The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-04-27

Preparing to Meet Iiis Fate--seieinn
scenes I'm the sheriffs Ofiice.


A great many visitors were admitted
to the Jail yesterday to see Charles
Wesley Hymer, who was sentenced to
be hung to-day. His father, who ar
rived from the northern part of the
county, and his sister who came from
Elko, yesterday spent an hour with
him in the afternoon, and Reverends
w. A. Trousdale and +. NJ. Warning.
ton, his spiritual advisers, spent much
of the day with him. a representative
of the SILVER STATE called ON Hymer
late in the afternoon and found him
RESIGNED AND CHEERFUL.
He said that he had derived mach
consolation from the kind words and
hopeful promises Of the reverend gen.
tlemen, and felt that there was hope
for him beyond the grave. He enter
tanned no enn,ity or i'll feeling toward
any living being; forgave everybody, as
he hoped to be forgiven; felt truly re-
pentent for his past misdeeds. and
hoped for eternal life beyond the dark
Valley Of Death; he had now turned
away from all earthly things, and
hoped God would be merciful to him.
In the evening several ladies and gen.
tlemen--among them the father and
sister of the doomed young, man, as
seinbled in the Sherifi's Office, where
RELIGIOUS SERVICES WERE HELD.
The prisoner, whose limbs were
shackled with heavy irons, was con-
Quoted from his cell by the Sheriff and
took a seat between his father and SIS
ter. Mr.. Trousdale read passage of
Scripture, a hymn was sung by the
congregation, and after "a prayer by
Mr. Warrington, Mr.. Trousdale asked
young Hymer if he renounced the
world, repented of his sins, and If ne
had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Being answered in the affirmative, he
administered the rite of baptism; after
which young Hymer and number OF
Others partook of the sacrament Of
communion in commemoration OF the
Last Supper. All the communicates
cordially shook hands with Hymer,
who retired to his cell in a happy frame
of mind The Sheriff says that he
passed quiet night and seemed to
sleep peacefully.
Just before he was taken to the
scaifold, he penned the following
DYING STATEMENT,
In clear hand, which betrayed no
symptoms OF nervousness:
Friends. am now standing on the
verge OF eternity. AS a dying state
ment permit me say that though / was
never yet made perfectly conscious of
the fact that am guilty Of murder in
the strictest sense OF the term, yet
am perfectly willing to confess, that in
the deed have committed and in ev-
cry false step of life, | have violated
so far the ordinances of God and man
as to be willing to expiate them all
with the sacrifice Of my life itself. The
more subtle qualities and attributes OF
Justice in it's absolute sense are known
only to the supreme mind himself, and
therefore to the hands of one stronger
than man to love, wiser than man to
Judge and mightier than man to save,
/ commend my whole cause and in bid
ding you one and all farewell and ask
ing your prayers in my behalf for a
better future, let my sad fate serve at
least as an example for all hayward
and non law-abiding youths.
Into thy hands, Oh God, commend
myself and all I am, for Jesus Christ's
sake, amen.
The Execution.
A large number of people congre'
| gated in the Courthouse yard this
AFTERNOON, all apparently anxious to get
look at the unfortunate being, who
was to atone for his otfense. His father
and sister remained with him until he
was taken to the scaffold. He repeated
the above declarative verbatim while
standing on the drop. Rev. Mr.. War,