The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1882-11-02
JOHN BROWNS EXECUTION.

I never knew Mr.. Brown personally, but
during the trial I became very well acquainted
with his wife. She came TO Philadelphia from
her home in Northern New York after the
fate of Mr.. Brown was fixed, with the inten-
ton of going to Charlestown. So it was deter
mined she should stay here and remain with sew
erai friends, part of the time at my house. On
the day of the execution she was at my house.
There was on that day q service at DIR. Fur
ness church. and meeting of anti-sIavery
people at National Hall. l think Mrs. Brown
attended the meeting in the church. She,
poor lady, was in great trouble, but she was in
entire sympathy with her husband. and looked
upon him as q martyr in q righteous cause.
She believed he had only done his duty. The
matter was talked over during the day in q
quiet, subducd and dignifcd way, without
anger or resentment. She expressed the belief
that her husband had done simply religious
duty, for which he would receive TO punish
mcnt except at the hands of the law as ad-
minstered in an unhoIy cause and an Unholy
purpose. At that time Mrs. Brown was large
woman of rather coarse appearance, but very
lady-like in her actions. She was only plain
country woman, who was deeply religious, who
studied her bible daily and believed implicitly
what she read in it. She was informed that
the execution had actually taken place by Mil
Ter McKim, who with General Hector Tyndale,
had been in correspondence with the Virginia
authorities as the friends of Mrs. Brown.
They effected an arrangement for the delivery
of the body 20 them, and after the execution
they went to Virginia and obtained 1t, and
took it TO the family home in New York 1
wrote the petition to Governor Wise for the
body There was no demonstration here when
the body passed through the city.
OF John Browns men but very few escaped.
The following persons composed the army:
John Brown, captain; first lieutenant, Watson
Brown; second lieutenant, Oliver Brown; pri-
Yates, John Henry Kagi, Adolphus Thompson,
Stewart Taylor, Sherrerd Lewis Leary, Dan
ccrlied Newly, jeremiah Anderson, William
II. Leeman, William Thompson, John Cope
land, Shields Green, John Z. Cook, Edwin
Coppock, Aaron Dwight Stevens, Charles P.
Tidd, Francis Jackson Merriam, Osborn P.
Anderson, Albert Hazlitt Barclay Coppock.
These men and COW struck terror to the
heart of Virginia as John Browns army.
OF the number Watson and Oliver Brown
John Browns sons, kagI, Thompson, Taylor,
White, Lewis, Newly and Anderson (coloredl,
were killed during the struggle. Leeman and
Thompson were murdered, the first while
crossing the river and the latter after he had
been taken prisoner. Copeland, Green (coI-
oIcd), Cook Edwin Coppock, Stevens, Hazlitt
and John Brown, white, were taken prisoners.
Owen Brown, Barclay Coppock, Tidd, Merriam,
and Anderson escaped. Those hanged were John
Brown, Copeland, Green, Edwin Coppock, Ste
vens and Hazlitt. Stevens and Hazlitt's fate are
most peculiar. They at first escaped into Penn
sylvania and wandered about in the woods IN
the southern part of the State. They suffered
very much for food, and were compelled to
come out of their hiding-place. They were