GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XXL-NO. 122.
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sit the Church of the Redeemer Lower Merton,. Pa., by the
Jim If. Morrell, apaiated by the Rev. E. L. Lyeett;
rector of the Pariint. JONIIIIR }Umber. of rinAing, N. Y.,
to Caroline E., daughter of Samuel J. Gunnuere,
dent of linverford College.
DIED.
DUANL.—At DuhJJu, it. U., on the Nth foal. Helen F..
^wife of Rev. Chas. W. Dunne, of Swedeshoro, N. J., and
danahter of E. Lincoln, Esq., of thin city.
The funeral will take place to.morrow, 30th Met., at 10
o'clock. A. ml.. from No. PAgi Pine street. •
FLUSACHEIL—on Wednesday afternoon; bet,
Mn J., wife of Jacob Flubncher.
The relatives and friends of the family are invited to
attend the funeral, from her late reddenee. No. fr../ North
Fifteenth street, on Saturday meat, at 3 I'.Pd. sss
If AY.--On the with Mk, Hobert 11. ay. in his 97th
year.
The male friends are invited to attend his funeral.from
him late residence, 107 North Fifteenth street, tide (Thum
day) afternoon, at o'clock. •
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KASH STEPS.
Cerreepondenee of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletinj
" Here no sepulchre built
In the laurel'd rock, o'er the blue
_Naples has., for a sweet
Tender Virgil!"
—sighs the poet Arnold, as he bows his head in
trim Montmartre" over the grave of Heine.
Naples, among its singular variety of impres
sions, has one commandingly grave, sad, noble
association in the resting-place of Virgil. The
steep rocks which you pierce to enter the city
from the west form the vast. and unalterable pe
destal to the urn of the sweet-mouthed Mantuan.
Banging over_the entrance to the long tunnel
which the Neapolitans call Pi,,ligrottal, is a tomb
of the kind known as etAllebaria, because they
have niches like dovecotes. Seen from the road
below, it is an indistinguishable leafytoss among;
the vine-curtained - inequalities of the cliff.No
:;.*3-:(lOlikAtcti7;i4l,that this tomb is that of Virgil.
iiateePt . a key froni a 0111th Who burrows like
a Vulcan in a cavern under the precipice,
and then you clamber to the shrine by mazy
ways, in the footsteps of the poet's disciples, when
they wound with the pale honors of his ashes up
to hie dizzy bed.
"—Seek we sepulture
On the tall zummit, citied to the top,
Crowded with culture!"
Enteric ‘: by a low doorway I stood in the pale
chamber where the geslus of every age, from
Pliny to Casimir Delavigne, has- come to adore
genius. Here Petrarch planted a laurel. Here
Boccaccio, flinging away the wealthy allurements
of commerce, dedicated himself to letters with a
vow. The "shrill female" of Carlyle, the Mar
gravine of Beiruth, sent a laurel to her brother
Friedrich, with verses by Voltaire: and Voltaire In
his turn got more laurel from a Russian admirer,
Who thought the Ilenriade equal to the Erield,
and preserved the leaves at Ferney. It is, I sup
pose, the loveliest house of death in the world.
It watches over that unrivalled crescent whore
the Naples Bay, fringing on the shore, has been
compared to an iris-petal spreading over the mar
ble lips of a vase. Above it rise the dark, profound
murmuring canopies of the umbrella-pines; and
a pleasant garden crowns the cliffs where the In
dian pear grows sweet, and where the bay-breeze,
Singing bucolics and georgics among the plum
trees, sprinkles the mausoleum with blossoms
and perfumes. In the Villa Reale far below,
hardly seen for the ilexes and palms which sur
round it and the American 'wisteria piled upon it,
is an antique temple, having for sole divinity a
white colossal bust. Greek ringlets on a Roman
nose, and a profile of ideal harmony, define that
likeness which was beyond doubt intended by the
Sculptor for an lacchus ' but which the moderns,
determine to be Virgil, because it is faultless and
god-like. This great, bright head, regarding the
modern world from between the columns of the
porch, watches earthward, as the tomb, more
spiritual, seems to float among the stars
above it ; the garden-music, playing on
'balmy nights, can hardly climb
where I am standing in his tomb; but it addresses
his image there in the lower world, sweeps the
marble locks, heats against the melodious mouth
with au utterance suave as its own, and curls
through the labyrinth of the pale ear with mes
cages Irom Mendelssohn and Beethoven. One on
earth—ono among the clouds, to support and
cover, as it were, the poet's memory, and engage
that the hurrying age shall not forget him. Be
low, Virgil lifts his head to the harmony of the
trumpets and the Meititerranean wavelets' soft
complaint. Above, his chamber awaits him,
cwpty and garnished against the heavens—if it
should ever please the splendid ghost to
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sweet, in with the moonshine- and fill it!
• While standing in the coluMbariurn to• make a
rapid Skelch, I was -interrupted by Giulletta .
