THE HUNTINGDON GLOBE, A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY JOUKAL, DEVOTED TO LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS, &C. From the Altoona Tribune—Extra of Friday 21 EXECUTION Of DAVID STRINGER IVIcKIIVI, FOR THE MURDER. OF SAMUEL TOWNSEND NORCROSS HISTORY OF VIE CASE • The crime for which McKim has this day atoned to the laws of the country, was cord- Mitted on the morning of the 17th of Janu ary last.. The whole case sums up as follows: 'Shortly before the date above mentioned; Samuel T. Norcross, a native of East Lexing ton, Mas's., was studying medicine in DuilL teith, David Stringer McKim also Work ed in the same toivn, and the two men became intimate. Norcross was afflicted with an ab scess in his side, which it was feared would take his life, and in consequence thereof de termined on returning to East Lexington.— McKim proffered his company and it was ac eqted. Norcross had some seven or eight hundred dollars invested in real estate in the west, and previous to starting for the east, he sold his property, and was induced by Mc- Kim as _the evidence on the trial stated, to take the price thereof in cash, instead of eastern drafts. All things arranged, they started and on the 15th of January, landed in Pittsburg and put up at the Eagle Hotel, where McKim registered, his name as McKin ney, and told the landlord that Norcross was subject to fits of insanity in which he attempt ed to destroy himself and that he (McKim) was taking care of him. On the night of the 16th of January, McKim and Norcross left Pittsburg in the 10 o'clock train which arri ved in this place at 3 o'clock the next morn ing. On that morning two men were observ ed to get off the cars and walk up the rail road. About 7 o'clock on the sarnemorning, some laborers going to work on the road dis covered a man lying in the ditch along side of the road, at a lonely spot about 21 miles above this place. He was not dead,"but in sensible. His face and head were much bruised and his throat had been cut with a razor, which article was found beside him.— The injured man was placed on a locomotive which was coming down the mountain at the time and brought down to this place. On ex amination of papers found on his person, it was discovered that his name was Samuel T. Norcross, on his way from Dunleith, 111., to his' home at East Lexington, Mass. No mo ney or valuables of any account were found abent his person. Ile lingered in' great agony.until two o'clock in the afternoon when lie died. Although every exertion was made, he could not he roused sufficiently to speak. A short statement of the tragedy, together with -the name of the unfortunate young man was - Sent to the papers in the different cities. Z,,,Trz-iccvX 1 - the Eagle Hotel, Pittsburg, observed the ar ticle,, and_ remembering the name, on account of the manner in which McKim had spoken of-him, be immediately telegraphed what he knew -- about the two men. Suspicion was at once attached to McKim, and all subsequent deVelopments only corroborated and strength ened the opinion that he was the murderer. That McKim' was not to be found at such a time, was inexplicable, and added to the thickening evidence of his guilt. Nothing was heard of him for several weeks. At last he turned. up in Pottsville, to which place he had taken a couple of lewd women, fioin Iteailing. He was first recognized by a gam bler who knew and was in the company of those women, and to _whom he communicated the fact„ One of the women apprized McKini of this, and ho immediately left Pottsville, and again all trace of him was lost. On - the 10th of March, two men named Aaron Wolf and A. B. Koons, were crossing North' Mountain, and stopped at a lonely tavern known as Long Pond, and there dis covered McKini acting in the capacity of an hoStler; They immediately arrested him and placed him in Bloomsburg jail, from whence he was brought to the jail in Blair county. While in the jail, and previous to his trial, -lie wrote a letter to one of his old associates in,Delawaic county, in this state, (where he previously lived, and where he had a wife and child" and other relations,) urging him to come on himself and brlng others and swear hiM''Out of thescrape. This dodge, however, waOletected by an official .of the place men-: tioned; -a.nd thus rendered useless. The tri4l came on at the April term of court in this•rcotinty, and occupied almost an entire week. , - -All _we 'have stated above was proven and muchniore. Atties,.a Real Estate Agent of.:Ptibuque, lowa, testified that, McKim was present when Norcross received the money for his _property ; McMaster, proprietor of the Eagle Hotel, Pittsburg, identified McKim as the. man whro` was in company with Nor cros.S. at,liiS house on the 16th of January ; Warfel, :Of Antes township, six miles south of this:place, identified him as the man who had,ricidgnion his sled.on the morning of the 17th of - Jai:Cary, and asked questions which aronsed his - suspicions; Faber, Hotel keeper, of Reading, recognized him as the man who had - T . i..kaiat his-house - shortly after the mar: der-4v-asebcainitted, and stated that he had money, in his possession which he wished to place r iu bank; Harrold, "receiving