Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-10
RE.ELANE.E HE.ETEE,

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Armstrong, t0r go 600, then h,Te2 i man 10 kill
him, esd whco the utrTc Of bis acconp Iicc fail
el bio, himself luFei Armstrong 10 Camden
AID struck the fatal blow. lie sf!erEard en-
deavoted to cast suspicion CO az iaaoc:n: per
SID, SD, while pretending The deepest s5mra
thy for the dying lnGn, visited the house whare
his violin lay, surrounded By bis maurDiug
iami!g, AID found 60 opportunity to tear tie
haada.ea from his Wounds and hasten bis death
By 6 second attack, under circumstances So
Ee1Gi,h ss 10 be almost incredible. The reVe
ations at the tlal were overwhelming, show.
ipg no other motive bu! greed Of gac.
IL hHs been carefully guarded Inmate ct the
Camden county. \. j., Jail, at the town OF
Camden, opposite Philadelphia. i0r over II
months. The cell in which he has been o)n
6ocd is box made with thick iron bars a. the
sides and top aud has floor Of heavy plates OF
iion. 1t stands in the centre OF good sized
room, which is otherwise empty, on The top
4 Jor OF the jail. The loterst!ces between the
heavy bars are quite large and permit the
guards, who ere present nigh. AID day, 10
Estch the convicted uuTlerer'5 every motion,
in whatever part OF his box be may be. Night
and d. be has been uadeT the sicepIess eye OF
q ili!oy and never fJr one moment Was this
vigilance relaxed for the plsoper was des
peratc man and he bad SWORD to cheat the gal.
| lows.
| No ole Has allowed to Wit Hunter but bis
| imIcdac family, c,ergymao and his law; cIs,
aud DO cas- vas permitted to approach close
enough TO shake ha0ds with hin. Ooc Of the
| LIST persous to tekc his ha1d was George N.
RobesoD, his scror COUNSEL. He called the
other day 10 tii hia cient adleu Forever, aad
90 leaving sad
"Wel, gocdby, Mr.. LIaat:i; shall probably
ogt see sou aggiu?'
'O1, Will, gooiay." rjyiasi he doomed
NAE. clTa!cssIy, Il shall meet sou IL lvli =
Fr5m the liue OF his arrest uai! day or Sc
ago the coz 3u3t e lie prisoner has been that
Of & m2u Of iy0u nerve aud perfect self contro!,
WHO lad fcsolTcd to cfiactua!y corc,al Lis
emotions under manner which was at times
! hard aud bitter, bet generally careless AID Tiff
Iing. Blu! lately there vas a change IN The
| prisoner, aud Hunter Was 10 longer the man
nc used TO be. He realized al last that death
stared him in the face. and oa Monday, 10 the
antz.ncDt OF all who SG3g hin, lie dropped
ris mask fer moment in the presence OF the
R.v. 4. Ii. Allen, the Clergyman who visited
him at tho solicitation Of the prisGoer tr1!her.
After Sir. Alien had prayed with hin aod
urged him 10 prepare f3T deslh By conlcssl gs
hi. crime, The prisoner, who had up to that!
| lia!e acted peev!shly and resented the rastor :
prcserc>, seemed fer moment TO be strongly
ClCved.
Yes, will make ny eoOr s.i)p," ho saij,
shut i: Will be onl} TO Chris.
! His emotion Vas oply nOmentar9. liz ql!ik-
s. changed The subject and refused to lisico TO
the coed clergy appeal. Ba. Heater vas
broken man. lie was ralc, restless, i.c'sul.
sDa 70 larger affected reckless esse. lie had
| lille appetite; his s!2cp was lr5keD; he was
moody and sul!cr, and 10 logger oonc2s3d list
he rta!i2,d the shadow Of Inc galoss.
lie had sHorn to c9D1mit suicide, and lad
b2cn overheard by bis guards. Every rrocau
ticu VI taken to prevent this aud every artl,
Gle by sdch he could ipjsr, himself was kept
from him. His watch, his personal l,irkcIs,
his eyeglasses, everything that could be turaod
TO suicidal purpose By the Ingenuity ct d:s-
pirate nan vas carefully excluded ron his
case. lis f!p1iIg, whc are enucDsly respect
abl2 rcop!, aaa have :hc synp1!hy Ct Macy
| ficrds, wtr3 With hin c7Gr7 day as the c1d
approached, ard yesterday spec: s:vtfal hours
| with bin.
Numbers Of p,op'e visited tho CsDie1 court
hGua yt5icrdny 10 take look ct tic scltt1!d,
tu: core Htro ADMITTED The machi0e was
!esled and worked satisfactorily. Hunter
wife aEd family accompanied By R:v. Di.
Eu0k2uaD, visited the condemned man for
:be last tine aud remained with him uat dark.
The pa7tirc VS. ty.rmely s2lana. leaving
tIruter crushed aod apparently, nearly heart.
brok o, waepins Ike child. he G3apiy re-
al;Zsd bis Situation.
o. ilold25, in Il. CT dcspoLd Cc', b. e:
! rErI n n = HI; 10. -
" cutting it with his fiorer nail. i.aioliaG q
wouad that h!cd freely cocuch to u-eessl:ate
the SERIES OF the prison phys;cl:1. Sine,
then be HIS becn haltclfFsd, and hid 20 ezra
Hach keep: over him.
il il understood that lluntar made en-
tcs'c0, which confirms The genera! ale
cations made by Graham. aud 10 it Hunter ad'
mits that BE- Committed the deed to secure
mos:y 10 satisfy the dsma1ds Of an abandoned
Eonsu; bat he did not fear Graham, as he
| had been in olhcr Vlai5ies With hin; that he
Wtul3 neyar have been found Gu: had he put up
monty 10 s:ad Graham Gu! OF the c!uatry. He
though, ho1ev;r, that Graham bad LETT for
parts uakuoHD, and be wa5 aS:oDisbcd Th:o be
heard Of bis arrest.
Yesterday John g. Hgntcr Md a15thtr
| aypcal 10 Governor Mcclellan for respite CT
ouo aoash for il brother, B,fjsnipc. The
Governor replied tia. lie bad 80 power 10 grant
Tho respite.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Jaa. l0.--Huater and
John 81. Armstrong, the Victiu, hal been IS
socia.cd ia tu:ioass, the dissolution Of their
partnership leaving Armstrong 10 Hunter
deb: to the extoat Of about seven thousand dol
lars. Atou. December G:s:, 1871, to protect
| himself, IS be sid, agsinst sny possible loss,
Hunter Induced Armstrong TO Insure bis life
for $2G coo ia his Hunters fa7or.
TIE EXECUTION.
Al 40 o.1Iy hour this morning crowd teean
10 assemble before the court hou2c 10 Camden
| 70 witness what could be seen of the pIep2ra-
ton for the execution Of Ruatcr. The pisco
selected i0r tie execution was Inside OF the
court house at the intersection of the two main
corridors. Il the narrow corridors OF the
ccu,t room about wv hundred persons, COM
prisiog the sherif's posse comitatus, mem
bers Of the PRESS aud others. were tightly
packed together. Hunter up to the past
lev days has maintained a demeapor Of
sluggish indifference but was this morning 10