ACenza, offering me a chair by the hand of her
mother. Giulietta's fame has hardly extended
to the American public. She is famous for
nothing that I know of but for having cut an
upper tooth at a remarkably early age; but she
has an organ, as the music-critics call it, of a
wonderful pitch, tension and singing quality—and
her dancing, executed in the maternal arms,
charms everybody. Her freedom of manner,
with strangers of the opposite sex, extends to
the verge of indiscretion. Her costume Is rather
Egyptian, as I understand the Theban fashions
from my studies in the mummy-room of the
Academy of Sciences; if she were ever to be un
wrapped as mumbles arc unwrapped, in the pres
ence of her sovereign, I fear the brusque king would
turn on his heel with a' "pleb!" before the cere
mony was half over. For the Italian baby knows
no medium between two things—nudity and a
nightcap, or a covering as intricate.as that of the
peg in the centre of a kite-line; and Giulietta, out
of respect to Virgil, maybe, had chosen the
modest alternative.. She could have furnished,
from her own person, a moderate slop-shop. She
addressed me at great length. in a language made
up of the five vowels, and punctuated with
gurgles; nt the same time expressing the
firmest determination to jump out of her
mother's hands a few hundred feet down the
precipice. I lifted up her enormous hood, ex
posing a pert. tly bald baby-head of an olive hue,
and remarkeC hat she was "a little Capuchin."
You would ric'er have recognized that as a joke,
perhaps? Tl .t is because you do not compre
hend the region and the soil in which . I planted
it. My celebrated Capuchin joke gaily did bur
geon and broadly did grow. The mother, laugh
ing until she nearly laughed Ginlietta down. the
cliff, was obliged to call a brown girl to share
the eestacy, and understand that the baby in its
hood had been compared to a Capuchin.
.Then
they both laughed in a volley, raising unseemly
echoes in the Tomb of Virgil. And Miss Gialietta,
with an hypocrisy perfectly modern, affected to
see it, when she did not at all, and began to
cackle like a sewing machine.
From these circumstances it has come to pass
that my sketch book contains the flimsiest possi
ble outline of Virgirs tomb, venerated for almost
a score of centuries, and a very complete and
satisfactory likeness of Giuletta teL 1.
The "Grotto" overlooked by the Tomb is that
of Posilipo. It is laid' out directly east and west.
I walked through it, . after descending, to its
further extremity; and my shadow, just a mile
long, struck accurately through it and, brought
up against my friend, the blackstaith, as he was
shoeing a horse before his cave's mouth. As for
my feet, at the western end of my shadow, they
were in_ the town of Pozzuoli,. while my head
was overshadowing the smith la Naples.
Pozzuoli used to be Puteoli: and worthier feet
by far than mine, brightening the world with
"steps"—anything but "rash," - had-- stood --there
before me. This ancient town formed the end of
the . brave voyage of the first missionary.
Wrapped in the hot sirocco, Saint Paul was
swept thither from Reggio.
"And from thence we fetched a compass, and
came to Rhegium; and after one day the south
wind blew, and we came We next day to
,
We like General Grant's letter about Sheridan.
We honor him for having written it. We want
Grant to be with us, so essentially with us that
we can lean upon his strong right arm. We be
lieve his heart is right; but he has himself to dread
more than any other influence. ,He has been too
easy with the President, too good-natured, too
anxious to please, and so has been betrayed into
false positions, to the detriment of the general
Welfare. We regret that he has consented
to the removal- of Sickles; . for. there. rs an
important principle involved in, this case
quite as deeply as iu that of Sheri
dan. If he has the right to object to the re
moval of Sheridan, be has the right to object to
the reurOval of Sickles and all the other District
Commanders. This Is no mere technical quarrel
about the wording of an order. It is a conflict of
fundamental principles. Congress has imposed
upon the General of the Army the responsibility
pf seeing that the Reconstruction 'laws are faith
fully executed in the spirit in which Men were
framed. General Grant cannot throw off that
responsibility upon Mr. Johnson. It IS not
enough for him to place himself upon record as
an enemy of the President'spolicy, lie has a
strict duty to discharge toward the people' who
have confided to him his high trust. It is time
for him now to be stern. He should know that
the President means war, and that he cannot es
cape a sublime responsibility. We do not know
how far the President will lead us; but with Grant
vigilant, resolute and true, he cannot lead us
very far.
The Tyrians had two capital trading depots in
Italy, one at Puteoli. and one at Rome. They
furnished some of the earliest converts to Chris
tianity, incited by their love of mysticism and
addiction to the Semple and Isian worship. Paul
therefore found at Puteoli a little band of poor
but sincere friends, who received him with hearts
of reverence and pride, and presently passed the
apostle tenderly on to their correspondents in
the city of the Cesarg. ENFANT PERIM::
•1 General Grant.
'__. ;: From Y.Tribune.)
