th,
entire day, and by fouf o'clock in thS
afternoon the town'was deserted. Wha
effect this execution syill have the futurs
alone can determine. i,t a,il2..glsi. !.l.
"A large establishment has beef
opened in st. Louis for dfy:ag eggs. 4
is in full operation, and hundreds O
thousands Of dozens ar0 going into its in.