Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-19
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Correspondence Of tl0 AiCEa.L5ia t:E%.i,a |
LEFSBuRG. Feb. IS.---ShcriH Cntu;heEa ait!
Deputy Sheriff Nixon lett hero ut G o'cl, 81,
yesterday moreiug with glq,iis,|iou ronl ila
Govcrn0r for Page WaI!;c> aud r.;c cjcd 10
ilaEc! S;owr, Md. whsra The prisoner WAS G;,.
l!pcred to ihel,. They thGn imun edio;.iy sFaf;
| cd Oh their rcluru lie Is rrnf5 Sanicd - I.av.
ing been suilaa and scH. and ah0 sins 20 ulac-
lion or c0rsci0nsnCss of hin Gaagrr, RntQi.h-
staining tbs excited c;ORits at c;&i s.a.na &c
hn read from llagcfstIwI 60 pnint ii !, ,cis.
There the shctif4 With their prisoner c;.,i.srk-
cd in = ferry h1at trr tho Vlrgin, shore lie,
fore they rctched II a Gjos7t Il masked n, II
appeared on the halk, and On tho npproaal Of
I'll" boat, demanded the prisoner Sheriff c..
ruthcra replied that he was hn nifc r ri ne lay;
that tie man WAS in his custody, and that he
Wnud prUiIG. him, at tho alGlc time drarlUR
his pistol. Abcu. fifty pistols imm0GiatcIc
nedo their nppeararc, in the crowd, Eumhc?
OF masked men Jumped Tito the hoat End Tho
two sheriff. were uccurcd, Gcd WalIaa, iak;a
GU! add u rlro put round hi5 meek lie then
showed great terror, and begged fir mtrcy,
The excited crowd Gow decreased &c ever nan.
drcd. led HIN TO tho spot on which he had
committed tho outrage On f?isa Norma. AT.
the eGd Of the rope Ws9 lastly rassn4 cva!
limb oil tree there standing. Just thln Miss
Mormon appeared IN Tho crowd, ard Wal aoc,
dropping on his knees, began ID beg her icr
pardon, and WAS then, without ceremony, hoist
cd by the rapa. AS his hcdg rose iho advanced
and fired ter Hhota into 1t. c!nptyinG slcc :sEi7s.
y two pistols. The crowd then distressed, aud
left him haneine-a terrible warning to tutuco
rsvishets. This Gee lrrci about o'cllct yes
terdsy evening. The shofilTs 60; back GO Lees.
burg empty handed at . o'cl3ck last nie:lt
There were eight newspaper reporters q! The
scaDo OF The execution. SO Will understood vas
i. that tho d:ed would he done. ITo dcp,ora
sny resort to ly,cA law, but 4 there ever Ras
case that warranted it this w.s onc. The
wretch was 10 Jail il l.2ctburg under Indictment
tor one rapo when BIO made his c!clra, and as
SOON as be was at large cam!I ittci sn,thcr. Srch
tlend it would seem had no clsns 10 macy,
humanity or tho iavors Ct Law. {.
CouRT OF APPEALS, YESTERDAY. -Gcd!io
vs.. Cross. Argued by L. Z. Turacr, tsr for
plulntlf in crr5r, and Tia Attorney Gcntra FOR
tho defendant in error. and submitted.
HoIcombo, &i., vs. hnoo, Ea Submit
ted.
Stuart w. Hughes Submitted.
Tho court announced that 90 moro trsi srGn.
monts would DO heard until the ntx. tor.n,
which c1mmcuocs tho 5ih OF March.
The argument on tho Law points raised by
the bill and answers in the suit of ID. X. Stew
art, holder of preferred construction bonds of
the chesapeake and Ohio canal. to have tho
canal placed in tho hands OF a receiver appointed
by tho court, was corc uded in the United States
CIRCUIT court in Batimcrs. yesterday before
Judges Bond aud Morris, and tho DECISION was
held Under advisoment. The court may decide
The Questions argued to-day. II The objections
to the bill are overruled. tie c,aa will probably
have to be heard on the facts and evidence |
taken.