Some friends whom we respect, and a small
number of insectivorous newspapers whom we
do uot,are very angry with the Tribune for doubt
ing Gentral'6rant.. Well, we claim the right to
doubt anybody whose record is not so clear that
there can be no Mistake. If Geueral Grant put
himself under SuspiCion, the fault was his own.
We certainly had no destre to do him injustice.
On the contrary, we feel we_siserVe the credit of
indueing General Grant to define h is position.
Our article ehalleimitig:the - was written on
August The General wrote his Sheridan
letter ' on the 17th, animated, no
doubt, by a desire to give the people the infor
mation that was wanted. In the agony of the
war, when we criticised President Lincoln for not
urging emancipation, he replied by writing a
similar letter. If we remember lightly, these in
sectivorous creatures were horrified because we
labored to make Mr. Lincoln proclaim Emancipa
tion. Mr. Lincoln and Gen. Grant made their
responses because they were actuated by a desire
to answer public opinion, and showed that re
spect to the power of independent journalism
which, in a measure, accounts for their great
success.
Ant IISEPIENTS.
CAM. SENTZ6 GARDEN CONCEIMi.—We, desire
to call - the attention of our readers to the charm
lug little garden concerts given under the, aus
pices of Mr. Carl Sentz, at the corner of Juniper
and Filbert streets. These musical entertain
ments are unique and original in design, and the
programme arranged for each performance is
invariably of a most attractive character. •
• =There Is a prospect of cheap clothes in the
future—the twenty-live hundred striking tailors
of London have resolved that, if their demands
are not complied with, they will emigrate en
maw to Americh. : .
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY; AUGUST 29, 1867.
WI N 1 %-•AI.. O 11, E.
JUSTICE VINDICATED.
The]ExecutionTo-day
CONDUCT OF THE CONDEMNED.
NO CLERGYMAN AT THE GALLOWS.
Winnemore's Speech at the Scaffold.
HE RE-ASSERTS HIS INNOCENCE.
At nine minutes of eleven o'clock this morning
George W. Winnemore was hanged at the County
Prison.
The facts of the crime for which Winnemore
this morning paid the extreme penalty of the law
are too well known to the public to need more
than a recapitulation of the prominent features
of the tragedy. •
On the 25th of April last, at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon, Mrs. Dorcas Magilton, a lady sixty
two years of age, was found murdered in her
home, 1309 Shippen street. The deceased and
her husband had lived together in the house for
a number of years, and both were well known
to their friends, acquaintances and.,neighbors as
quiet, inoffensive and kind On the
afternoon in question Mr. Magilton left his home
at 2 o'clock, intending to be gone but a few
minutes. De was detained, however, an hour,
and upon his return, at 3 o'clock, he found the
door of his house locked. and himself unable to
effect an entrance. While engaged in using a
key, in the effort to enter,. the door was
opened by - George W. Winnemore from
t inside; and upon confronting Mr.
Magilton, Winnemore at once exclaimed, "Some
body has been here and murdered your wife!"
At 'this time Winnemore had no hat on, and
otherwise bore no evidence that his subsequent
statement that he had just entered the house was
true. Mr. Magilton stepped to the back room.
and there found his wife lying on the floor, with
her throat cut, and her skull crushed from blows
from a small hammer lying near the body. Life
was extinct, although the body was still warm.
Mr. 31tigiltoti at once accused Winnemore or
being the murderer, as he was the only person in
the house. Winnemore denied it, and explained
his presence there by the assertion that he came
to the house for the purpose of seeing
Mrs.. Magilton; that he found the door un
locked; that be entered and saw Mrs. Ma
gilton dead on the • floor; that he then
locked the front door for the purpose of search
ing the house in order to ascertain if the mur
derer was stilton the piemises, and that he was
engaged in .the Work when Mr. Magilton
returned. This explanation, of course, was un
satisfactory, and he was arrested and locked up
for a hearing. When he was first met in the
bouse,and subsequently when arrested and ques
-tioned in regard to the crime, Winnemore main—
tained the-utmost composure, and at-no time dis
playtxl the slightest concern on account of the
position in which he was placed. The excite
ment occasioned by the murder was yew great,
and there was a demand for the immediate ex
amination and trial of the prisoner. The COro•
ner at once held the inquest, and .the jury re- .
turned a verdict implicating Winnemore,r
and on the fourth day after the murder
a bill of indictment was found against him by the.
Grand Jury, and upon this he was at once
arraigned In the Oyer and Terminer, before
Judges Brewster and Peirce. He had no counsel
at the time, and .the Court assigned Damon Y.
Kilgore, Esq., as counsel during the arraign
ment. Afterwards the relatives of Winnemore
selected H. B. Warriner,
Esq., as counsel to act
with,Mr. Kilgore. At the outset Mr. Kilgore
objected to the speedy trial,,. and succeeded in
obtaining a postponement from time to time
until May 3d. when the Court ordered the case to
proceed. A jury was obtained by the sixth,
several reneirs being exhausted in the effort, and
the trial then proceeded. '
M:l=3=l
The trial was a peculiar due. The Common
wealth's case was a plain and simple presentment
of the facts. Winnemore.a Young man of no trade
'or .prefession, had, after lounging about during
his youth entered the army during the war: At
the close of the struggle he had enlisted in the
regular army, and at the time of - tite murder had
lately returned from the Plains; where he had re
ceived his discharge on account of disability.
