Denton Examiner, Audenshaw, Hooley Hill and Dukinfield Advertiser. — 1877-08-18 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

ILE MACCLESFIELD MURDERER. LETTER FROM THE CONDEMNED CELL. Harry Leigh, the Macclesfield weaver, was executed at the County Gaol, Chester, on Monday morning, in the presence of the High Sheriff and the usual officers, and a few reporters of the local press. Marwood was the exeeutioner, and Leigh being a light man a long drop was used. Leigh was firm and penitent to the last, and appeared to feel his position very much. He soon died.  The following letter was sent last week by the condemned man to his parents, who reside ill Arbourhey-street, Macclesfield : "Chester Castle, August 6th, 1877. "Dear Father and Mother,—l write these few last lines to you to inform you that I received your kind, welcome, and long looked for letter on Saturday, and to inform you that the reason 1 did not write sooner was because I thought you had left Macclesfield, for you told me on the 25th of June that you would see me on the 23rd of July, and, dear father, as you lay you are almost brokenhearted, I myself know you :cannot be otherwise, To ‘think you have only two suns, and one must soon be led to the gallows to die; but, as I have said repeatedly, it is only what I deserve for having taken the life of a fellow-creature, and having hurried her unwarned into eternity, vile, and miserable sinner, that I am! But I hope the Lord will have mercy upon me, for I have now only Him to look to for mercy, and I hope He will pardon me for all my past sins, for they are ' many more then I can tell—the sins of my heart. the sins of my lips, and the sins of my hands. But I pray to have forgiveness for them all, and to be cleansed in the blood of our Lord Jesus Chriit, who died that we sinners might be saved. And, dear father, you say in your letter you don't know whether we shall be permitted to see each other again in this world, but I am glad to have , to inform you that you can visit me on Thursday or Friday next, so I think you had better come on Thursday, to avoid being so near the end of the week. and I may say there are only four persons I wish to see, and that is, yourself, my mother, ray wife, and cousin Ellen Goulden. there is no other I wish to see. I hope to have forgiveness from our Heavenly Father for thi fearful crime and all my past sins. Dear father, as you say there are throbbing hearts at home about my awful doom, I hope you will endeavour to console yourselves as much as possible for, Of sorrow all must have a share, But in grief's dark hour Remember this the while— Though sorrow close the parting day, Joy cometh with the morning ray, And brighter skies may smile; That path of sorrow, and that path alone, Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown. "So now, dear father and mother, I must conclude my last letter with my kind love to my uncles, aunts, and cousins, and accept the same yourzelves, with the last farewell to them all, so no more at present from your affectionate, and truly repenting son,  i‘ HARRY, LEIGH" The last solemn interview took place on Thursday, when the culprit was visited by his father and mother, and wife and cousin, The interview lasted from 20 to 95 minutes, IF THERE Aus ANT LADIES who have not yet tried the GLENFIRLD STARCH, they are respeotf ally solicited to give it a trial, and carefully follow oat the directions printed on every package, and if this is done they can say, like the Queen's Laundress it is the finest Starch they ever used. When you ask for GLENFIELD STARCH see that you get it, as inferior kinds are often substituted for the sake I of extra profit.