The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-01-28

4 CAPTAIN Bldir BOILING, were -
dcred by the Governor TO attend the ex'
cution. AZ the dismal procession move
up the entire length OF Main street N
populace lined the way on each sid
They listened with pathetic awe 10 IN
means and prayers OF the prisoners. WHIT
sitting on their collins In n wagon. file
the air with their melancholy notes. TIL
execution was TO take place in the ravin
on the northeastern side Of the presen
penitentiary. BY the time the head OF tn
procession reached the point the neighbor
ing slopes and hilItops were crowded Will
spectators. The gallows was rather &
novel one II was made OF two stronl
| vertical posts, the tops OF which sup
ported a heavy piece Of timber, into the
under face OF which were fastened three
staples at regular distances apart The
object was TO hang all three at the same
moment. Midway up the two posts was
the platform upon which the doomed men
were 10 stand. The ropes had been placed
| around their necks before they were taken
| from the jail, so that when they arrived
AZ the place OF execution the other ends
| had only TO be tied 10 the aforesaid
staples. About midday the ccrtege arrived
at the place OF execution The infantry
| formed a square around the place, while
| the cavalry and artillery stood apart
As soon as the culprits had mounted the
platform. and after all preparations had
been completed Father Hore, q Catholic
priest. ascended the steps to give relix-
ious consolation 20 the three unfortunate
men. After he had officiated according to
the rites Of his church and sprinkled
them with holy water several Spanish
citizens went up TO speak 20 and console
the sufferers. Immediately after the GER
enonies had ended the Rev William
Carr. of the Baptist church, attended
them and from the platform made an
eloquent address 10 the crowd. Mr.. Carr
was followed by the Rev Sterhe~ T"vlor,
Of the Presbyterian church, in an earnest
prayer. During all this time the culprits
exhibited unusual calmness; especially
was this the case with Pope. who from
the first seemed resigned to his fate.
Tn Bodies Fan
The United States marshal Mr.. Anthony
Thornton, was now notified that the re-
ligious services were at an end. and that
the prisoners had expressed themselves
ready. II IS said by some who were
present that the silence i'm that vast null
tltude was slngularly oppressive al the
moment, and that with intense emotion
the people stood awaiting the moment
when the trap was TO fall. The platform
upon which the men stood was divided i'm
the middle like a large folding-door, so
would open downwards and leave the
culprits hanging free. At length the sig
nal was given, the two wings fell, and |
with them the three bodies. Two Of |
these. Pope and euro. broke their ropes |
and came to the ground where they |
writhcd i'm agony for some seconds. The |
crowd, already wrought up TO unusual |
tension, now gave free vent to their feel
ngs. Men and women wept tears OF SYM
tho justice Of the laws decree. human
TO human suffering condoned
for the time the wickedness Of poor hui
man nature.
The marshal and his deputies were firm
md prompt in mending the accident euro
ay as If dead, but was soon reused to a
sense Of his terrible position. Pope rose
10 his feet without assistance and with
euro again mounted the scaffold. The
ropes were now tied up much shorter. At
The second fan Of the platform both men
lied. Felix had died at the first fall. The
officers were not blamed for this unfortu-
nate mishap. They had successfully test
I'd the capacity Of the rope the same
morning with the weight of 40 pounds
During the trial, and all through the
exciting incidents of this event. DR.. l. |
Lemosy. a French citizen of Richmond
had taken an active part. Just before the
execution he visited the condemned on
he scaffod. and in the Kindness OF his
leart gave them all the comfort he could.
In accordance with the request of the
he told the people that they
RELY acknowledged their guilt for this
rhine and many others they had com
nitted that they deserved their punish
nent and, asking the forgiveness of the
begged that they would unite
With them In prayer for the salvation Of
heir souls.
The Doctor was an educated prac-
iuOner OF incidence had for many years
cen Identified with the interests and ]
eople OF the town, and by his genial ma
ure ana benevolent character, had won
he esteem of the entire community. He {
we'd on the north side of Broad street.
hen that thriving thoroughfare was
lthout pavement, a highway Of mud and \
ne haunt or the country cart and noun !
lin wagon. Old fDr. Lemosy's burly.
imiliar figure was known 10 all the men, I
omen, and children of the neighborhood !
IL many years after the events Just mar q
tied had passed out Of memory. lie $
as particularly fond of the latter. and l
ley Of course. well knew it. Children /
e never wrong in their appreciation of )
ose who really love them. We wen re- $
ii the appearance of the old man in his [
81 days, as he hobbed along with his \
aVy gold-headed cane over the rough J.
lys OF the town. DR.. LemOsy was one h
a small colony of Frenchmcn who :.
me early to Richmond, and during their a
res contributed much TO the social at a
actions Of the place, each In his pccu- n
r way. Among his contemporaries was q
c elegant and accomplished John a. | !,
levalle a typical gentleman of the an h
mt regime Another was old Claude u
use. the molasses candy and horse-cake !,
nder, whose sugar sanctum on the south -
st corner of Broad and Sixth streets -
[ all the cents and fourpcnce ha' pen g
IS the boys could command, and whose :,
aiming face will ever live in our >,
Emory. The last who survived was the =,
nerable and gifted BENJAMIN Potlaux, /"
Belgian gentleman, scholar. and mu- =,
ian, whose learning and genius for -
my years had charmed a large circle -
friends, who loved him I'm life and de- a,
red him in death eN
Tneir Remains.
But 10 return The last act in the II
ody tragedy was over. The pirates n.
re dead ana buried. They had re- II
ested that their bodies should not be m
turbed. The Marshal assured them en-
Il he should do his duty according TO m
, law, which required that the remains a,
executed criminals should be properly 81
erred after death; but that ne had no Sc
Her over them after that was done. is
John Cullen who was at that time &c
young practitioner in Richmond, was DC
'mitted TO remove the bodies 10 a room ia
the old State drmory. There in the IA