The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1866-10-20 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

SHOCKING SCENE AT AN EXECUTION. The New York papers report a fearful peens which took place about a fortnight since at an execution at Newport, Kentucky :  _ A man named Allen P. Eggleston was apprehended some months ago in an attempt to rob the house of Captain Mentor, and, in endeavotuing to escape, shot at and killed that gentleman. Aboat 15,000 persou assembled to witness the execution. According to the reports, agglestoa, pallid and weak, unable to walk without aid from the wounds him chains had inflicted, but gam and resolute, was led upon the scaffold. He looked around at the vest crowd, 'with an. exprerion of weakness and resignation, • troubled look, • shade of korrow, not tintingel with dhgust,' and than he fixed Ms eyes on the bright sky and the forest-clad hills The death-warrant wu read, and Eggleston, supported by two men, roes to make his dying speech. It was the old story. Bad company, a bad life, pmtestation—in many cues trua, I we think—that murder was not Intended, repentance, and willisguees to die, in was not drunk, as are tumally the victims .4 the scaffold, for no drunken man would hen thus gently, rebuked the crowd, eager for the horrible tragedy. I feel qVy sorry," he said, "to me m many people here, for 1 gel, teat most of them came heterthrougn idle cariotity. I feet that they don't realise that they have got to die tbemsalvesmnd that many may die on the gallows Itke car, put or I us. rbbour to at.. I maa very, very sorry tor see so many here to look at this, and to see so many women and children here to-day.' Eggleaton'sarms were new bound and the rope plead around In. neck. The white hood was drawn over tils face, and, still unable to stand, strong bands supported him on the trap. is he said "God blase you !" to his executioners, the drop fell, and the body flashedin the air. What followed was more horrible than death. The body le/I through with great force—the knot slipped, and with • fell of eight int the wretched man's body struck she ground, his head bumping against the woodwork with • thug that could be heard 100 feet off. The scene of horror electrified the 15,000 spectator.. • murmur of horror and disgust went the length and breadth of the crowd, and they moved forward With a Motion like that of an immense ware to see what would follow. It was at flee minutes after one o'clock that the horrible event occurred The ofhoen quietly raised the man, all stunned and bleeding from his terribly lacerated neck as he wth carried him up the stem to the death hole again, and gave him some water. WithoUt a word of complaint or an expression of pain, with the Old look of meekness and resignation lighting up hie face, and saying simply, "Gentlemen don't let that oath, Vein I" he submitted to the preparation for his execution He was again lifted on the gallows and hanged! -  The New York Tribune adds: "What became of his soul we know not, but the crowd went home to dinner."  VERY PARTICOLAR!—A letter from Stockholm in the French papers says that the Swedish corvette, Naiad, during a late voyage on the Spanish °oast, saved the crow of the English steamer the Geelong, which way in distress. The Captain, it is added, refused to follow his crew on board the Swedish vessel before he had shaved himself. "It would be ungentlemanly," he said, '' to show myself on board a foreign vessel before I have shaved; and the Swedish captain sees obliged to wait until this operation had been effected. Scarcely had the Captain got on board the Naiad when his own steamer went down.