The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-11
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Walked to S. fold a 'NNi1tlllSS " i1tl1lS
~. s8s5 Firm Step uneral Es5s5s
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Dark and terrible with trng was the
last day the ITO OF j ii sssanue M cue
sclf-confessed murderer of8 his fe-TTdarlk
with tho shad ow5 Or ID pproachtnE death. .s
AS If In mock cry Of the gaii scarf foltlSS
tina t$lnutely told OF Wfa "a Wns8 70 3bess anets
or tho shuddcrlng horror of thosofS v'l VINO
stood within Its shuloW.SS the SIX les
|Htll5 this very day overctlst and su
were bright again With suns ~ me-
air from the mountain had lost IS 8llsv-
ness and an almost 3snmrne e \ bal M
|spreyailed a. smiling heaven locke d OWL
9ii,,non a crowd sad and subdued pom tt5Y
smiling earth $;L man ST; ding n on tho
brink OF eternity. gazct for u las time
nnT II turned away Around him and ps-s
yond him stretched broad tlelds biltnestttf
lii snnlight and mus ma
senc an answering glln hacl ~ 10 to t1,e
sky above them n ear ~ Oh 5geysliy4
hand were the scenes OF his young gs 8lll.
hood and OF his one-t time prosperit W h@lla @
success p "A short distance away was ~ ~
homo In which ahc had once peen} n
and 5honored husband and ffat s. q. t'l t,l "a
beneath Ills feet were che pine pparels n,s$ =,
a gallows and upon his Wrists lIle N1 s9a.s w
steel of nlanaclcs that held him last, . SptS tS#
for him was tho sunshine anei the n SntaFs8
Death only was his portion and to tilillsI
death camo, quickly, almos I Il painlesSly,ss ,ss
ltSw;s ,in8thn gray light tue earl
dawn that the man walked fort ll>-cni my
and confidently to his doom Is declining
aid. rejoicing In tho strength 3of body and
OF spitit that boro5 him up. e the very
last. lie spoke not q word Sur roiindel&
by watchful guards, he strobe steadlyis
on. and then MS steadily & climbed tn
steps OF the scaffold. lla paid sscants heeusS
to the ashlverlng little crowd 1 nnding M
tho snow below him. IfIe respon ded ltililck-e
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his deputies, and without trempr 8feltS
himself strapped fast q prisoner SAW y
the ghostly gown SO around him. n FELT
the moose tighten a bout his throat, ald "
watched tho back cowl as 1t was placed ~
over his head, shutting OF from him
forever tho world iie once loved 50 wei l.s4
Not a muscle twilched, not an eyelid
3cliivered. The magnificent nerye and the
marvellous sesf-control did not raj any
time fail him. lIG was still stallding.H
calm and undismayed. when the trap fell m
awny from his feet, and he went down
to his death, For nlnGteen minutes fa
flangled at the ropes end, Then he vas
dead from strangulation. The body WAS
taken down and carried through tho court
yard to q waiting hearse. g;,s NJ
The Last Night 8s5as5
During tho night that preceded tile axs- @
lcution McC'uo had slept scarcely any i ~
at all. In the afternoon he9 had learned
tho failure OF the last sfrnntie efforts totR
snatch him away from DEATH and had III
then bade farewell forever 70 his children
and to the othor members of his famly.
Tho scene WAS heart t-brealsing in It's sTds9
ness; the prisoner himself comfprted hiss
little ones, and then hldes them go, tpherey5
after he saw no one but Ills spiritual II
advisers 3 NH 53is fs5
i Straight through tho night tho light
from his eell stfetmed thtangh the s,tr-
rounding hlackness. Within, the rfsoiii U
SIcC,ue lay stretched Upon hls ,hedsr,loe
sleeping. but laughing and sIhptting with n
the two ministers wha spent tliss NJ Bsitsss
In tho celi-4the8 Rev IA. ~, i.ee and si.a,
again the conversation turned tipoIt
tual affairs, and .4ceua re;sd frem the