Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-03-25
FfEfUL FRIDAY !!
| .s,auk Small's Last Appear
,ace on Any Mundane
Stage.
| |,,vistOry Ofths Crime for which
IA. RsVellng Died at
CIsarfsld.
wo Rumbergers Swung From
ne Same SCaffOld at Har-
risburg.
Crime for Which Jonathan
Soyers Suffered at Mid
dleburg.
|, C. Mccarthy Hung for the
Rul der of Patrick
Monkey.
{, Island Contributes One in the
Person of William Hall
wagon.
...-,, Di,nrlch Z, thc Reqtsler.


-.,.-g.u. March 24-TO-day, Edgar
| email cxpiated on the scaffold the
n-vhich he had been condemned
~ othis countrymen, and dalthough,
| most h., last breath, he protested
-,r..rrs. there are lew familiar
| ,5s fats who doubt his guilt. Great
| he sinurd. and greatly has he ex-
| rrt the closing scene Of his life was
| ..,,to those who witnessed it, will
remembered.
-.r.ao.y his long confinement, the
- als borne himself with wonder.
.~9rs.re. and not until in his last
| :, march 20 the scafold did his nerves
uy.
81 nigh, he was wakeful and nervous,
q. L,, request. Rev. Mr.. DOnehOo, who
,,.beroE senator Donehoo ofyOur State,
ned with him until . o'clock. The
icy a,Nri calmly and lucidly, but
q. aralv the tremendous strain on his
would show in his nervous eXClama-
,uhsn speaking OF the killing. He in
TIA, he was guiltless Of the murder,
atro, hear Of it until hours after II
,krn place. He finally composed
eli sufficiently to sleep, and rested
.y uudrr the gaze OF
The Death watch
fay,isht rrept though the iron bars
.a.yI up the grim cell. At an early
F., a.eJ mother visited him for the
.ae. Her visit was expected, aud the
oaer had evidently braced himself for
| g-les,. When she tOttered into the
weak and trembling alloycr, he gently
o-ei her and whispered words OF con-
4.5a and comfort. The interview was
Z. Little could be said on either side,
Tie poor. sick, and aged mother was led
b. Trembling and weeping over the
glelge that her darling would soon sut-
mos, iguomiuOus and cruel death at
Gs Of the outraged law
.:syrl0ck Small rose and eat q mOder-
breakfast after which he was visited by
counsel who remained for half an hour.
o. after. a photographer was announced,
the prisoner proceeded to dress himself
fully for the purpose of having
His Photograph Taken.
Vas a strange sight, to see the prisoner,
10 in two hoGr, was 10 suffer death on
sa;f0,d, neatly dressed, with hair care
brushed, posing before the camera,
0a,,y anIcalmly As though in an ordinary
D. This concluded he resumed his
AZ and entered his cell with his devoted
ltUal attendant, where they remained
more than an hour, until they were
rup,ei by the changing of the iron
Is, which announced that the
Dread Hour Had Come.
Jew minutes later the Sheriff, accom-
lei by his deputies, entered the cell
informed him that the hour of eIecu-
bad arrived. and without any show Of
Os.uou, he 4uielly permitted his arms
e p:njou.i and the solemn procession
formed, and started on its march to the
sca!O.i Mr.. DOnehOO accompanied
"cmei man, supporting him, while
Sheriff preceded and deputies followed.
4, Sas evidently weak, and as he left
ell Tor the last time,
His steps Faltered,
be evidently Stroye against the weak
As he walked through the court
Il whore he was tried, his eyes had
lastly lopk, snd he seemed 70 see
.oGt Observing what was going on
nj him, and his limbs trembled under
As he walked. Bracing himself. with
Nh.e effort, the melancholy procession
" walked around the yard TO where
gallOws were erected, in one corner,
slowly and painfully assembled the
The GallOWS