Daily Republican., 1883-10-20
ii angnlan's Day.

! CALHOUN, Ga, October 10 Marga
ret Harris, the colored woman VIII
murdered little Leila Lewis, was lange,
this morning, in the presence of crow,
variously estimated from $500 to 4, 900
The prisoner did not rest well last n light
She was unable to sleep and spent mos
of the time in prayer. AT 1875 this
morning she was taken from the jail
under an armed escort, and carried tt
the ga!lows, which was erected three
quarters Of a mile to the north of the
Court House. After singing "Jesus
Lover of My Soul prayer by Rev, w
d. johnson (coored) and the singing
Of " Sweet Bye and Bye" she made the
following statement:
| GENTLEMEN, LADIES, FRIENDS ALL:
| hope the congregation will be quiet
while make this !ast statement of
facts IN this case. am gong to tell
the truth before God-the holy truth. [
hope you will all AXE warning from m
fate and none Of you ever stand on the
salows as do this morning. am
iunorent Of the charge. ! did not poison
Leila Lewis. and hope to meet her in
heaven. My kin people brought me to
this and | want them to pray to meet
me in heaven, as there is no parting
ther
have heard they said hanging was
too good for me that ! ought to be
burned. hope they will repent like
me. and meet me in heaven, for there is
no forgiveness here. Every tub must
stan'l On its own bottom here, but up
there | will get justice. | am innocent
and my people are to blame because
stand where do to-day. hope you
will all raise your children so as 10 meet
me in heaven, and never stand on the
gallows. Farewell, all. am going to
die. Farewell, all goodbye. | must
e. | hope this poor man will be re-
leased, as he is innocent before God.
He is innocent.
Her sister was on the scaffold, and
turning to her, she told her to be warn
ed by her fate. "I want to be buried
by the side of my mother" she said,
"but they will not allow it, They do
not care what becomes of my body.
Good bye Goodbye, sister, good.bye!"
All her statements were made in a
clear, ringing voice, though at times
she became incoherent and repeated
sentences over and over again.
AT seven minutes after II o'clock the
the trap was sprung and she was dang
ling in the air. In eight minutes her
pulse ceased 10 beat and in twenty min
utes she was declared dead. The fall
was six feet. Her neck was broken
and she died without struggle The
body was turned over to her sister for
interment.
NEW YORK, October 19.-Edward
Hovey, the murderer Of his sister-in-
law, was hanged this morning. Hovey
passed the night quietly, sleeping part
Of the time. He had frequent com
munings with his pastor, Rev. Mr..
Guilbert. Stimulants were administer
ed to him at long intervals, and shortly
before he was led to execution by.
pederlnic injection of morphine was
given him. He expressed himself as
resigned to his fate, and said that he
would meet his death like a man. He
said he had forgiven all those who had
injured him, and hoped that those
whom he had injured would do the
same. Hovey expressed sincere contri-
tion for his crime. Services were con.
ductGd and the sacrament administ cred
to him in his cell this morning
Shortly before s o'clock, accompanied
by his pastor and some deputy Sher ifs,
he took up his march to the scatfold.
There "a short prayer was read and the
moose adjusted. AT $50 O'Clock the
rope was cut and Hovey swung in the
air. His arms and legs worked con-
vulsively tor few moments, his chest
heaved for halt minute and all was
over In fourteen minutes he was pro-
nounced dead, the heart having ceased
its action. The physicians said that his
neck was dislocated, and that he died a
painless death. His body was taken to
an undertaker's from which it will be
privately buried in Woodlawn ceme-
terry tomorrow. The impression pre-
vailed among the spectators of the exc
cution that Hovey was intoxicated at
the time Of the hanging, but this WAS
denied by the Sheriff and Hovey's spir-
itual adviser