Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-11-14
WINSTON n c.. THURSDAY NOVEMBER Ia, 1873.
Sharpe drew back and cried,
sGreat God. it is he
They were bis last words.

Sharpe drew back and cried, |
Great God, it is he
They were his last words.
Beauchamp plunged his dagger
deep into his heart. The blood
spnrted upon the walls and dabbled
the floor. Die was all Beauchamp
said. And he died.
The hue and cry was soon raised
The assassin was followed by an
eager crowd of pursuers. Captured,
arrested, he was brought back and
tried. He was convicted, he was
sentenced TO be executed. His wife
remained with him to tho last. She
made no attempt at concealing the
fact that she instigated and urged
on the assas sination. She gloried In
it, and secuted at the threats OF IN
dieting her as accessory before the
fact. The night before the e7eca
ton she procured an ounce vial of
laudanum and persuaded Eer hus
band to cheat the galiows If he
could. The laudanam was divided.
She swallowed one-half. He took
his portion. Then they knelt and
prayed. They sang FOR joy; they
) shouted that their sins had been
: forgiven, and in q delirium of &c
stacy reused tho other inmates Of
/ the prison. The poison Gid not
work. She swore that she would
/ starve herself to death, die with her
husband, aud be buried in the same
coffin.
t June 5, 1926, was a great day in
/ Frankfort. The city was thronged
to SEQ the last Of J. .. Beauchamp
:, The black and ominous gibbet was
erected on a hill top near by. The
; drums beat mournful dirges at al
= early hoar. At IL o'clock Mrs
: Beauchamp told the jailer to leave
;, her few minutes with her hus
band. The iailer left, but was sooi
recalled by deep groans from thel
! cell. He returned and found then
: : both weltering in blood. They hae
q stabbed themselves with a knit
the wife had concealed. His wount
&c was not fatal. His wife soon ex
y pired. Beauchamp was carried t.
$ her bedside as her lies blood va
ebbing fast. He felt her pulse
lie Farewell, child of sorrow, fare
D, we'll, victim OF persecution and mis-
fortune You are now safe fror
d, the tongue OF SANDER. For 20
g I've lived, for you I die" Ii
kissed her lips he was ready.
> The blood was tricklirg from hi
le wounds. He was too weak to $
4. up, SO they laid him in a covere
"A wagon and hauled him to the gal
%. lows.
- He waved his hands to the /;
II dies, whose weeping eyes cheere
- ~ him with sympathy and consol
~ ~ ton. They we're compelled to he
10 him get on his coffin. He was tc
weak to sit upon it unsupported.
"Give ne some water. Let Il
drums play Bonaparte's Retire
on from Moscow;" were his last WORD
NO They buried the self murder
to wife and the executed husband
O. the same coffin, folded in ea
Un others arms. Even in death th
III were not divided. Their grave
" at Bloomfield, Ky, marked by
,er modest shaft. Before her dea
~ ~ Mrs. Beauchamp wrote the folio
~ ing epitapb, which was engrav
~ on the tombstone of the misguld
sho pair
81 Entombed below in each others arms
The husband and the wife repose
aye Safe from life's never ending storms,
In Secure from a IL their cruel foes.
Iiss A child of evil fate she lived
hen A Villains wiles her peace had crossed
oo The husband of her heart revived
GO The happiness she long had lost.
rpe
He heard tale of match1ess woe,
=. Ard burning for revenge arofe,
Hiss He laid her base oetrayer low,
'ity, And struck dismay to virtues foes.
Re S Reader, if honor's generous blood
oro Ever warmed thy heart, here drop tear
-; knd let the sympathetic flood
Deep in thy mind its traces
card
4 br other or sister thou
Dishonored thy sister dear
and Then turn ard see the villain low,
had And let fall grateful tear.
ank- Daughters of virtue, grant the tear
That love and honor tomb may claim
In Sour deEsncc the husband hero
lI9nt Laid down in youth his life and fame.
enl- His wife Jisdainef life forlorn,
and Reft from her hearts beloved lord
III Then. reader, here their fortunes mourn,
Who for their love their life blood pou
rotod The excitement over the ia
80 Beauchamp and the tragic en-
- af OF his wife has lent to the ira:
q: romantic halo. and some J
olse @ since John Savage, New
It Iaw. journalist and playwriter, wo
'hfee the leading incidents Of the {
frto a drama entitled 'FThe SJ
,. which, however, was perfo
hamP only twice. Sharpe's son go
riend au Injunction at Louisville ag
the performance of the piece,
pear succeeded in suppressing it
III by tirely.
5e. Were the tragedy to occl
/ rear these days, it is very doubt
Beauchamp would have eveI