The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-10
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sYS comfort to inc -
q Rim. " ss II, Vi 4, " !.
i8i snd strong. aud @hilc@ he pointed babovc.
81 nsstirSti ti6r, i,1nt &hen they ntct snin;
s VS. ii would 40 Al, &this better and
WIN .tie Spnrtirg IA moment 5t cathe Ss1e
~! y, rtinsf1 hts el,ilIre7 to his Breast and
3 I'M, n, a4,l,i OF THE others 8hnde 4 tetdcr
NJ farewell. Another moment passed the
KS i'm door rianked nntt tho murderer Nns
ESs AIpne II, his cell, separated forever FROM
those lie lt,ved best tll,o,, eatrh.A III. s8
Will Aicr,,,r gave 10 each child as q tnen'eN Y
Testament. With acsrtain para srai'lls
s9a5 ts W !, 555 53s Is ..B n. III II
B Scripture Oh Cards.
No tsack &c several cards 'l ~ ,r"s
ing His canadacy3 for MAYOR ~ ny, y.
kNiccue has n sent# farewellj r''essa III. H.
some ofNthc people lie knew y ne ~
remained tic following To Lear . II, d;
ycrlts, verify, say nr1t Nou ne NM, ,n',,
t,nasnti ny words and belleretll IN nm q
that sent mo haiti ~ ' NY,
W sEnll38not come Into rondemnat non 'h " ~
si Il PASSED from dealt unt,n ,3 lie ~ I, y,
IL FIFTH chapter John, 2ith verse ~,
rc, not i. but Christ lvetl' ~ ms , nnn
&g#ii hns. ill., which i now I've IN the tles =
51 i've nv the faith pf the son ot SPY, !,
4. v.ht loved me end gave himself i NJ
second chapter Galatians. 10y Ne a.ss,
iEi one card Was signed: n ON ON siiess !.
friend and his redeemed cn'lo n = =. ,,,n,..
yn,iG be% his child. toe va" on 4
IA .Nfect ME Ii, heaven. Il, Ss
Hung at Daylight. Ell
with The break Of day probably 10 ne
S,vtl, bc led forth TO his detit Z ~.
,,,ost secrecy shrouts every m o 9 =
of4thc officers among whom MS liss M ~,
g$ments Will be passed. but J. i''a ~, y, = Z.
stated with authority that %hlle s ,"s.,t
3 ~. ss..,,,a n satisfied ignorance Is yet
III ,sIrep AlcCuc will stand upon ny my ~,
II ,,,,,, ma look his last upon the 10Y ~,
4 faw only know the hour. the l'u w
I5}.f n, ,arro hns been left to believe ti ~.
III Il wll be late Iii the day, put hy 5l =, 4
Anne the crowd gathers. as gather ~ VII" ~
81 ,,,e ma /, will he dead and his booS even
then On Its way to the distant purlai
3fiplace. i.s 81 /, !, q, 4. NJ
wlll he confess2 Standing upon ihe
,.r,ni, ~ eternity, will he seize. tins ma
fopportunty to purge his soul q !. .l'e ~
that, If guilty, he has been " ~
Iii liz All idle question, and yet not et,
.;,.a,, /, ,.,thout IN answer. II is limited
tba s,,rb n confession Will be made no'
ryo,,, be seq fold, hut in q A pa per tha'
McCue has already Penne ana .i!as, ~
TO to- day he kept cosely ga bout hiS S III
SON.. But this bare lecture gives w y.
Il bcfore%the weight of. sign more ,s 4, i,',
I, IL sir,,;hcapce. Corssan, At the hand
5,nfftl,e ,risone,. was n Bible. aud no visl-55
s IA 70 the cell was allowed to leave W q. q.
t,tit bea ring a sentence of the sac9eu
Mi words read to him. I'D VI Il x s;S,3
Favorite Scripture,
& 1ssor one pa sisCsle tiealS viii,
y,ert,:ia, emphasis. no. once hnt r..
5l-,t-,
ssssrtY-second Psalm; ackr.oNssds .e
mn s,n unto Thee, ard I,,sna inial,iisy :.
# s.gs.s,5 x not hid Il ss.isi will confess NY
s II. Frasssons INTO slis I4arf, ard 7h my
set-Es res, the sntanityot $ET.E SIN
" Perhaps here is the aiisser se' shfa NM
query. McCues WI ~
ID. a higher court st,an stias&of his tailpW-
MA 4. a,st, he Will leave the world uiterihE
Z 4. no word shat can he construed into Z
aerlara.!ol Of guilt. 64
5lt "a Bat will this spiritual exaltation aTaie
81 him when he stires blankly in the race
of DEATH VIII moi body and mind fallef
sE$ a s IL a pnroaches the grstve2 Here, again,
The words ot the man himself, coupled
4. with his present calmnessEn and tdeter'f :" =
ton, must speak for themselves. an
Oh Will Die Cheerfully.
i Will. ~ lie said mo later than aLSdaS
or twoSago 1854 inllisier whose name
OUT tl,essstate ~ NIL ascend the: galoW!
sS ms clieerfuliy as ~ e i were going &
III At 4 tea i55sl ~ 3l
Such Is tho condition that .prcccdes TIT
;s} closing scencffin@ the miGhtiest tragedy
{ on the criminal dockcts of Virginia. 5Tht
last' word has now boon spoken and II
q remains but for the law to cxecutc8its
sentence. No loophoe sasuncovered, nc
Az channel has not been sounded and found
n wanting. at a II
Tie last frantic efforts to snatch thu
M prisoner from tho Jaws of5ideath were
4 ;,@iisrnal failure. News of tho attcmp,
was received here with incredulity ant
.sthc announcement that 1t had resulted AZ
naught caused no surprise # h. y
The attorneys for the convicted maj
y s had long ago given up6hopc, and the!
did not participate in the final struggl
which they knew TO be useless. Mel
"a Who had never before figured in tn
e case were ngaged.2 and it wasat the IN
stance of the stricken relatives alone an
not in pursuance Qf,the advice OF forme
counsel that the4moyG. was made. s
Three Last Efforts.
s Hlree separate and distinct efforts me
a common lot. The little daughter Of tn
murderer pleaded with the Governor G
tho state, but In vain, the might Of ~
Supreme Court OF the United States wa
invoked, hut IT was refused the SKI
Of alicnists was sought to detect in y
y man the traces of an insanity hat Won
drag him hack from the gallows.s bl
a& 5fthe experts came and left again withot
even looking at the prisoner.
Much wonderment, but little light3su
rounds this last mentioned doyelopmen
8 Tho physicians upon whose opinion u
family Of AIct,ue stakcd 2 hope for j
l]fe, did not fail TO arrive. Three &
nj them came. White, Of Washlnsio
Chewing, Of Frcdericksburs,f and SnoN
den, or Alexandria, but5aftcr making Il
S trip they did not so much rs LOOK, al y
outside of the jail,
4 conference was held with local alto
neys who represented McCnc at the trlI
When the consultations was concluded 7
physiclans returned to their homes. WI
passed between theln Is not Nnown, y
II lis not unlikely that they were ma
sfi :, ,,,,. NJ tho absurdity of holding Il col