teller in thel'ai"merS' Bank of Reading, identified him as _ - Far who had made a deposit and off*d. - numey similar to that which Norcross had receivolfrom Attics; , the remainder of the'evidenee corroborated - the abcive and re vealed points-which are of minor importance. We liate - . - now given a hasty sketch to show on what grounds McKim was convicted. Front -the - time of his arrest until the pros era, he has protested his innocence of the Murder, bat given no salibfaCtor,y explanation of the affair. He conversed freely with till Who visited him and appeared to have no fear of death. On one occasion, he succeed ed in cutting the hobbles front his ankles with an old case knife. His trick was, how ever, diScoVered before he had finished it, and he was thereafter more heavily and securely chained. TRE EXECUTION. About 6 o'clock this morning, the condemn ed man made an effort to commit suicide by attempting to open a vein in his left arm, im mediately above the wrist, with a steel pen. He was balked in this attempt, however, by the watchfulness of his guard. Previous to making the attempt, he destroyed the manu script of the speech which he had prepared, and which was said to cover some 40 or 50 pages of foolscap. At an early hour the town. began to fill up with people, drawn thither by a morbid de sire to see or hear what they could of the hor rible drama. At 10,4 o'clock, a train of 10 cars, all crowded, arrived from Altoona, con taining between 500 and 1000 persons, togeth er with the Logan Rifle Rangers and the Al toona Guards, accompanied by the Altoona Brass Band:. At ten o'clock the prisoner's irons were ta ken off. Hymn 330, Watt's collection, was ' sung by him in conjunction with his spiritual advisers, Rev. Dr. Junkin, of Hollidaysburg, and Rev. 0. 0. McLean, of Huntingdon, after which a prayer was offered up by Rev .0. 0. McLean. The coffin was carried into the yard by the undertaker. At 15 minutes to 11 o'clock the prisoner ac companied by Rev. Dr. Junkin and Rev. 0.0. McLean ascended the scaffold. The rope was adjusted by Sheriff Port. At 10 minutes to 11 o'clock the sheriff proceeded to read the Death warrant of the unfortunate criminal, after which he called over the names of the jtirors, as follows: Joseph Robison, J. R. McFarlane, • G. W. Sellers, M. Runyan, -C. R. McCrea, Ed. Mc- Graw, Jr., Stephen Hammond, Gee. W. Reed, Dr. D. S. Hays, A. S. McCartney, John A. Lemon, Joseph Jones. At 10.55 Dr. Junkin proceeded to address those jn attendance on the solemnity of the occasion. His address occupied about 5 min utes, after which the criminal was asked if he had any thing to say. He immediately com menced in a moderate tone of voice as fu'_- lo ACS Friends and Fellow Citizens:---I have step ped on the scaffold as a murderer, bat I am an innocent man. I have been wronged out of my life by my fellow men who swore my life away. As a dying man whose soul will be in eternitAr in a few minutes, they swore urrsury: --- 1. -- n. ur.t u lug man 1 would rather be hung on this scaf fold, than that my country's laws should be trampled upon. Ile [Atticks] came to Blair county and swore falsely. He told everything but the truth. I never went to Atticks' with Norert)ss. I never was there when money was paid to Norcross. Atticks is a murderer. He has sworn my life away and injured my loving wife, my loving son, my aged mother, my 4 sisters and my brother. Yet he looked in my face and sneered while lying. He told every thing else but the truth. Little did he think, when he testified he would have to stand before the Judge, God Almighty. If lie dont repent before he dies he'll be damned eternally for the injury he inflicted on me and my family. But 1 forgive him. Mr. Eaton of Punleith is another. lie told a long story. lie said that a few days before starting I sha ved Norcross with the razor with which I cut his throat. It is untrue. I never shaved him. It was not my razor. I never put a razor on my own face nor on any one else's since I left home. She told what was not true. My ra zor is a black handled one and is at Long Pond. Dr. Rambold was another. He said before Norcross left that. he was a dying man,—a man present here knows it. Yet he came here and said he was getting well and that there was nothing the matter with him. At starting Norcross rude up in a wagon with trunks while Eaton swore he walked up with him. It was a lie. Jas. Warfel was another. I never saw Warfel, and never rode on a sled with any one till I got on the other side of Williamsport.— As a dyin; , man I hope I may never see Heaven if I rode on a sled with him or any other man till I was 15 miles on the other side of Williamsport. He is one of those who put this rope on my neck. He swore to false hoods in yon Court House. But I forgive him, and may God have mercy upon him.— But he never will unless he repents. These are all no men. They haven't the hearts of men. May God Almighty bless them. lam an innocent man. I care not what the world may say about me, I tell you before God tam an innocent man, before God I tell you as an American citizen, I must go either to Heaven or Hell this minute, but I never murdered Norcross. This is solemn talk and I know you will not believe me in nocent, but God knows it. - ream not what the world thinks, God and myself know it.