Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-07

IS FRANK CASTLES. q
L Atthe request Of e,sheri6, Repre-
tentative McDill read the death war;
IJant, anG then, at the request of Cas-
Ties, the coloredf preachers conducted
devotional exercises, consisting of sing
ii{g and prayer and participated in
Iqhietly by both Of the condemned !
linen. Then Rev: .. N. Robinson ask
led Frank Castiesif.he had nything to
say. Castles indicated chat he desired
to make = few remarks and with reas-
onable coherence; but no nervous
mess, proceeded ~
Dear Friends: I want to say g
Flew words 10 you and to the whole
world. / am aged 50 years eight
mouths and six days am now about
ltoj die. You will all come to this
mot to the scaffold but to death, and
Iyot shouAi prepare yourselves. +
have been brought TO this BY bad conns
Ipa4 >. IT Ihad paid attention TO what
n Vas taught when / was q boy, I
woAld not be here. Parents, teach
libel children to do right !; children, pay
| lat24htion TO what your parents tell
YOU If you don't, you can expect To-
dlshs 7 have TO die. But, my dear
Ifnehds, thank God that i have been
SAVED through the grace of the Lord
Jesus Christ. As soon as the sheriff
cuts this cord, that allows The plank
to fan and choke the breathont of this
wicked body-as soon as breath has
left mel will be at the throne of God,
IWbefe i, hope 70 meet you all. 3 Z
One Of the preachers next ,motioned
to AMI, and in, a few words he said
that he had come to his end as the re-f
suit Of bad company but for the past
nine bonrs he had felt assurance that
he wouldbe saved in-heaven: he said
be was perfectly ready to go. II feel,3'
he said, ssthat all is clear between my
self and God. p
After this scene, the two men extern.
ded their hands and began to tell the
spectators good-by. Every one pres.
ent shook the hands of the poor fell
[ lows and offered them words; of cen-
solution. Dunoyant's wife was crying
|pitreusly when she told her husband
goodbye. He shook her hand affec-
tionately and told her mildly, Don't
cry; I am all right and am going to
heaven. Meet me there ~
When the leavetaking was over,
Deputy Harsbaw and Chief of Police
Love tied the hands and feet of the I
condemned men, placed the moose
around their necks and fitted the black
caps over their heads. This ordeal
was borne as quietly as those that had
preceded it, except that AMI Duno.
want showed the effect Of the terrible
strain on his whole nervous system.
1t was necessary to steady him some
what 10 prevent his falling off the
scaffold.
While the black cap was being ad-
justed, Frank Castles turned his head
in the direction of DR.. Saye and asked
"How long are you going to give
me to die, doctor?"
"I could not say, ]" replied the doctor.
"They'll let me hang until ] am
dead"
eyes," replied the doctor, and Cas-
ties said, s'that was what he wanted"
Then Castles asked DR.. Saye not to cut
his body up, and DR.. saye promised
that he would not.
Sheriff Logan cut the rope at 1l.55.
Both bodies dropped almost at the
same instant and stopped with a jerk.
There was prolonged trembling of the
limbs; but no struggling.
d Within q minute or two Drs. Walker
and Saye began giving attention to the
pulses of the men, and watched them
to the end. Dunovant's
pulse continued to beat for eight min
utes and that Of Castles for nine min
utes. Both died at nearly the same
moment-12.O6 p. m.-just II minutes
after the drop fell. ,.
The bodies were allowed to hang for
some time until the impatient mem.
bers of the big crowd down stairs had
seen them. Then they were cut down
and carried away by relatives.