The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-06-29


HUMAN BSISG <TRAN6LsD
TO lsw. Shortly alter daylight
h. n.oving crowd began to gather in ear |
nest, and from seven o'clock until noon IN |.
nce-ssnI strram oil people vendsd their |
say towards the grounds. 6;linS the vacan,
pace shout the platform, end bubbling
,.ssr into the meadow and upon the hill
sides ~ close ~ hand. AZ the hour Of exc
cution dsrs near the people gathered
rlu-er to the .fi,id, and but for the herb
I'd wire ience and armed guards Who
.lrove them bsck, scul.t have svsSmed
over the very scz6old itself like 10 many
te~s A. il vas several P~rro"s vers e.
ver~ly injured by being crushed against the
harted sire, and in oue instance Of les.t,
woman Va. c,,ri d fs,ntine away, not
from heat az fear, but having the bsesth
rushed out of her. For. 6e il known Of
he seven or eight thoa-and persons percent
he female proportion was equal to tie
male.
NOT ONLY 1hs<
hut the women wanted to be ~ near the
-csff,ld - possible, and grandmother.
sa,thers, children and psAttiinx habie-
sa,ched the horrible scene With different
emotions The one looking ct the serious
side. the other % il would at some pageant
Ut circus pssformsoce. So close did tie
crovd pres that the sir vas almost nm
csarab,e. and at time OF the execution
he sun poured down iis 6efcess rays upon
the svelierins, sitting mass Of humanity.
TIE EXECUTION.
Ats iev minutes b. lore one O'Clock Q
-udien lurch Of the packed msss Of human
heinss announced the arrival Of the DOOM
I'd man, the mounted guard pushing and
croxding back the people, Who besrudeed
even . narrow l.ne through which the vsG.
on, containing poor Brown, seated on . col
in he VS. soon TO Gil, With several depu.
Ties and one or two clerA > men, might sloW.
ly pass. At LIST the GosI Wa reached. and
the murderer va sssisied from the wsgos
tn the scadold, the shackles which b"uns
hi. fee, nab my the -dart slow one. III
a.cen.ied the Step- unsssisteti, and when 'h'
sheriff fitted KY to the irons about hi
feet he took them from his ankles ans
handed them to An officer. A. he cam
20 the platform many Of the crowd for u
fist time had good look At the man, vi
ap, ard ~ much at ease - though b
v.s to deliver speech Of pleasure instes'
Of death. II took some little time ior III
guard to clear the space within the wire
Of ofiicious sud vould-be Newspaper repre-
senta'iv =, end when at last ,h-s We q
c uwpli-hsd the desp-,oned voice OF ID
Ellington, Of the NJ. E Church South, "a
card calling NJ IN the Cheat Creator VI
look down With favor upon this weak IN
sinful man about to he launched into etern
Ity. Christ W. cruci6~d By . crowd Of me
without the las, but this man vss about
lie that the majesty Of the Law might ;
INDICATED, and he prayed that the Hsa'
emily Father would look With plying y
upon the sinful and errinS one before him
BROWN TALKS.
The ofiieeis then told Brown that il
had anything to 81. the opportunity VI
at hand. when The Young man arose ~
spoke about o. follows: .
Eli you will oil keep quiet, young ~
old, women and children. would like
talk to you little ~ regards my position
Once v,s ire man like those before a
, and had no ide. Of icing hanged, and O
. nv God, here an before you in
terrible position. To-day in riding to III
place l have seen many Of my form
? friends and Companions coming to my ~z
: cut ion, % drunk they could hardly rid
, and oh, nv frieods, youns men and old me
let me warn you shas strong drink is CHI
, brought me where / am. You oil know
& M terrible crime, bu, hope you have q
forgiven me, ~ nov feel - il hsd d
an enemy in the world. Not one Of y
knos but what you may die 70 worro'
4 and again implorr you to turn your ste
, in the RICH, path. ! am about to die, bu
kind friends, am going to meet my deA
, darling vile, vho died for me.
i IsOUr The POIsON.
have been accused Of instigating q
z darling wife to commit suicide, bat befo
you all, and With God looking Ut me,
= lennly swear did not cay THE vi
, the fesr Of God before me, and want Il
. world to know is.
y lco~m,ii Ia henious crime, and o.
for which I mast suffer, bat hope {
Parish and the dead vomsn's relsiiv
9 have forgiven ms. - I an nos about
suffer for ny scs. ! did kill her but kns
{ not when I did il, and no
D The poor creature before you -
= Tor pr.ye,J. I have forgiven I
vho vroneed ne, and hope Dr. Parish. Y
, Fort and Others forgive me, 2. shou
: he she most mi-erAble Of men were / n<
!, to die thinking this va NOT So"
y AN SvYEG fIHG scINF.
J. Brown then ssked IL there we're any
2 The dead voman's relations in the esow
, and ifso would they hold up their han
: 10 . sign they had fossives him lnssss
Iys hand vest ~. and With teass q
~obbsnx the doomed 0sn acknowledg
!, his thanks. IL VS. . most S6ecs,sg sers
y and v.s iniensi6ea when be sook . hoqu
4 of nove.s and ssked that sDuse vOWi
would take them AMI place them IN b
dead viI~'s hand brio!e che wss buried.
ri al -, my dying vif.'s request that 7
should be buried in the ssDe COIN, II
}, this wish I now repeat, and ss il u .
, lr>t am sure il vill be complied With
The prisoner then cIGsed his well-delives'
and psthe(ic speech By .skinS that II