... Ile said that lie was perfectly resigned to his fate, although his execution for murder was unjust. MIr. Patrick had been killed in a drunken scuffle, at the time when he (the malefactor) was heated with liquor, and knew not what he did. That he deserved ...

... the penalty. When the appointed ?? arrived the prisoner was re- Ifred moved from his cell, and the procession to the ber- scaffold was formed. First marched th SherifT fri-a of Philadelphia Coilmty and the Superin- us as tendenc of the prison. Then came ...

... brand of Cain upon me. Let no mon insult me with thse belief that I desire existeiice with that infamy. Let me go to the scaffold and the grave, and there I shall find that justice which here I have been denied. I have already trespassed on the time of ...

... ? your affec- tionate son, ALVILED CsIPrvRmIELD. God bless all of you. I am sure you have done your best for me. ON THE SCAFFOLD. The condemned man, who passed .a restless night, rose at six on Tuesday, and partook of a scanty bireakfast. He was visited ...

... Meunier t e met 'igW. fate calmly, and was accompanied on to e the scaffold by two Roman Catholic priests, one b eg of `W4om, Father Knight, read the funeral ser- b vice. ! While upon the scaffold the condemned t man asked the executioner to wait, saying, I ...

... coolly anid i deliberately fired his gun at his wisfe whilst she was in it h ile act of cleaning some carrots and potatoes, and killed her on the spot. But as the principal witness could not then attend, tile trial was then adjourned to tile Salis. in bury ...

... have committed the act. He has all along declared that lie could not tell what possessed him at the moment, but the thought to kill the de- ceased suddenly came across his mind, and he could riot resist it. The prisoner, although only 24 years old, appears ...

... commenced tolling, and at ten 05 v( minutes to eight, being the time when the prisoner left his a cell on the way to the scaffold, the chapel bell began tolling, ua and from that time a solemn stillness was observed throughout the crowd. The culprit was ...

... but fro'in the evidenie of o the- witnesses it was-clear that .plaintiff eonbributed C e to the- accidert by unasng on the scaffold. CThe d deendeidts bad .beaved handsomely .in paying , h plaintiff's wjesd g rpart of hisilness, ,f sand-' laintiffT yud ...

... he tives presented themselves to summon him~to his of doom. The usnal proce.ision was quickly formed, r and halfway to the scaffold the party. or wvas met by Billitgton, the executigner, m who was assisted in the prelimfinary n, procesaof.piniooinghepb ...

... in his statement thatt o though he believed he was the cause of the womian's death, yet he had no intention of killing--her. On the scaffold 7 Fordred is said to have showi remarkable firmness. Mar. woodawas the executioner. e During the hearing of a School ...

... executioner, entered the condemned man's cell, and Williams submitted quietly to the process of pinioning. Bewalkeftiinrly to the scaffold, and the bolt iwas4 drawfn ?? directlyaftet the clock struck eight. Death appeared instantaneous. o . reporters were admitted ...