A few weeks; before the murder he had made the
acquaintance of Mrs. _Magilton. Both were
Spintualists,and both met frequently in "circles,"
where both professed to commune with spirits
while in a trance. This intimacy continued
down to the day of the' murder, Mrs.
Magilton always displaying a motherly
affection for Winnemore,, and on several
occasions doing him acts of kindness. On the
day of the murder he had called at the house in
the morning about it o'clock, but left soon after
Mr. Magilton came iu. He was next seen at 2
o'clock, standing on the steps of the house as
though waiting to be admitted, but those who
thus saw him had their attention drawn away for
a second and did not see him actually enter it.
At 3 o'clock Mr. Magilton returned. and found
hint in the house, and heard from him the state
ment we have given above. The fact that the
instrument with which the throat was cut' Was
not in the house led to a search, and the result
was that in the privy well was found a razor,
afterwards identified as one owned by Winne
more, and loaned a few days before to his board
ing-house keeper, but returned to hini by that
gentleman. Loon searching Winnemore there
was found, apparently secreted, in a vest
pocket two two-dollar bills, which were
subsequently partially identified by the rel
atives of Mrs. Magilton as similar to two bills of
the same denomination given to Mrs. Magllton
the day before the murder. As a motive for the
murder, the Commonwealth Droved that Winne
more had no money; he had been importuned to
pay his board, and after delaying the payment,
had promised, the day before the murder, to pay
the day following, and was then threatened that
he would be put out if he failed in his promise.
The 'defence to this case as presented by the
Commonwealth was two-fold. First, that Win
nemore did not commit the murder; and second,
if he did he was not a responsible being, because
Of insanity. Under the first branch of the de
fence, an alibi was attempted. It was shown that
at twenty minutes past two o'clock Winuemore
was at the Wire Bridge, Fairmount, and it was
argued from this that he had uo time to reach
Shippen street in order to commit the murder,
before Mr. Magilton entered the house. The
second branch of the defence consisted of evi
dence showing that from childhood Winnemore
had been subject to epileptic fits, the result of a
fall which severely injured his ' head. , Medical
experts were called to testify that long continued
epilepsy results in the derangement of the mind,
and leads finally to insanity.
As a further evidence of Winnemore's insanity,
the defence called a number of Spiritualists, who
testified to the behavior of the accused when In
a trance, and also to the fact that he claimed to
see spirits surrounding him. A curious feature
of this part of the defence was, that on cross-ex
amination •all the witnesses, with but, three ex
ceptions, explained that they did not consider it
any evidence of insanity to claint the power of
seeing spirits, as they (the witnessen) had
fre
quently seen them. • •
, The Commonwealth rebutted that part of the
defence applying to epilepsy by. Calling medical
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
experts, who testified that the facts given. in evi
deacc.bv, the - .2.Dfenee,.dia not necessarily inaieqte
preellOpOt.itiort epilepSy. : • .
After an cxhatiStive argument by cow/3sta 'on
both sides,atul an able charge by Judge Brewster,
the case was given to the jury on the loth of
:Ifay, and in a few minutes a verdict of guilty of
murder of the first degree was renamed. A motion
for a new trial and an arrest of judgment was
Hibsequently argued and overruled. The next
appeal was to the supreme Court, where Justice
Thompson decided that-there was no ground for
interfering with the proceedings of the Court be—
low. An elaborate memorial to Governor Geary
was then prepared by Winnemore's counsel, but
it failed to produce the desired effect, and the
death warrant, fixing the `kith of August as the
day ot execution, was signed.
THE II MIAMI; (q , THE PRISIPNER.
Some surprise has Leen expressed at the stolid
indifference and unconcern displayed by Winne
more at every stage of the proceedings. He 'be
trayed no emotion when arrested and accused of
murder; he was calm and collected before the
Coroner and while undergoing the trial In the
Oyer and Terminer, and he betrayed no uneasi
ness or trepidation when he stood up for sen
tence. This, however, is no unusual circum
stance. Probst, Berger, Armstrong, Williams,
Spring and a host of utheni charged with cruel
and deliberate murder halt gone through the
ordeal without flinching, and it appears to be ee-,
tablished that a man who has the nerve tO'
butcher in cold blood "'a fellow being
has all the nerve necessary to carry
him throucli a trial without an
exhibition of fear. It is only where men are
wrongfully accused, or where they stand charged
with a murder done in the beat of passion, and
without previous deliberation, that they betray
uneasiness or anxiety. Winnemore's indiffer
ence, therefore, did not attract attention from
those familiar with the business of the Oyer and
Terminer, and instead 'of being considered an
evidence of his innocence, as claimed by some,
was looked upon as an indication that he
possessed the cast of mind needed in one who
could brain a defenceless old woman, and then
nearly sever her head from her body.
