The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-04-11

as he knew II would come t0 their
knowledge through our papers annonro.
ing the death 0f nen, FOX, ana tlht
they would M 4 consequence ehhhge
their code which They ana
the nr6t execution | witnessed ~ tho
army was while Welay IN MnflleeAb0f0,
TwO men guilty 0f flagrant erlmth,
operating from both armies upon ~,
Offensive pe0ple, usually hRel, supposed
10 have concealed wealth. Tho nieahh
they resoried 70 " t1tolt 4 CONVERSATION
and tho injuries they inflicted were
barbaTOua beyond conception, Thefe
had been a correspondence between
the military authorities OF tho two
armieB Ia reference 10 these depfedh'
ti0ns and ID WAS nnderatO0d on both
aides that whichever side caught them
summary action should be taken, They
were captured on our Hde-tfled by a
military court, found guilty OF murder
and RelltenCed 10 be hung was 40
tailed as One Of tho surgeons 70 deter
mine when they we're dhad, On6 OF ihe
men was rather tall, had 4 oleafleAl hp
pearanOe tho other below medium
heigbt and Tather airy, A hollow square
of soldiers was formed around the gal
lows. Everything wna conducted lil y
business like way, lhe provost mhfplW
acting aa Oliicrr OF the day There wero
no RpreGhGr, nor sermon, nor prayer
unlrha offered by tho condemned ~
sllenGe, There were army ohaplhlnh
present, but | RuppOhe they CON
| olnged Lheae parties were of the
Kind that dehbIyed 20 be hung without
bene0t OF clergy, AZ u given signal
Inc plalf0nn ipOn Wlleh tho Two men
stOOa fell with a crash, The men htrug
gled for a few seconds anl all was over,
'fbe daughter Of tho man whose
tongue thGy Ind cut out mnnlfeHled
great iOy nj their execution, Sha wha
the only female within nlght, When
pronounced dead tho bodies were re'
moved 10 an unoccupled building near
by, for purposes 0f experiment Ap
plying the poles OF u ghlyanlo battery,
remarkable facial cOnt0rtionh we're OK
cited, aS well aa n variety OF muscular
oOnlfactiOna, An efforts at rehuBcllh'
tlOn. however, proved unaYaillng, Ihr
particular use Intended % be made OF
the oadayera was 20 te6t tho efficacy OF
a new preparation for preserving dead
bOdiGs During the pfOgrtaa OF tbs
war II WAS Quit buBlneaa with partlth
10 embalm bodies for shipment
nome, aud u WAS important
10 their 6uccGha in securing
patronage, that their particular proeehu
would give goo aatiafactiOn. Both thu
men hung were subjected for weeks, In
laCl as long ~ we remained u Mur'
freesbofO, which must have been u
month or more, they both preserved
quite natural appearances, nor ala ei'
ther give out any evidences OF pnieflc
ton
The execution Of tho two COnfedBr,
Ate apIpR NJ Franklin, Tenn, proved an
unfortunate adventure for those in'
yOlyed. Tho circumstances arc briefly
these. A young officer Of tho COnfed'
crate army by the name Of Anter VIII
llams, actuatOd by an ambition 10 dla
tinguiah himself, conceived the idea OF
entorng our lines and inspecting The
Gtrength OF our defensive works. In
the uniform OF q captain OF the Federal
army and with forged papera authori1.
ing him 10 make an inspection or
the works In and around NASHVILLE,
accompanied by an orderly, he passed
our plcketa without difficulty Pre-
senting himself 10 the post commander
at Franklin and exhibiting his papers
ke was shown around without hosltaDoy,
After making thorough inspection he
left, ostensibly for Nashville, On TAX.
ing his departure, there was something
In his manner that excited suspicion,
and tho more thu post commander gave
the subject, the more ho became con
ylnOed that all waa not right. lle do
cided 10 send u messenger after him ro'
questIng him TO return as no wished 10
confer with him on "a matter OF bual.
ness, The man was brought back, nnd
when confronted with tho accusation
that no no was suspected, no betrayed
embarrassment llO was requested
10 exhibit his sword. IL
was confederate sword, with tho eVl.
donoe engraved upon H. fhepoat com
mander teegraphed Con. RoaencranB
tho facts In tho case who replied
through Gen. Garfield, his chief Of stan,
In substance. "fry them forthwith ~
spies" They were tried the same oven
ing, found guilty and hung NJ sun.
rise next morning. Williams begged
hard for tho life Of his young friend,
whom he had persuaded 10 follow him,
aud that no himself might bo shot
rather than hung, but the commander
was inexomblO. Both had many mes
sages and mcmontOeg TO dear ones
across tho line, Their bearing nj the
clcgc. wos thc admiration and esteem
of ali who were present Years after
wards, met tho mother Of the young
man, and 10 hear her story Of the sad
affair was calculated 20 move tho
aioutegt hOart--but, such M war.