Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-07-25
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Bl urtsererS Hanged,

| IA uEeacFSFS HauHeNs
a dispatch from Ytzoo Cuy, d sied Saturday,
says: Brooks Boyelt. alias lobe Bell wss
hanged at this piao, yesterday for tho murder
OF Df. W. I. Williams, of NJ chsri;sourg a
snail hacalet in the lou!hero portion Of tho
county. Tho crime WAS committed &C the ui2ht
Of uiy 25:h iss:, making the fourth man he had
murdered 10 The thirty years Of bis !ifs. An i'm
Nease crowd from the surrounding ciuutry
tt3cked IN 10 SEQ the execution. and BY l clock
the streets leading TO the Jail wero packed By
over 5000 people, mostly negroes. A few
minutes alter IL Sheriff Subtl f.ld, with tho
jillar snd gusrdS. asoended the scafJd, erected
Inside the walls, h'ga eucugh to giya Wow 10
the crowd copgreg Acd on the ouside. Tbs
pris1uer walked up 70 the gaows With a cigar
! 10 Bis mouth aud With fcm tread. H4 made
| lot speech to tie crowd, acknowledging bis
cr!G,s srd warniog ell to bsWare of whiskey.
tie haaiy exhorted The crowd in the s.Jla Of
| negro preseher, working up the negroes iuto
quite religious toVer,ns is usual 10 ucgro
| churches They jumped. atouted and bocam,
qulIo h9s;erIcal, somo CT them rtqujriag sever.
sl 10 iod chem. Before apd aiter tho spoeeb,
which lasted sb1u: TWO hours, prayers were o.
prisoner and t5e crowd joined At The rCo1est
| Cf the condemued mao the hymv, "Why should
we Start and fear TO de-" w4s s1ap at
the end OF which the Sheriff cat the rope, gig.
!og the cul rlt fal! oi six teet, witch ioiled to
| break bis neck. Alter terrible sttu2gl s, last
log about ten mibutes all wss quot, scd after
tsnglrg twenty minutes, the physicians 1ro-
aGu 9ced lille to DO eX,irct. The budy was then
cui down and buried hY the county sutbcriiies
Tie crime Tor which B II VS. hsrgod wss oue
ot the most c1ld blood,d over c1mmit 3D.
Ftrm confession mad, to the r, pgrseis TWO
days oeture exeou inn it anpeerj that there were
iva omplIces-Louls r ,ssoberg, merchant
in tho ssme hamlet, ana DR.. Green, the sou o!
the Eol,cooa! bishop ot this diocese. Rosen-
berg scd Dr. Williams. #ho were boi 10 engaged
10 business 10 NJ chauios5urg. Etrs pot on
ttendly terms. Il seCberg after veral efforts.
luduc=d b4li to ssSasslnalo bis rival, which was
done on the night named by Bell. He topk bis
saod b3hlud ieeos OF the road esdipg from
the s'tr1 to tue residence ef Williams ia oom-
psDy with Ron nberg snd Greeu as Williams
| got opposite Rosentcrs tad. ''Shoot |" He
h!ed QUE barrel ct sho'guo loaded with ten
buck-hot; causing itS.Ant death. The three
lbeo fl d back to r ,scnberss. % The dis
| covery OF tho Died the peishbnrhood btc,me
excited. aud as B II hsd q1srrtlsd with
The murdered man hs and Rosenberg wero
| arrested and B-l! was hurg up until be made
Confession lmpiiosiing Roseubsrg At this
The crowd became excited sod threatened to
| lyoch both, bu. better couocil prevailed aud tie
prisoners were br0usht here for trial q; the last
term of the court. Rosenberg wes admitted to
| bsIl and Bell Sss sentenced TO bs hauged
Green has not been implicated 10 it until the
oouossiou OF Tuesday. WlIi4ms was engaged
as nerohsnt aud planter. He slso prac,ced
as ph, sici.u, nud was highly respected by
the wholo community, Ho leaves wife snd
teo chi!dcen. During the speech OF 3 ,ll seve-
| rs negroes were attacked with sunstroke, four
| cases provingias. Oao was that Of 40 iafant,
| who died 10 It's mothers arms while xposed to
| the beet.
A dispatch from Chicago. JILL. dated Satur.
dPy says: A special to Tho Times from Gree.-
wood, Ark. dated tho 22l says: George
Washington Green, desperate negro who
| murdered bis wife last August, was hanged
| here to day. o. the scaffod he vas eloquent,
but iucoherent at tiues. mixing bis rensous
| aud Ictsonsl rights up 10 fearful and wonder.
| iul manner. His TRADE against slavery and his
| sec>uot Of how cruel master led him aStrsy
| in his youth were very bitter. He 6ualy for.
gevo everybody aud oaid be was tired aGd wan
ted to r,st. After shskicg hands with those
| around him the cap was scju;tsd. 10 about
| thirteen mluutes after tho drop fell bis pulse
| csased. Everything was orderly, and tho pso
pie quietly left tor their homes.
| TIE OCEAN DoRY IN DIsTREss.-A dis
patton from St. Johns, N. F.. Saturday says:
Tho oooan dory City of Bath arrived at Ire.
p:s,ey, N. f., this morning. after pertormiug
tho first portion CT her perilous voyage from
| the Unlfed States to Fr4ucs. Tho frail aud
| tiny ship is barely fourteen feet long, aud was
built 10 Bath. 10 tic Ssste of Maioe, after which
place she is nalned. Her crew sre TWO men.
| The rest of the littlr vessels company coo tsiss
of Cat. Ga Juy the d9rg reached George
towu, hle. She took her departure from that
por. for Hsvrs 90 the 7th of July. A, eight
o'clock Gu the evening Of the same Gay the
City o Bath was headed fr her transatlantic
destination. % the Is b heavy gale wss
CT couniered, blowing first from ths westward
srt then suddenly cdausitg 10 the northwest.
Tho storm ~ss accompanied by very heavy
sea, 20 which the little d0r9 pearl, suscumbed.
| we're compelled to run her before the Hi1d nrd
sea. Several largo ships we're passed lyiog to
uudcr lower aud close reefsd top5,Ils. % the
| l7th the wiod veered rouod to the sou hwatd
and.thc City of Bath Was headed for the NsN-
| fouodlsud coast.
She wss severely e.rtined and was in perilcus
| ~ leaky condition The clothes OF the crew,
,hsir wraps and all their provisions were drench.
ed and saturated with sea water. On the 18th
.he feline element of tha chips company was
| washed overheard, and although every effors
Was made to rescue her: poor pussy had 10 be
abandoned to her fste. On the 2lst Cape kac.
was sighted, and at FIVE o'clock on ,hs syeriag
of The 22d the haroor of Trepassey was safely
CT tered, aud the hospitsble land was once more
taken possession of by the wet and weary tars.
After tho City of BAH is repaired, the leakage
stopped, the clothes of the crew dried ard reno.
vs1ed and fresh stock of provisions secured
and placed on beard, abe will resume her voy.
age scross the Ccasn 10 ths coast of France. If
she should live out tho storms sud dangers Of Inc
il-fsnei Bay OF Biscsy she will in ali probAbi.
lily s.f,ly reach the harbor OF Havre.