wiNNEwlities rnisoN LIFE
Nor did this indifference desert the prisoner
while in his cell awaiting execution. With a per
sistence approaching the verge of bravado, he
claimed to be anxious to die and' re4;retted that
the day of execution was delayed. S'ull claiming
to be a firni believer in Spiritualism, he refused
the ofliccs of clergymen, and asserted that he ,
was prepared to leave this world of care to enter
one of bliss where he could meet loving friends
who stood ready to greet and welcome him. He
has frequently denied all knowledge of the mur
der, and asserts that he has no recollection of
anything in the house, except the sight of blood
all the time Mr. Magilton was at the door.
At one time he made an implied admission
of his guilt by asserting that Mrs. Ma
gilton was in the habit of painting pictures
and claiming for them spiritualistic
agency and that when in the same room with
these pictures he was strangely and wildly ex
cited. This idea was advanced on the trial, and
when a number of the paintings were exh"bited
to the jury, and then laid on the Judge's desk,
Wlnnemore made a request that they be removed
from his sight, as they affected him. It was a
noticeable fact that afterwards the same pictures
were handed around the Court-room, and opened
directly in front of the prisoner, but he failed to
be affe - cted in the slightest degree.. The experi
ment was made purposely and• frequently by
gentienten in the , Court-room, and always
with: the same result. One significant
fact bp stated, es an indication of
how ee.canbe-plaeed in•Winnemore's
assertion that ballad no recollection of the oc
currence 'at the house, except the presence of
blood. When before the Coroner's jury, a lady
testified that she saw the prisoner standing. on
Mrs. Magilton's step about 2 o'clock ; and that he
ad in ins hand what appeared to be a letter.
Winnemore quickly corrected her, and asked if it
was not a paper instead of a letter. As Mr. Ma
gilton did find a paper (The &now,. of Light) in
the house, it is clear that Winnemdre had a recol
lection of being on the step and also of his Own
conduct while waiting to he admitted to the
house. ._
• wizoSEMORE'S LAST DAYS
For several weeks past he has refused to receive
any visits except these of his relatives and coun
sel", or those who might be introduced by the
latter. He has remained cheerful and resigned,
and asserts that he slept well at night and had a
good appetite. On Tuesday he was visited by
Mr. Kilgore in company with a member of the
press. After a short common-place conversation
With his visitors, Mr. Kilgore informed him that
he had been doing everything he could to delay
execution, but candidly told the condemned man
that it would be'advisable for him .to relinquish
all hope of executive clemency '. The prisoner
listened to his counsel ' s remarks with a smile on
his face, and so far from being disconcerted by the
news that 'there was no prospect of a reprieve, he
said he did not in the least anticipate anything of
the kind, and in fact did not wish it.
The conversation then turned for a moment on
capital punishment, and on the assertion \being
made by one Of his visitors that there should be
no capital punishment, but it should be changed
to imprisonment for life, Winnemore said that
hc would rather be hung at any time than be
6enteuced W imprisonment for life, and if he
should hear that his sentence was commuted to
imprisonment for life he would feel intensely dis
appointed.
It was suggested that his (Winnemore's) time
was short in this world, when he replied that it
was none too short for him, and that he wished
the fatal moment was close at hand. He stated
that be bad not the slightest fear of death, and
had never known what fear was since he was
born. He spoke of his coming execution in the
most flippant manner, and stated that before his
body was cut down from the gallows he
would be himself looking at it in the spirit.
He was still. impregnated with spiritualistic
ideas,.and appeared to be sanguine in the belief
that his spirit would return to earth. He stated
that one of the first things he would do after
death would be to appear at night at the bedside
of District Attorney Win. t. Mann, and, to use
his own words, he said, in a chuckling manner:
"I'll bet I'll make him pull the bed-clothes over
his head." Be also asserted that after his execu
tion he would make great trouble in Philadel
phia by appearing before different parties, some
of whom were newspaper men, in the spirit,
And he eagerly looked forward to the moment
when his spirit would be disenthralled from his
body, and he would carry out the plans he had
laid for his action in the spirit world.
Our reporter asked him on what grounds he
based his belief that his spirit would revisit the
earth,when he stated that while living he had ap
peared in the spirit to friends of his that were sixty
Miles from his body, and if he could do that in
the flesh he could do much more after his spirit
was entirely freed. He appeared to think that
he would reap great reward in the other world
for the wrongs he had met with on the earth.
THE PAY DEFORE THE EXECUTION.
Yesterday there was no change In Winnemore.
He was still the same careless, indifferent and
callous prisoner he had been from the first, and
he still refused to receive the visits of clergymen.
