Evening star., 1933-10-22

car-will be found in other column. We
hope to receive and get second one in type
ere going to press this afternoon. In tomor-
rows issue we will doubtless have. from his pen
perhaps the very best and fullest account OF
everything occurring today in Charlestown
published anywhere in the United States so
soon afterwards
"P. S.-The expected second letter. having
reached us, will be found elsewhere today .
And, elsewhere" are found Full Partcu-
lars" which includes two-and-a-half column
story signed &C. S. NJ" so that there is no
mstaking that fact that it was none other than
the subsequent distinguished editor of The
Star himself who wrote the story
livery phase of the journey to Charles
l. town and the execution itself were covered
by The Stars representative in a mastery way.
but can only briefly be referred to here Evil
dently the correspondent was not Superstitous
for he starts his story, Room No. 49, which
happened to be in Carriers Hotel. and then
refers to the other newspaper folk who were
quartered i'll the same hostelry, saying:
DR. Rawlings universal genius and Special
of Leslie's PctoriaD dispensed sardineS and
sandwiches, puns and poetical quotations ad
libitum. while Fulton of the Baltimore Ameri-
can, Wingate of the Sun Sultzer of the Clipper,
Flanagan of the Republican, Hays of the New
York Herald, Hitchcock of the New York Illus
Berghaus the German artist, meantime stand
ing by the mantel and sketching a vile Carl
cature of the crowd which he threatened to
publish i'll Leslie along with a fat hereaoouts)
drummer boy and some remarkable sketches
of Charlestown horsefesh.
The various representatives of the press
were conducted to the place assigned to them
two hours before the execution. This
position, though somewhat more favorable for
hat hon H..
able at one time. at an unnecessary dis
tance from the gaIows-
THE military in the field were located at
points designated by white signal flags bear
ing the names OF the different companies.
Their lines formed two octagons, one within
the other, of which the gallows was the center.
Drawn up beyond the rail fence Of this field
were long lines of cavalry: and the county unity
reach was dotted with squads of sentinel SOL
diers their brilliant uniforms bringing their
figures out in strong relief against the Sompre
autumn brown of the landscape. The NUMBER
OF spectators, aside from the military. was not
large, perhaps couple of hundred in all, ana
these with the exception of the members of the
press and some half dozen privileged civilians,
seated upon the steps, were excluded from the
field"
Apparently women were not as curious IN
those DAYS as they are now, at least they
did not let others know it, for upon THIS grue-
some occasion, when the life of a man was be-
ing forcbly taken away, not woman could
be seen without the aid of glass, and these
were at the windows of distant buildings.
THE body of John Brown was taken BY his
! widow to New York. where services were
conducted, of which The Star of December IL
says:
John Browns Funeral.-The funeral of John
Brown took place at North Elba on Thursday.
at O'Clock The body was borne by six of his
neighbors from his own roof to a rock nearby.
under the shadow of which he had directed TO
be laid. The coffin had previously been placed
in front of the door step, where his neighborS
came in crowds to take last look. The face
was hardly changed, and wore its usual ex-
preston. Before leaving the house his favor
ite hymn, Blow Ye the Trumpet-Blow, &c,
was sung and prayer was offered by the Rev.
Mr. Young of Burlington, vt. Remarks were then
made by j. NJ McKun of Philadelphia and
Wendell Phillips of Boston. At the grave Mr..
Young quoted Paul's words, I have fought the
good fight etc, and pronounced a benediction
But even this funeral ceremony would have
been omitted. If Ossowottime could have pre-
vented it. for it was his wish, in order to save
expenses, to be burned to ashes over pine
wood fire, and only consented to be buried in
the customary way when told that the metnoo
proposed by him could not be performed IN
Virginia.
or course in washington, there were those
who sympathized with the would-be emanci-
pator and the newspaper and telegraph ofiices
were besieged by crowds awaiting the latest
news from Charlestown. When the report
reached here that he had paid the supreme
penalty, the church bell on the Unitarian
Church, which occupied the site of the Police
Court was tolled as q mark of sympathy. Mayor
Barret did not think this was the proper thing
to do. and thenceforth would not permit the
church to make ofhcial announcements by
ringing. its bell
MEL the base ball season is over and tn. the