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END OF BAT SHEA
Solemn Protest Of His In
nocence Signed on the
Verge Of the Grave.
HAD NOT 4 FAIR TRIAL
Died Courageously at Dannemora
Execution Without u
Hitch.
HAD NOT A FAIR TRIAL

DANNEMORA, N. Y, Feb. II. 1856
Bright and clear the sun rose over the
Green Mountains of Vermont this morn
ing and lighted up the grim walls of
Clinton Prison, wherein Bartholomew
shea, the convicted murderer of Robert
Ross, was spending the last moments
OF his earthly career. The prison gates
even closed to all corners, and in the
village hotel lust outside the prison wall
wre gatharsd tba tu;e,svN.avan s~,4,
VIE salherea the tWenty-seVen Wit
nesses invited by the Warden to witness
the execution.
these witnassas 49, 49,
exclusively of physicians and newspaper
men, all present in ofseial canacitias A.
e.ao a NJ tba urardaa.s saanata -
s.oo a. NJ. the Waruen,s private secre-
tary assembled the witnesses in the ho-
tel office. and announced that ali was in
raadinass - 4ha;. arsesas & .
chamber. Escorted by guards, the wit
nesses wound their yvav a,,ts;da me snr;s-
on w.rs - az 80 49,
- : ! Mese s'ue = ,tne p.isoA'
where, in the basement, is located the
death-dealing apparatus. 4 short stav
was maaa - tha an -
signal from Warden Thayer, the march
was again taken IN ending in the death
ohm mdbar a. ~ ss u
ciainoer. oh me west siqe OF the room
We're twenty-nine chairs in a semi-circle,
whore 4he ou,asts uera inn,taa ~ : .aat
81 Eaa,.a
co. FACING thell On the east sue OF the.
room was the chair. The room is about
twenty feet wtda ana sftv faa+ =; qa,u.h
ASSe IA iehS ~,
one-naiI or the flooring being of cement
and the other half of the lat
ter being the eastern half whara "a Ia
Gated the chair and electricians closet.
The lighting is by two windows in ZACH
end and is not particularly brilliant.
i. is the same one thai has bassn punt
in the hall dozen preyioms e eeen gone
and has stood the test wei. The only
who occnnied tha chsss we une iasa man
At that tine wben The " e,srr enecu was
aug on there vas onsin9us ereaking
that he fea raS tbat ~ eS Z al.erWard
to pieces. It was ST thoroughly edHigs o wss guied
a ~ e Sbssnsbnshfa TOT roaays
f fm1 no RI iras 'mo rear aess ana one IN
an III 80 : me E faIter are atlached the
n noeHeos a lGl Inc degs. PIX straps are
@Isseau, onep roau one 70 go about tne
Couy. one to noid the upper part OF the
face and chin, one for each arm and one
Ipr each ieg.
Mnen the physicians were all seated
anu the physicians standing a little way
rom me cha1r aWalt1ns the coming OF
WA q AN ana s.aeea 5nat every artalgemen
iau peeI nlaue ana every ~pfecaut1on taken
n to ea5fy 6 out s sne s shnf &c IN ma the manner amer
nappeneu e tne Witnesses IS were g keep Their
side5 f e. eVeay Goiisisedicg ndp eesn pro-
inc the yu;tnassas vaoI,iS bnaa p r. Sc E *
dastb certiina4e u,h;oh nns LAY ~ ~ Sism I ~
n ness in oef fha anei- Wn,on wouia oe IN ,reaoi-
Af . signsI EIeeetr..iar-nsv s4onnea
forward and nlacsa q hanE 81 ne egs
cent lamns aeross the arm ~ the liar
Til wires were attached and the current
turned on a HAS ~ liphi shot forfh.
the apparatus was fol1nd to he in nerfeaf
order. The preliminaries beine ali ar
10 ood tAa yar5ao 1of+ +to ,--- f, L.
death chamber There was 4 erI,esorne
ciIonoo mhjob woe coon hro1,a. a.