— If all the blood of the innocent men who licCve been hung on the gallows was collected in one pool, it would drown all the false men who swear their lives away. These men came to see the trial of McKim. They came expec ting to pay expenses by getting a little money from, Blair county. They were false men and swore link by link my life away. They were not right men, but God Almighty bless them. They are my murderers. They got this noose on my neck. They stand charged before God with my Murder. A man named Fleck said I took breakfast with him at his house. This was proved false to his teeth. I never took a meal in his house in.my life. I got a meal at a gentle man's house, not Fleck's house. He scorned the idea of coming into court and falsely swearing McKim's life away. If he had come in court and sworn I took breakfast at his house it would have been all right. I don't know his name. He was an Irishman. His house was near the railroad; had a, porch in front which was h white I think; when you went in the bar was in front, the dining room the left hand and the entry to right. Is that Fleck's house? IS Fleck an Irishman? May God save Fleck. He will not, however, un- less he repent. He knows he is one of my murderers. If he is here I want him to hear it. I would rather die on the gallows than be in Fleck's place. In a few minutes I mu 4 be launched into eternity, either Heaven (4 Hell. I'm going home to sweet Jesus. no murderer, and yet I am to die a dishoho able death, when I'm not the murderer.— I've been a United States Dragoon. I've fought and bled for my country. I boast not of that, but I tell you of the dishonorable ' death that I must die. Send to Washington for a record of my conduct. I was promoted to Drill master. I served under Scott, Har ney and Jenkins.. They all know me. • They know I'm a man that would not cut Noreros's throat, or beat his brains out with a club.— lam innocent. I never did it. lam a dy ing man; and if I die with a lie on my lips will go to Hell. I must die and lie in that coffin. My poor mother taught me to read the bible and pray. I believe the bible and have always prayed every night. You know how my poor mother feels now, at her son dy ing a dishonorable death. But I am inno cent. My mother would never have given birth to a son who would have done wrong without confessing it. lam an innocent man. I didn't murder muel Townsend Norcross. God don't require me to say I did. God's on my side. I disregard what the people say..- You will find out I am an innocent man. L - will find some other man who is guilty. Murders will never lay. You'll find out yet lam innocent. An American citizen I stand before you a believed murderer. I don't won der at it. I don't blame you as God and my self know lam innocent. As a Chester Coun ty man, lam innocent. I was born in CheS ter county, on the Lancaster county pike, near the 48 mile stone. I was born in Ches ter county. I won't deny my county. Oth ers, who are from Chester county, may deny me, but I never did anything to bring me here. My life has been sworn away, as I am no murderer. As an American citizen I have a right to speak to you, and could not I die happy unless I did. As..a dying man ev ery word I have spoken is true. 17 know I can't convince you, but it is so. I don't stand in the eyes of God as a murderer. As a dying man I. am not the murderer of Nor cross. I did not murder him. I have fought and bled for my country. I have fought for the stars and stripes. I have taken the flag up to the muzzles of the can non and the points of bayonets. Any man who kills his fellow being deserves hanging. I don't go in for hanging an innocent man. I admit I was not able to prove it. They swore everything against me just like a song. My counsel did their duty. They did every thing in their power, in every manner, shape and form. They did their whole duty, in every manner shape and form. I have heard it said that I blamed the Honorable Judge for his able charge against me. It is not true. As a dying man I never blamed him. I would ask no man who was sworn to "do his duty to do anything wrong to save my life. I have been nearly three months chained in jail. I don't blame the honorable sheriff for chaining me. I blame myself a little for it. You all know the reason why, for cut ting the hobbles. I have been used like a gentleman, - by the honorable sheriff, the honorable Mr. Hammond, and the whole of jelnent, mond I was hand-cuffed one night behind my back: The handcuffs were too tight, and cut my wrists. I asked the honorable sheriff to take them off, but he would not do it until be got another pair. I told the hon orable sheriff that I would speak of it to-day and I have done it. [To the Sheriff: Now I will say no more. -T he Sheriff: It's all right.] Hon. Mr. McClure has been with me for about six months. He has been with me night and day. He has done his duty like an officer. He has always treated me well. Got me everything I wanted or should have, being a prisoner. Also his lady has treated me well. I think he is one of the foremost citizens in the place. You ought to be proud of him as the foremost citizen of the county. He is a man of honor and respectability.