The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-31
A FRENCH sxscurioN.
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 h vas necssxary to be there early, seg af . n. t eeyAme aimcs, impossible ts penetrate through the sasgiag mas winch pressed upon the shin line ef police and ,he fe~ mounted Isarsies de Pans Al the approaches to the Place de Ia Ro. Qaeste. FGlly i.soo persons had Asaslea thernsclves by that hour ss he permits accorded to them io pass insc lhe squAre. Matters began 10 assume an AppeAr- anee of preparation al 2 so sn., whea iwc vehicles dFose up to the door of the prison. over wh.ch arc inscribed the ~ords Depot des CsndAmaes.~ oae of these conse, aHees contained ,hc de. sached pieces winch go to form the gu.l- aetine. and which are termed les eoss ie IA iusslce. The other was desuned shortly to remove the deeapssased re- mans of the unfortunate man to ,he cens- eiefy al isry. The psoee<s ot hxlng and ra'ssng the ieil spp4faias occupied until 5o, and the hour which follo~ed was devoted to An csarntnatioa ot as act,ca. shsch sas m,aately explained by NJ. plebief, the eNeS ai,oasy. ,o the privileged persons \ square ot three et teas de<e had been to,med Tsand the gu.Iiotsne. the ssesi line bc,eg eomposed oi police mea ard ieutnal,sts, and every move men, oi tho tuaesloaary ~as eagerly ssIutiniTcd
 toners ass,sian,s havtn. hnished theis task, pu, out the hand lamps ~hich had served during thetr lugabrseus duties. aad the frivolous eta~d began to relapse lato silence The ia~ requires that A stsrninsl should be executed al ..yhseak. and that tune ls marked by the afrisal os the ofii .ai ~ho exi,ngu,shcs the iaa gas lamp A fes feet from the gu,liotsne. i something atc aesvousae>s must have taken hold ot the man. tot ,nssead oi putting |, au; he turned i oa for mo. mens full blase upon the dull red salio~s and he white tscea oi the oro~d. When Ai last ihe ighl sent oui slskh, shad- dei seemca ie pass nSet all. the incident being so eablematit of what ~as to tol- .oS
 At .l, small group oi faaeuonaiies a>ssmolea iasisie the psTsan. sonaisting nt II tsabei. M hdchae, ehri tie Ia S9feie. the deIegete ai the publ., pros @..:.-.. ...e si=:k q. .h- css.:. .i appeal NJ Bafon. the CemmtssaFy of palise and N MoteAu. ~sth NJ. Hauquesas. dmeetas ei ihe pf.sas. ai sheif head they proceed ~d to the condemned cll.
 The prisoner ~ho. otding Ia teneh usage. ~as untii that moment krps ln K. eoranee at hi, .ppfoss h,ng doom. ~ss la a profound sieep Nj baaa.esne shook hun by the shoulder. saytng, ome. Camp your appeal tat mercy is reject ed h- btAye Il Is hsed for tha xsofu. ina After nervous shuddet. which he QH,klY feptcsAed. Campi tose and dressed himseli ~lih the Ald al the es- ee at,oners ass,xianss The order for ex- ecu,,on sss qnick!y read Is him, Asd he ~As then Iet, a les moments alone with the chaplsin. to whose eAhort4tioas he .s sad To have listened respectfully
 on being asked subsequently by the representative ef the public psosecuies whether he had any revelation to make he rather AHgr,iy tepLsd, :" shall not tell my name adding ~ith u,umphaai laugh. Ah those mag,stfA,es.' v
 On being asked what he wished ,o have he teqnesied giass oi s hse vine, whls ! he drank ID amall mouthisia The . ehaplain continued psaying while he ~ss bcing pintoncd The ~hite flannel shtTs ~as tt, so As to expose hts neck and chest and hls only other garments ~ese h. ,fousrfs and shoes Ills ~fssla were ties, t,eh nd hs back and hs legs ~ess looseiy piaioned.
 Thus he appeared s' lo ~hen ths great doofs ot the prison ~ers thrown ? open. 1a hss Ieis and hitle m front oI him walked tho chaplain IA amp rsfoued by '~o oi ' i,isblefs ass,si .nts emerged all heads acre un, osersd and I dead st,ilness prevailed only broken by tae dull roar oi the sro~d quarter oi a
 nlle away Camp, was deaihly pale. hai held himself erect and estn Asaumed a lightly swasgsrins attitude In splte oI his manaeies. he walked freely and ~ssh. out asssstaaes io ~tthin ten pases , of the gais.oune. Thsfe the Abb< Ao. , r<su iutaing 10 hiaa sasd Embrace [ me. my friend !" tinpi replied. if yos i ~ish II. and the prles, kissed him os both eheess. Al shls moment oamp' , ,uthed to~afds the crowd and smiled B ,siee amile shich wss perfectly hos. rlble to ~i,se>s. Then he walked oooliJ } to the upnght plank, which esohxd tr hls chest. The esesutioaer 4aiekly placed hls hand upon his shoulder and ,ipped him over the plank. ssingisg h,n dosn so as ,o bring hls head under ths | kniie. h another seeond the knife de seended. the head was severed from ,hs body and fell into the can of sasdus placed there S receive Ii. One of ths sssist4nts rolled the trunk of the plsni ,n,o the wiskes esAqf al the side. and taking ,he head by .he ear Asng II onto the corpse aud the i'd ~&s closed Ths box ~.s at once fAsisd A~sy so the ieloa 1 cemetery al isry, est oried by foGs mount , sd yendafmes