Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-02-14

days before he left for tho army, never said
a word from tho time ,ltis sontence was an,
noupoed.E His lips wero drawn,tight aoross
his mouth, andIhis hands clasped in front
Of him, He;neycr spoke q word, Ross ID
said to haya hcdp Tho fly sfrneSt then all
Ho said:4 Boys, if any of You escape, tel,
them. ]! died for my tcountry;tthatI died like
a man, land do not regret. it.",ru Robinson,
50 i'll that he could hardly speak, Gnd could
not stand, had to be carried from the rooms
Only about threo minutes was consumed in
tho preparations. Tho men woro then
oarriod through the front dooraand placed
id All opon 'oaft. The cart wasisurrounded
by d heavy force of oavalry,y aud an. inn.
menso' throng Of sight seers accompanied it,
I W TfiE' 'dALLows soEND. looi ,iip'
is Tho place selected for then hanging WAS
within the city limits. 'Auli enormous
seaffold was erected, it being notably low
|,ope. The scbffod was furnished with a
trap door, which, sank from beneath the
feet of the men atthe springing of a trigger
Aftor tho men had ascended the plank,
and the nooses had. deem adjusted, Goo.
Wilson askcl TO be allowed to, mako n state
meut. Permission was granted him, and,
standing there, 10 tho shadow of violeut
death, with The fatal rope about his neck
choking his goicq. down, he madea speech
that went to TIE heart Of every man that
heard it. He sp1kc without a trscmor, ana
with cai,ni and.d distinct utictance He sdid
it was not iisaie part Of bravo men to mqtn,ur
at death ,@hcu they 'wsro' Brought faee to
faoe with>:t aus that hS had nothing to say
,asainspStra 1ecEss Of ths court that had
brousier taim to the scsaod Hc deoreed,
/ |hoy6mp.f ip,the name of bis comrades aud
iY YSena:aMet OFF, jns,iqe, tho manneri Of the
dtx.h to which they had been brought 1t
/ Pas not suph q, death as soldiers deserved.
lie said that he aud his comrsdes had beep
moved by nothiug.but an honest aud patri-
otio love ofrtbs niop. He deplorsd 'the
wiokedocss of tho Southern leadefs'' who
had "misled and deiudcd the peoplo iuto
making an unho!y aud. hopeless var" lie
dwelt with7great enthusiasm, ~ upon.the cause
Of the Uniohy and predicted thatin &short
time tho star spShg'cd bannor would wave
over the very spot on which this nscaffold
then stood Ilethen dloscd his speech, and
snGcpnccd that he and his friends were
ready. His comrades listencd' atteGtivcly
to his words, turning sol' thstothey might
face him. They seemed to be very much
moved. Robinson was ad exception, as he
| was very i'll with a.feyer.~>
sAftoeWiison bud q concluded, g tho trap
vas sprung, it is believed by the Sheriff oil
tho county. The trigger wus concealed,
and isWss udtida6aitely .aa,pan Whip topulred
iteo,khe, meg 'fell ajmult4peepsly, and, the
crowd ayortod' tjheir fapo for an instant.
When thoYlooked vt the soaffold again only
FIVE G9en were haagiug. Savens and Canp.
boil, who wero worry large men, had broken
| tho ropes and fallen upon the ground. They
were writhing there in great agony, imlt
strangled, aud the moose still pressing about
their neoks., The crowd made a rush toward
the PROSTATE men, The Lieutenant il
charge of the hanging dscw his sword and
standing over the men, drove the crowd
back. The ropo was speedily Ioospd from tho
nocks OF the victims, and they were assisted
into sitting posture. They recovered thei,
senses in q moment, and both begged 70?
drink of water. This WIS giyon them, anc
revived them worry much. The ropes werc
then rcadjusted and tho two men were
made to rcasocnd tho scaffold Their com
rades were corpscs. The trap was set again
and the fatal trigger was touched onco more
Tho men fell with n dull, heavy thud
Campbcl's neck being apparently broker
| by the fall. Slayeos, however, was JuomeJ
to still further torture. His immense
Weight and size wero such that lis feet
touched thpground Q Hisconvulsiona were
| terrible. His feet would touch the srounl
and rclie2e the stranguation. aud then his
conyulsions would resew it. At once q
byatander seized shovel pushed the
ground from under .Slapens' feet, aua the
l.bIaye mans suffsrinas were soon at an end
The bodies were buried near the scailoli
OF the remaining prisoners mono WAS
hanged. By.a most daring sally from their
prison, eight If the meh escaped. They
seized the inside guard of the prison,
gagged him, took his keys, opened the front
door, oycrpowcrcd the sentint!s, nnd wrcsic1
their arms from them, and after terrible
hund-to-hand combat, fought their way
through the yard, and succeeded in pushing
through to the Federal lines, which we're
now quite near to them. These men were
~. w. Brown, Wm. Knight j r Porter,
Mark Wood, J. A. ilson, NJ. q. llawkos
8. A. Dorsey aud John WalIam, all of Ohio
Their comrades attempted to escape with
them, but were all wounded or driven back
before they could get beyond the yard
These men, j. Parrott, Robert Bnffum
Wm. l}cnsiugcr, Wm. Red6ick, II. H..
Mason and Wm. Pitlenger, all of Ohio,
were kept in prison for several months, and
exchanged in March. The, Unitcd States
Government gavo very han1some medals to
the survivors of this terrible raid, aud pro-
vidcd for the families Of those who were
killed. The first medal was given to Jacob
Parrot, nero boy, who is said to have