— He is a man I love. I wish you to look upon him with honor and respect. His wife is a lady. She has the tenderness of a mother. She knows how my old mother is weeping for me to-day. May God Almighty bless you both is all I have to say. A number of citizens have been very kind to me. Mr. Junkin and Mr. McLean have been very kind to me. So has Mr. Clarke. I don't see him here to-day. The pious peo ple of this place have attended on me like christians. They have kindly feeling for their fellow man. They - have come time after time within the gloomy - walls of that'` prison. They have not been ashamed to read to me, and kneel in prayer within the gloomy walls of that prison. Mr. Junkiu and Mr. McLean have come to escort me to the pinnacle of death. I choose them my self. They have- saved my soul from Hell. I believe it. I believe they have been the instruments of saving my soul from IRM— A number of Methodist people came and held prayer. there in the gloomy walls of that prison.. They don't think too much of themselves. May God Almighty bless them. Citizens •of Hollidaysburg, one and all, have used me with respect. I love them all, as good American citizens. You ,see me here pleading for truth. They had no rope round their necks, knowing that in, tfl'e twinkling of an eye they would be plunged into Heav en or Hell. If they had they would never have sworn my life away. They never would. I have been charged wilh 'more crimes than this. I've seen it in the papers. But everything in them ain't true. I have been charged with murdering two more men.— But they never said it till McKim was chained by the leg. They had me fast enough and could say what they pleased.— God Almighty knows I am innocent-and he will speak for McKim. I hope I may never see the Kingdom of Heaven if I ever mur dered any man. I have been charged• with horse stealing. It is not true. I have never stolen anything. As a dying man I never did, no never, never, never, except fruit. I have stolen fruit, and ate it. Who has not stole fruit? But I never stole anything else. Ain't it hard to be accused thus while chained God Al mighty has something to say concerning that. He knows I'm innocent. I care not what my fellow-men say. lam innocent.— I could not die !nippy unless I expressed my opinion. As - an American citizen I have a right to. I am an innocent man. I have nothing to fear. I am a happy man. I have my calling and election sure. God knows it. I have put my trust in Jesus.— I'll go to him as soon as the breath is out of my body. I'll go to Heaven. There meet my aged mother, my aged father who has gone before, my loving wife and son, my si and my brother. hat need I care for this dishonorable do? My friends care nothing about it.— Tr characters are faultless. I am sorry tbl am in this fix, to bring disgrace upon th, but it was no fault of mine. God Al- ' nay knows it. My friends du not believe au innocent man, because they aro cltians. They know I know whether I amnocent or guilty of the murder of Nor m. As long as my heart continues to be: and God gives me the power and will of livery I will contend for my rights. If I v guilty it would be wrong, but I'm in noct. Anything I ought to I will submit to, it not to what I ought not to. t. thing I will submit to, I'll submit to allxmgs like a christian and an American citii ought to. The Devil got hold of me thinorning and forced me to try and de pri myself of life. I did it without think ing I thought only of the disgrace to my frids, by this death. But if I had suc ceed it would have been more of a dis gte than this rope. I believe in the bible al I believe I would have been damned if lid. I never could have been saved when Ay of my own murder. My friends (point intat McClure and the man who watches hir hindered me, and I gave up the weapon to em at once. I thanked God for it.— , MaGod bless you all. Ire the prisoner ceased speaking and turd round to his religious advisers, but irnilled by some new idea, he suddenly turf(' his back upon them, and faced the ispeators, and spoke as follows: "I know youlon't believe me innocent, but as a dy ingian, before God I am. In a few min uteany soul will be launched into eternity and'o home to my Jesus." A, soon as he finished speaking, he again turrd round facing the clergymen, when Dr. runkin addressed the audience, briefly statig that it was contrary to their wishes andadvice that the prisoner used parties nar.?.s on the scaffold, and made such a lenthy speech. They had advised him to nue but a short statement of facts, and spnd the most of his time in preparation fo death. For this action he alone is re spnsible, as he will acknowledge. [The pr;oner confirmed the Dr.'s statements, Mr. MLean also confirmed the Dr.'s statements.] Tb. Dr. then continued. He said God above kuw the truth or falsehood of the state- , melts he had made. lie then read the sth ehtpter of Romans to the miserable criminal to vhich he seemed to pay strict attention.— Halton read the 650 Hymn, Watts' collec tion commencing "Prepare to meet thy God;' wlich was sung by the clergymen and the erminal. Although McKim's voice quivered very much, yet he betrayed no other symp t