At 'half-past five o'clock in the after
noon Sheriff Howell, accompanied by
Charles Gilpin, Esq. visited the prisoner. -Ml:t
-umor° was seated in his cell, and upon the ap
proach of his visitors jumped from his chair, and
came forward with a smile to greet theirt , After
the usual salutations Mr. Howell said to him:—
George, your time is growing - short.
Wiunemore—l know it. •
Air. Howell—l am convinced in my own mind
that there is not the least chance for a reprieve.,
and you had better take advantage of the fhw
hours you havodeft.
,Iyinnemore—l, don't expect a reprieve. ' If it
came it wonid i be an agreeable surprise, that is
alk.but I am as much prepared now as any time.
- During this conversation Winneenore displayed
not the slightest indication of fear or 'dread Of
approaching death, and, his visitors left Win
utriaz,ed at the apathy:of:the than. ,
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In the evening, when the despatch was received
from the Governor announcing that he would
tot interfere, the news was sent to the prison
and communicated to Winnemore by Mr. Per
kins. It had no effect upon him, and be retired
to bed at a o'clock last evening,aud slept soustdly
until 5 o'clock ibis morning,
when be was appa
retail, greatly refreshed. He called upon the
watchman to notice that he eat heartily.
la=
At seven o'clock Winnemore took his last
breakfast. It consisted of two eggs, a quantity
of bread and two cups of coffee. He appeared to
relish the meal, and at no time displayed any
indication that he was thinking of his death.
Mr. Kilgore visited the prison shortly aftei
seven o'clock. and was with the condemned until
the last. At eight o'clock a brother, two sisters
and to cousins visited him in his cell. At first
Winnemore refused to receive his brother, but
was finally prevailed upon to admit him.
He then enjoined upon his brother" to take
good care of his sisters. The interview between
the prisoner and his sisters was of the
most affecting character so far as the
females were concerned. They wept
bitterly at meeting and parting,. and even
Winnemore was niore affected than at any time
since his arrest. Hegave no indication of this
during the interview, but after his relatives had
left at 10 o'clock he appeared somewhat
nervous bnt soon recovered ' his wonted
composure, and during the remaining few min
utes of his existence he was calm. When he did
converse, it was relative to his future state—the
power and intention of revisiting the earth in a
spiritual form. ' •
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The old scaffold so frequently used in the pri-
I son was again erected for the, execution of IVin
nemore. In order to prevent the prisoners using
-fits of•tairrors in order, to reflect the scene,
the position of the scaffold was , changed and
its lontion fixed behind an angle of the prison
from which place no view of the execution could
be obtained by the prisoners.
The Sheriff and his jury assembled
at ten o'clock in the ' morning,
and proceeded in a body to the Prison, where
the jurors were sworn, the warrant for the exe
cution read, and preparations made to carry the
law Into effect "•• , 4-
At fifteen minutes of eleven o'clock, Sheriff
Howell, accompanied by Mr. Perkins, the watch
man of the corridor, and two representatives of
the press visited .the cell. Winnemore was seated
conversing with Mr. Kilgore when the party en
.tered. He rose and shook hands with
the Sheriff, who requested him to he seated.
Winnemore was dressed in a plain cotton shirt,
grey pants and new shoes, but there was no at
tempt at neatness in his apparel. Mr. Howell
said to.him : "George, how do you do ?"
Winnemore replied: Pretty well.
Mr. Howell then said: I told you yesterday af
ternoon that I did not think you had any hope
of a reprieve, but I was fearful that you had some
hope.
Winnemore—l had none.
The Sheriff then told him that he came pre
pSred to execute the law, when he was ready.
Winuemore at once replied I am ready now.
During this brief conversation Winnemore dis
played considerable nervousness, constantly play
ing with a' piece of twine he held In his fingers.
His eyes were cast down, and he appeared more
moved than at any time since his imprisonment,
excEptingmtly the Interview with his relatives.
As soon as Winnemoreannounced_himself ready
the. Sheriff and Mr: -Perking' bretightlTWUnt into
the corridor, and he then walked to the large
room where the jury was assembled.
THE PROCESSION TO TUE GALLOWS
Here the procession was formed in the follow
ing order:
Wm B. Perkins, H. C. Howell,
Geo. W. Winnemere, Damon Kilgore,
H. Yale Smith, M. D.
JURY.
Wm. H. Kern, R, P. King,
J. P. Hancock, John Thorniey,
H. Horter, Wm. Elliott,
F. Blackburn, Wm. Vogdes,
George H. Roberts, John Lamon
Spencer Roberts, 'Samuel L. dement.
Sheriff's Solicitor—James E. Salter.
Sheriff's Deputies, •
Jas. V. Stokes W. R. Leeds,
R. B. Ott, Jas. Bain, Jr.,
S. S. Money.
Representatives of the Press.
The change in the position of the gallows gave
a more extended journey than* usual. Winne-* :
more remained unpinioned until he reached the
scaffold, and during the walk he - seemed
sad and - dejectell: • His eyes : constantly
wandered around the inclosure.aud to the • sky,
as though he were desirotiS of taking in a last,
long, long look at the world. before ,he left it.
