The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-13

/ unmIu ttuuNoF MOulu not CONN ana OEnN up
win according to tho laws OF Virginia. Near
ping nO. and then az ! Thought oscgJTcd |,
onSrs after hc wac gone. At . o'clock TaMycl
his property disposed that is. the weapons
money, camp utensils. baggage, and cavalry
Ia men were captured at HSfpcr's Ferry. Hi
extraordinary characteristic Of Justice and
EQUALITY was shown in the care with which h,
cxsct fairness. Fo had evidently. thought
randum from between the leaves OF his Bible
and gave it,to the LAWYER. A. half hour later
when vnaS 4 The X, yili y 9 6n MhS Lawyer Hunter
by that time the noise of the preparations
for the public, execution grew so loud that
olose. He asked Q guard how soon the sher
"a would want him for the execution Of the
He was told he.had forty minutes mors. At that
he went into the cell, brought several books,
and gave one to each guard in the corridor as
upon Deputy shcrIf Avis taking it. .".
he ssid 70 aS. We. too fuli Of Sadness to speak.
nodded. and no drew his grated cell door in
S SsS s On ~. d sI,SonHtsbh i + cot sosn to PTTHSy c ~ In .s ten n m lin
E new suit g black that bad been brought e
!" Captain" said he, twenty minutes moro
DO your duty. Sheriff Campbell; don't let
any. one ever complain that you were not n
faithful Sheriff after ! am gone, was the reply.
tary Iieutennnts in full uniform came into the
corridor, John Brown WINS seated on his cot
DO you wish to pinion my arms here or at
the scaffoldf he asked. seeing an officer holding
the arm straps in his hand, .
In q second the prisoner turned. and walking
past the grated door of each of the other cells.
t Mesre s his fa,thfai men were cor confined GnnsndaIS,W;Ca9tttti p e.
through ths GRATING. God bless You. my dear
emotion. and the soSs Of his imprisoned nsso.
troll his voice. When he came 20 us guards he
never spoke, but the pressure Of his two hands
about ours and the tearsuffused eyes told Of
$50 John Brown started for the gallows with
the sheriff. the Lieutenants, and two Of us
guards. When we reached the 'front.' door OF
the jail and saw columns Of uniformed Virginia
miitiamen drawn up on both sides Of the long
street Re sd Looked SG ida sur gPartts %,.o ,o,.,,.,,a nr.
ecution so important he remarked.
went down the steps and took a seat in q
with Guard Avis and myself on the back seat.
The story about John Browns haying stopped
to tqu kiss no & PfH9r nSsafiG BOY fbs at ,6 the 53il 6 noSm is tS SRt
jail, and the old man was too intent on watch.
"A ride OF three minutes brought us to the
gallows. 1t was erected in the middle of a
s sgse1 f fee. n sSov toT tbe a sraun 55e fls sa% Bro wss
looking it oil over carefully as the wagon drew
SLOWLY. up at the steps. The coffin had been
ically the old man glanced at that while he
vas going up the gallows steps between Sheriff
seat while the soldiers were performing evo-
lutions under command of Gen. Taliaferro in
order 70 form q hollow square the gallows.
Then the arms and legs of John Brown were
his head. but not drawn over his face. u He
looked taller and more powerful than ever as
he stood there strapped and with the moose
above the Sheriff and the two Lieutenants. The
Sheriff, stood waiting q minute longer until
in military, order. Amid the sound of drum
beats and the tramping of the soldiers on the
frozen ear.h. heard sheriff Campbell say:
" Captain. this is an unexpected delay. Are
you not tiredF'
No. not tired. but please don't let there be
unnecessary waiting were the last words of
THE militia was still m~anuuvrine in the
field. but the Sheriff quickly drew the cap over
aside. the drop feli. John Browns body dnarted
through the opening in the platform and his
"rh Meo only ,1a eTidenee on Of !h Ire we're al a f sssrn Glitch.
ihngs of his hands. believe his. neck was
prOhcn DS me lall. AIter the body had been
hanging FIVE minutes a physician went and felt
of the dying mans pulse. Then the cap was
a few inches and an artist for an Eastern
publication sketchcd the face as the body
III Campbell would not once look upon the hang
ing and kept his eyes turned away.
A exactly noon the body was lowered and
was put, into the coffin. Lawyer Hunter ar
ranged the collar and cravat to conceal the blue
marks OF the moose and arranged the hands and
arms. The BODY was taken to Hnrper,s Ferry
that same day. where Mrs. Brown had been for
a week with friends. The next day it was put
on the cars and taken to North Elba, in the
region OF northern New York.
sheriff Campbell wanted me to remain as a
guard in the Jail until the other six prisoners
executed in February, but / never went in
the jail corridor after John Brown was hanged.
"a fact in connection with the hanging OF old
John Brown that have never seen in print is
that John Wilkes Booth. who assassinated
President Lincoln in 1855. was n sergeant in
one OF the militia companies at the execution.
Sheriff Campbell told me later that the day be-
the execution Booth, a handsome: fresh.
black eyed youth of 20 years. came and asked
permission to go and see the Brown raid prison
ers in their cells. Lewis Washington. a grand.
Of George Washington. took part as a
in the military display that day"