The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-03-22

gentlemen whom he knew, which was
respectfully returned. 1t was his earnest
desire to be shot, as being the mode of
death most comfortable to the feelings of
military man, and be had INDUCED the
hope that his request would be granted.
| AT the moment, therefore, when suddenly
lie came in view of the gallows, be invol-
UNFAIRLY started backward, and made a
pause why this emotion, sir?' said
the officer by his side. Instantly recover
| ing his composure, he said, 81 am recon
ciled to my death, but detest the mode ;"
While waiting and standing near the gal
lows, I OBJ erved some degree of trepida-
| ton; placing his foot on a stone, and roll
ing 1t over, and choking in lis throat, as if
attempting to swallow. so soon, how
ever, as he perceived that things were in
readiness, he stepped quickly into the
wagon, and at that m ment he appeared
to shrink, but instantly elevating his head
with tirmness, he said, cit will be but a
momentary pang,'' and taking from his
pocket two white handkerchiefs, the pro-
vost marshal, with one, loosely pinioned
in his arms, and with the other, the vic
tim, after taking off his hat and stock,
bandaged his own eyes with perfect firm
ness, which melted the hearts and moist
ened the cheeks, not only of his servant,
but of the throng of spectators. The
rope being appended to the gallows, he
justed it to his neck, without the assis-
lance of the awkward executioner Col
onel Scanned now informed him that he
had an opportunity to speak, if he desired
it; he raised the handkerchief from his
eyes, and said, 81 pray you TO bear me
witness that | meet my fate like brave
man. The wagon being now removed
from under him, he was suspended, and
instantly expired; it proved indeed but a
momentary pang. He was dressed in his
royal regimentals and boots, and his re
mains, in the same dress, were placed in
an ordinary coffin, and inferred at the foot
of the gallows; and the spot was conse-
Grated by the tears of thousands
1n'December, 17S0, the brigade to which
Mr.. Dickey belonged, was ordered into
winter quarters neal W est Point, where, :"
says the surgeon, "we have no longer
reason to complain Of our accommoda-
tions; the huts are warm and comfortable,
wood in abundance at our doors, and a
tolerable supply of provisions. Our only
complaint is want of money" Here Mr..
Dickey remained until the term of his en-
listment expired. In 1905, he removed to
the town of Monroe, where he resided
until the day of his death, respected for
the part he had taken in the struggle for
independence, as well as for his excellent
qualities as a man and a citizen. He sur
vived almost all the revolutionary veterans
in this vicinity. His wife, Mary, died
May 8, 1852, aged eighty years. An
obituary which appeared in The Journal
soon after his decease states that g His
descendants are very numerous, and near
ly all of them reside in the County of
Waldo. There have been fourteen chill
dren, one hundred and ten grandchildren,
one hundred and forty five great grand
children, and his great great grand chill
dren. Mr.. D. was always Democrat,
and voted for every candidate of his
political faith, from Washington down to
the election before the last. He was I'M
able to go to the polls to vote for Presi-
dent Pierce.''
Mr.. Dickey was buried in the Monroe
Cemetery formerly called Mount Solitude,
but now known as the Dow grave yard,
where an appropriate stone marks his
resting place.
JOSEPH WILLIAMSON.
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