The sky overcast, added to the gloom of the
occasion, and during the time occupietil by the
march,of the procession few words were ex
changed by any one. The, significant feattu r e of
the mournful procession was that for the first
time hi the history of Pennsylvania,, a human
being was - being taken. to the gallows withautthe
ministrations of a clergyman. . •
When Winnemore reached the scaffold he
ascended it without assistance, and stood erect
upon the drop. Sheriff Howell, Superintendent
Perkins and Mr. Kilgore joined him, and for a
few seconds there was a dead silence, while the
jurors and physicians ranged . themselves in front
of the drop. Mr. Howell then announced that
Winnemore desired to say a few words.
IVINNEMORE'S LAST SPEECH
Winnemore then, in a voice clear at first, but
which gradually became husky and tremulous,
spoke as follows :
Gentlemen : I am brought here on the scaffold
to die, and you all expect me to say a few words.
But one thing I want you to remember, and that
is that it is an innocent man's life
you arc taking—one who hadnoth
ing to do with this crime in word Or deed.
I have always tried to live up to•the best knowl
edge I had of the right—always did so. How
terrible it is to' hang a man for this, although
death has no terrors for me—it
is a mere
change of breath. I know where
I will go, and I know that I
will come back again. I am firm, you see, al
though parting with my relatives and friends has
almost unnerved me. I truly forgive all persons,
no matter who they are. I also forgive Mr.
Mann, the Prosecuting Attorney. I forgive the
Governor for what he has done, and I hope
it will be the last case like mine
to be brought to a platform. I
did not get justice; I hope God will give me
justice, and I forgive all. I have no 111-will
against any person. As Christ died for a princi
ple, so do I die; although you may not see it, It
will not be long before you arc aware of it. I
hope my memory and name will be proved inno
cent for the sake of those I leave behind me. For
myself I care nothing, it is for them." •
'Winnemore concluded his speech and turning
to the Sheriff and Mr. Perkins, shook them by
the hand and bade them good bye. Ho then
grasped Mr. Kilgore by the hand and with a
Voice choking with emotion, he said, "God
bless you for all you have done for
me I think you for all—it is all I have to give
you." Winnemore continued for a second
or two, but his words were so low and so
smothered by the emotion be was endeavor
ing to stifle, that they wore not
audible to those who. stood below on the ground.
Mr. Kilgore, who was also sensibly affectixi, re
plied to-Winnemore:' "Farewell; I have done the
duty. I bad to do, but 1 could do nothing. I cau
only commend you to God, who will do you
justice." •
TUN. EXIWUTION. ,
i‘fr. Killgore then, left the scaffold., a nd while
the Sheriff was adjusting the tvhtte..vap • Winne
more recognized Chief Union and ono of the
phyeicians of • the Prison, and bade theta
F. L. FETTERSTON.. Fab &sIier.'
PRICE THREE BENTS
good-bye. By this time he had. recpo.rer
his, composure, and during this .rethetirider orthfr;.
scene - Wes firm: - and - collected: The . cap•adjusted"
and the arms. pinioned, Winnemore was /eft , .
alone on the, scaffold. A close obscrvattoir of
him, as he thus (3 toot]. on the briiik of eternity„
failed to indicate any tremor in his limbs. At
nine minutes of eleven o'clock the rope was'
pulled and the drop fell. The body
swung to and fro .for a minute
without any perceptible signs of life. Then
there was a convulsive•beaying of the - chest, fol
lowed by tremor in the legs. All these ceased in
less than three minutes after% the drop fell.
The body was allowed to h a ring twenty-five
minutes. fourteen minutes after the drop% fell,
the heart ceased to beat. An examination drthe
body disclosed the fact that death was caused' . by
strangulation, and the physicians were of opinion
that death was almost instantaneous..
Great credit is due to Sheriff Howell for , the,
admirable manner in whfellie managed the, pre
limmarles of the exception, and the extend=
itself. There was no crowd, no boisterous noise,. •
but everything was calm,. dignitied'and quiet as.
.
befitted so solemn an occasion:
Outside the prison a small crowdathered.
discussing the case, but the. assemblage - was
scarcely large enough to attract.notlce..
FACTS AND FANCIES.
—Base-ballist 'is the last new word.
—Maggie Mitchell made $16,060' last year.—gz.;
—Dubuque spent $6,000 going to the circus.
—An angler in Rutland, Vt., scores 2,600 trout
taken this season.
—An army of live thousand girls• Will pick the
hop crop in Sank county, Wisconsin.
—A man van six miles to his home in Great
Falls, N. 11., and dropped dead from the exertion.
—England thinks of stopping the coolie trade
at Hong Kong.
—A man who murdered a barber for refusing
to black his boots has been arrested in Nashville.
—The New York Poxi calls the President pig
headed and blind as a bat.
