Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-11

duWn. a cIroners ILqu 81 was hed IS 5000
| 81 ilry cnu'd be summoned ADD verdict was
FOOL reached that james Adams c,me to his
death 90 the night # April Is bcweeo the
| hours OF S ard o'o't ok, b blows i; tIctcd 90
| bis head b. bluot its ruuent supposed to be
10 the hands Of one Winter P.yue." A w.r
rant was i'm uediately Issued for ,ha arrest OF
Payne, Int It WIS found that sb,u ~ o'clock
| that nigh, presumably Wien he found bis VIC
tin was dead, he Went to Mr.. Coohran's kit
| chen, called up the cook, OF into his rocm
and bundled together his cluthrs and dtc.mped.
W hat the dogs had Isft Of The remaius were
turned over to 40 undertaken tor burial at the
exp.pse OF the ovuoty. PsyDe WAS mulatto,
| about 5 feet or 10 IL chcs tall, W :lghlog per-
haps J4O to lG0 pounds, short, strsgSog
beard oVsr tace, Whicl bore rather sury
expression.
| Ia the csurse Of few days Payne was ar
rested acd brought 90 Tor trial beture he County
Cours of F,uqler county. Hon. VIM. Fl.
Games presidiug, at the tenn Of said court,
oou mebcu OK Oh the IS OF April last. He had
the advantage OF beiis de!euuld. faithfully and
ably, by MIR. James SOFT, risisg young law
yer of WarreDtoD, bur the eVidetce Of his guilt
was so complete that be vas convicted Of muir
| der 10 the 6ts' degree and sentenced to be
hanged 90 The F,urth Ut July, but this sentence
vas sfterWad otmuuted till to Day P:yne
gave up all hops irCm the 6rSt suu when lnter
vtw,d 10 his cell short time previous to his
execution, and slth u ID 40 Intelligent looking
negro, be was 80 oVs rocm With grief and des
| pair, that be could scarcely give sensible an
swer to the N ost trivia! q Iestlon-hope mad ~
terly forsaken him and nis condition was such
that his Own words to the reporter BIS: des-
cribs tt don't kooR nothing now." Cot
or hlt.. % Cpaa nin
| dtil Of the unfortunate mao. AID petition
IVES circulsted requ's Jog he Governor 10 com
mute his punishment 10 Imprisonment for life,
but il was deoied.
| THE EXECUTION.
10 cons. quenos OF the disgracefu scenes CT q
gslIow' ball. which followed an tx :eu ion last
winter in New K mt countY, aod 10 prevent
future repttinoo of such outrageous pro-
c,edlugs, the L pislaute at it last session IS
ed 40 act, requiring hanging ia this State 10 be
conducted 10 private manuer. The executions
at Wsrreuton ware had 10 accordance with tho
quiremeots Of that set, ard we're therefore de
prrVed If much Of their sensational character.
| Yesterday sosfold fourteen feet high, With
| drop of four feet, was erCo!ed 10 the west end
| of the all yard beneath the iron grated win
| dow OF The c!il occupied By the Two mau.
At 6:25 t. is morning Deputy Sheriff Gray
| entered tne cell of the prisoners and first road
to john Williams the seUteu C, Ut the court
| that coLv ed him and afterwards the reprlcvc
OF Gcvvruur Holiday fxtog the time of bis exc
cutiou M the llth OF July, 10 day. John
va clcd the reading wi bout word, and when 1t
was ttr ugh contioued TO pace to aud fro, as he
| has doJe durlbg the day, the flor oil the cell,
his lace barring 40 appearance OF biaukneSs, ob
which nothing could be- read.
Tbn Shar,H ,hop ID. III n fha I
which woter Payne was oon6oed, who also refu;'
ed TO speak c2tc,rning the crime for which ne
was to BIZ TX cuted though iDterrogatcd BY
irieuds, who urged him to uubo5om himself as
70 the particulars.
At $50 a. N. the prisoners stepped from the
all iulu tho j Ill yard, aud asst stct by Deputy
sheriff Gray asctDdsd the gs!lOws. A prayer
was then offered up by the Rev. MIR. Ham
mopo. of the Methodist Church, invoking d..
vine mercy 90 the souls OF the prlts. Dur
log its delivery faint CLEAN IF hope seemed
to overspread the couoteusnces OF the prisoners,
aDd Jobn Williams, with his eyes upturned,
appeared to be 10 tears.
Ihe Deputy Sheriff descended from the gal
lows, the awful signal was giVen, The drop fell,
aud 10 few minutes John Williams and Win
ter Pay ne Wtrs DO more.
Great praise il due Sheriff Whteacre and +
Gray for the sound discretion they exercised
couduc uy the execution. The gslloWs was
che work OF John Saunders, master mechanic
If Warreuto1 1t was his owu Invention aud
WAS ingenou-ly Constructed, entitllog him also
10 ID uch praise. and judglr 6 from the painless
desi b, the Drisosers suffered il answered It's
purpose admirably.
After hsogiog twenty two minutes the doc
tors pronounced life extinct, ADD The bodies
were cut down aod put 10 their cofbios which
had bven placed 90 either side OF the gallows.
Both msn were hung at the same Instant, and
The trap was sprung by Sheriff Whiacre. who
stood in so adjoiliog room. into which the rope
attached TO the fatal trap was exceeded. the
signal being given to him by Winter Payne,
who, at the appointed time, let fall hapdker-
chief. Both died of strsueuatiou.
Dolly few persons were admitted into the
Jail yard, under our recent lay, executions
oelng private. A small crowd assembled around
the Jail, but dispersed soon after the ill doors
were throwo open. and they had an opportunity
of seeing the awful spectacle.
Terrible Explosion.
BALTIMORE, Md, July ia destructive
boiler Explosion occurred this moroing abtu
O'Clock 10 the plaOiDg mill and box factory of
q. Z. Stevens & Co., portion of which build
ing was leased and used by A Jams & Ss'zr.
The boiler house, mail one story brick build |
ing, located at the eXtrcm rear OF The manut.c-
tory and pear the ceoire OF the square, and |
three Story brick building adj ourolog the boiler |
house. used as box factory. were completely |
wrecked. not brick being left standing. aud |
the wood work broken ioto kindlioe wood. A |
PORTION of the wall Of the main factory. large |
birk building 200 feet by 40 feet and five sto
ries high, Immediately fronting the boiler house,
aud between thirty and forty feet in width. was
bloWn GU. irum the bJttom 70 The upper story |
and the contents completely wrecked. A por-
tioo of the boiler was blowo beyond Exeter
street, two squares distant and large plate gl.ss
fronts Tor the distance Of two squares
we're demolished. At the time of the explosion
bu; few bsods we're 10 the factories, or the loss
OF lite would have been very serious Angus.
Sc zer. ouo Of the proprictors, and Heury III |