The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-12
THE PASSING OF doRDY. sysy
riade no Confession In Order to Protect
His Children. How a Fakir Swlndled
the Crowd

| all conceivable patterns have returned an
| all Is now quiet Ever since James NJ
| Gordy's trial there has been u marked
| curiosity here to see tho man and to sat-
isfy that curiosity men climed high trees
about the jail to get q peep at the con-
| demned man.
GOrdy often saw them and upon occa-
sions chatted to friends in their lofty posi-
tions. This curiosity was prevalent to the
last for when Gordy looked out of his
| grated cell window yesterday morning he
saw in the tree tops twenty. five men. He
did not talk to them, however. Is was
his last day on earth and he had matters
more parti cuar to attend to.
Nothing affected him He was even
Drawer than he was tho day he entered tho
little Jail. This bravado characterized
splsed aud rejected, there is not q man,
woman or child in Sussex County, who
will not say that he was the brayest man
who ever met death in that vicinity
When he left his cell yesterday morning
on his march to the scalfold, he had the
appearance of being groom rather than
man going to his death.
He mounted tho steps loading to the
scatfDld witt a perfectly firm step, and as
he stood out in bold relief many of those
whO. had NOS seen him since tho trial wero
surprised at his appearance Instead Of
II detected and haggard appearance and
an utter disregard OF his dress, he was ut
tired in handsome and we'll fitting suit
OF black diagonal, Cutaway coat immacu-
lato white shirt and collar and black neck.
tie. His face WAS clearly shaven.
He gazed out upon those assembled with
a somewhat hunted expires sion in his eyes
and beads Of porsP.ratiOn standing upon
his brow, but there was not the slightest
evidence Of nervousness.
X ~ Mr.. Ewell asked all present to bow
their heads Whtio he prayed. His prayer
was Us follows;
80 Lord, the Gcd of Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob, the e5crnGl, Interchangeable and
supreme one, the Gul OF love, holiness and
goodness;
We lift up our voice to Thee, asking
that Thou witt hear us for Thy son Jesus
sake. We thank The for II Saviour, who
even lives to intcrcedc in behalf of falling
humanity AMI has affirmed that "llim
that comoth to Me will in no wise cast
out"
we thank Thee that in Jesus we have
one who comes to sock and save that
which was lost, and although ostraciil ID
by society aud lost to the sympathy Of
men. we may still confess our sins and be-
llGve that Ho will cleanse us from I'LL I'M
righteousness
''Wo thank Thee that Jesus is Il COM
passionate Saviour. That He piIics sym
pathy with and loves us
1--WE pray Thee now to exercise Thy
sympathy and send tho Comforter 50 that
lie may help the mother WHOSE son shall
soon step into eternity, the brothers aud
sisters who are mourning f." q brother,
noo,I 10 DO removed r from them ana cs'
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H'''H Ms '0lLAH HAD I'd CONE OFF.
Having completed tn G reading of his
statement at the request Of GX.Snewf