—An irrepressible relic-huntercarried off Sher
man's hat at Atchison.
—Peru is having its one and two cent coins
struck at Waterbury. A cents-ible proceeding.
-Caleb Bean, of New Hampshire.cut his throat
from ear to ear. [Nota Bcan-e. He is dead.]
—A Liverpool sporting publican leaves a for
tune of $975,000.
—A druggist in Troy, Ohio, who put • up cor
rosive sublimate for calomel, killed his man.
—Tegethoff thinks he will obtain the body of
Maximilian and take it off.
—Certain clubs play base ball on Sundays in
St. Louis, and invite the public to see them.
—Hamilton, Ohio, is accommodated with one
drinking saloon to every forty Inhabitants.
—Mme. Victorien Bardou, wife of the dramatis
author, is dead.
—Comedian John S. Clarke is going to play
in London next season.
—Among the latest proposals of Americans in
Japan is to light up both Jeddo and Yokohama
with gas.
—The first bale of cotton marketed In , Monte
ginnery was from the plantation -of a Maine
man.
—Sunday was the last Sunday of a summer
noted for its pleasant Sabbaths. Twelve out of
the thirteen were tight and sunny.
—"He leaves tilirteeti widows and fifty-four to mount his Like(
•
Obitu.o y: - - •
—A London lady tripped in her crinoline
broke her log and had to suffer amputation ,•
that member.
--Iu the steamer Europe, which sails from
Brest next Sunday, Madame Rigor' and Anna
Lagrange will be passengers.
—King George of Hanover will take 700,000
tbalers per annum from Prussia, and "say no
more about it."
—A deer was chased by a railroad train on a
Connecticut railroad last week. Steam won the
heat.
• —An Atlanta man has produced another scheme
—‘or at least says he has—for carrying mails from
Washington to New York In three hours.
—A„thief at Long Branch stole $30,000 is
diamonds and money, but disgorged to a detec
tive.
—There were 276 sets of false teeth counted at
a Hatfield camp-meeting. All did fine execution
on the prog.
,L.A dress made of strips of newspapers bonnti
with ribbons represented "The Press" at a Sara
toga ball. The "impression".was so-so.
—Jane Williams, finding. the society of hersis
ter-in-la* disagreeable in their home hi Salm i ,
Indiana, stabbed her dead with a table knife.
—A man in Buffalo fired a pistol into his mouth,
and it is the last morsel he will ever put there,
poor soul.
--Niusie Hall, New Haven, is to be disposed
of by lottery. The building is valued at
$100,600.
—The Marquis of - Westminster manages to live•
comfortably on an income of ten thousand dollars
a day.
—At a fancy ball at the Union Hotel, Saratoga,
one young lady appeared in a dress composed of
pieces of sheet music sewn all over a shirt did
corsage, with a tan covered with music.
—Andrew Johnson will in time make an excel
lent President—of a base ball club. Ho has been
playing a muffin game ever since he was in
augurated.
—A prudent young woman in. Providence, who
looked under the bed before she reposed thereon,
discovered a• large and intelligent negro hidden.
there.
—There are ice eaves in Oregon. The Ice is In col
umns or pillars; and Portland gets its whole sup- .
ply from an immense cavern in the White, Salmon
river. - •
—The It oriel says there are four hundred an&
fifty men in New York who earn their livelihood.
by decoyingparties into faro-banks and sharing ,
the plunder tylth-their keepers.
—The shooting in England promises to be very
bad this season. The opcmng day of grouse.
shooting was very unpromising, and some moors.
kill not be shot at all. The reports of partridges
In the corn lands are also bad.
—The friends of John Smith, and those of
Major Jack Downing, will regret to learn. thathe
is in feeble health at his residence In Patchogue,
Long Island. He edited the first daily paper
ever . published in Maine, called the Portland;
Courier.
—The Irish Republic of Chicago gets• a della"
don of "England" out of a Fenian, dictionary::
"A poor, little, petticoat-ridden patch of earth,
which is more remarkable for the snobbish sub
serviency of its people than for any of the nobler
and loftier qualities by which humanity may be
adorned."
—The Washington correspondent Of the Bos
ton Journal telegraphs as follows "The Presi
dent repudiates about two-thirds of the views at,.
tributed to him in the alleged interview described
in the Boston Post, and which is generally dim
credited by the better informed, journals that
copied it. The President declines to. be repre
sented as stating that General Grant first ap
proved and then opposed the removal of Seem
btry Stanton." ,
•
—A doctor in St. Andrew's, wiled on a,
patient last winter who had been badly frost
bitten, amputated the injured members, left and.promli
promised tee call the next day. The nest day
came but the doctor did not. The suffering
patient sent for him repeatedly during the next
tWelve days, but received only promises indeed
of the doctor's plesenco. Finally be sent for
other doctors, who came and helped
ce,ntly the neglected patient carried his grievanees
into court, and Succeeded in getting a verdict
hie favor, with damages at V 20,000,