The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-11-27
ALL THE WORLD
AND THE RESI- OF MANKIND. WHAT
THEY SAY AND DO.
More About the Passion Piay-ExeeHtiOn
OF u Murderer In Virginia and An.
other In nArIaona-Suspected
Murder by Burning-
Other Events.
TIE SUPREME PENALTY OF THE
LAW.

The Hanging OF Marcus DeLarayeItt
HawIey NJ salem, VIrginia-His speech
ON the scanoid.
SALEM, Va, November 26.-The execu
tion Of Marcus De Lafayette Hawley, con.
victed last month in the Circuit Court o.
this county, Of the murder OF Zachariah
Hayes in June, last year, took place to.
day. Both the murderer andIhis'victim were
white men. The execution was conducted
privately, the only persons present being
officers Of the court, a small guard, clergy.
men and reporters.
A cold rain, sleet and hail prevailed.
Hail fell steadily during the hanging.
At the foot OF the scafold minister
offered feryent prayer, after which the
prisoner sscended the steps to the plat
form, and was placed on the fatal trap.
The Sheriff then told Hawley he was
about to carry out the sentence Of the law,
and asked II he had anything to say.
The prisoner made no answer, but the
minister proceeded to read paper con.
tanning
HAwLEY's DYING WORDS,
to the following effect:
My time has come To die. l shot Zach
Hayes, but shot believing that II I did
not kill him he would kill me. l know l
did wrong. I committed sin in Gods
sight, for his word says, ''Resist mot evil";
but I knew little or nothing about the
Bible at that time. thank God know
that Jesus died for sinners, and that His
precious blood cleanseth those who trust
him from all sin. pray God to forgive
my sins. and they are many. / ask all
whom l have wronged to forgive me.
From my heart | forgive all who have
wronged me. l am q great sinner,
saved by Gods free grace in Christ Jesus.
May others take warning by my sad end,
and come to my blessed Savior, who alone
can save from the power as well as the
everlasting punishment OF sin. Goodbye.
81 believe that God is my father. I be-
lieve that Jesus Christ, the son OF God, Is
my savior. ] believe the Holy Spirit has
changed my heart. ! believe in the for.
giveness OF sins, in the resurrection OF the
body, and in lie everlasting. Amen, am
ready; Lord, Jesus, receive my spirit"
The minister then placed his hand on
the doomed mans head and evoked a
blessing on him, and bade him goodbye,
Hawley kissing him on the cheek. The
prisoners hands and legs were then pin
loned, the rope adjusted, the black cap
drawn over his face, and at o given signal
the Deputy Sheriff sprung the trap. The
fall was oyer eight feet, and death ensued
without struggle.
Wednesday evening last Hawley was
married in jail TO Annie Hawkins, his par
amour. He had previously sent a note to
her in which he stated that in accordance
with her expressed wish and his own de-
sire, he would like TO carry out the VOWS
be had made 10 her, and that he wanted
their two children to have the right to
bear his name. Accordingly the two were
united In wedlock by Rev. r. A. Goodwin,
OF the Episcopal Church, after which Haw-
ley was baptized and received into the
church.
EXECUTION AT PHGSIr, ARIZONA.
PnGsIx, ARIZONA, November 2e.-Do.