New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-03

somewhat -favored naturally OF suspicious ioo
Look and reckoned withal 70 &c Of his natural
Aspect upon his being interrogated Sohcerhr,s one
Conspiracy he showed such Gnea' aone OF your
fictitious hypocritcal Grns) that every one 1hat
scrsa k ana and pinon that they
Fellow look handsome; such AZ, a, , nat =
The sweet-smiling fellow was So, accordingly set
executed and Peggy followed in their fatefu foot
steps, despite her grew accusations Inc next
1T seems that the Conspirators had divided the
city into two DTGssd S SH' the se on
the Fly-boys and the Long Bridge Boys; being re,
ha Daher t paefs the West End Of Town.
THE Conclave of Devils. as the Attorney-Gen-
more of crineing wretches who were hauled up to
the stand, and who proceeded to Willy ana IN,
the legal talent Of the city vas massed against
them while no one was detailed to defend them m
death-dealng testimony. and took the short road
to justice by condemnng almost all to execution.
CONDEMNED TO THE STAKE
Cunee and Quack were two of the conspirators
who were Satan instilled into the Heart of human
Creature" and whom the presiding judge con-
demned to death with the following spirited and
pious phrases:
"Ye cannot be so stupid surely to imagine,
that when We leave this World when your Souls
put off these Bodies of Clay ye shall become Ike
vanish into the Soft Air, ana cease TO be. NO.
your Souls are immortal they WIN I'VE
in the Other C1d wGs you ar" RE cnaed to
stake ca and d'' burnt mite to Death
1t was on bright, sunny, spring morning that
cred in a great impatient mob in n little vale
which. from the curious way In which the COW,
paths converged, the people had begun to can
arm across Maiden Lane through the u sr ,Ss
Towering road of the Bowery: and the Long island
fishermen rowed their wives End da1,;h.eers , oyer
had been goody number of public hangings' as
yet had the chance of seeing helpless wfetches
roasted alive. Hence they gathered to this coun-
WITH ySlar great enthusiasm" siasi About ocock this
pleasing chronicle says. the CRIMINALS Wels
Wood ready for setting fire to- which the People
very impatient to have done.
CRUELTY AND RAGE IN TIE PEOPLES SOULS.
There was. however brief respite. most rk-
some to the eager onlookers. The two slaves had
come to their doom grim and sulleny silent
Neither had borne witness against any OF his iei-
lows. AS the torch about to be applied, one
of the criminals begged for leave to confess. Word
was carried TO the Court. and the Sheriff was or
dered to return his prisoners TO jail pending IN
hearted populace, its prey snatched from us ,V-Ty
grasp, to show its mettle. 1t showed IT. filieh
now spurs on the Southron hosts TO send at once
to a tortured death any negro suspected OF crime,
fercely demanded the reward Of high office for the
ermine-robed thief who helped their party IN It's
corruption-inspired by such a temper the people.
this blitne morning Of the spring OF l'il. arose
said. NO. Let us have justice; - go
The Sheriff yielded 10 the popular VIII ana
chained the slaves to the stake again. During tnc
waning afternoon the crowd stood and watched the
negroes burn until, with the gray of dusk the sweet
breeze from the Bay sprung up and swept inc
ashes away.
The long drawn trials the wholesale condemna-
tons and executions. dragged Their weary lehg,h
through the summer Some of the suspects fed
in haste to the forests to lands far away ana
so spared the Hangman Labour." Seventy-one
negroes were transported and four whites and
eighteen negroes were hanged to death With IN"
falling OF the year the thick folds seemed 10 drop
from the eyes Of the people and "A new hight came
to them. As they stood in the withcrinS grass
and watched the fourteenth miserable creature
slowly yield his life To the flames the feeling
grasped their hearts that with the neciing breath
of this last victim. the conspiracy forever died
And the book ends.