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• • • I’ I!411 C * * i » »i lit v ' cfr; ‘'vi.*. i: .* ,* i.i j i j .ii • i i - in- ti urn* ef.• 1 t • V-! I i \ ’ \ lt;i ' 'lit 1 *.•, !!».•.■♦ ! i1 in ■' *'i»” !i» i v*I h«* i»»* lt;11 | Iim h i1 n »I * rlV,l-* ,»AGENTS; \ -i ,i ill., i; i'a-a *pp*nd f h rlt; HI li lix- • tiy I * • wild tire andt. .WoA ad The . rca-tunth lt;; ki: \ r n A '••(!11 r| rth; W lean a \,r |J.0s' 11 ^ ^ u cluck ia|*-11-,«! e\eiI**iii',iit. '■‘•sue!. »Vh.- I V,,rk lt;’l r*im Christi clo-ej.i lar , at 'Aun'il January r Orleans mailsi A UK, P. M.vn-1 MatajT'Til. immediately made lor the negtess, and yy at 7 u Mock : alio was discovered secreted in annul-* ihouse, anil confronted wit 11 I In* corpse ul‘the murdered wont n. On b ing asked if she hail killed Mrs. Dougherty, Lucy upun ^rotu ! replied, “ Yes, and I won! I tin it again.”i *S to 10 J'uluek tlitsu maintained a stolid indifference, and refused to speak when in terror gated concerning tho murder. A corn net’s jury was einpanneled during the afternoon, and an inquest held on the body, when the jury rendered tho following vurdiet: “ We the jury iind that - The bark ^ ^j,e deceased Mrs. Maria Dougherty canto it It 2,755, and tu her death from blows mi the head with Cardiff, with , a hatchet in tho bauds of a colored wo* 011 to red this ; mau named Lucy.”LODGED IN JAIL.The murderess was immediately lodgedin the county jail, without bail, to await the action of the Grand Jury which was then in session. She had not long to wait, for on the Monday succeeding the murder the Grand Jury return d tin indictment* in open court, charging her with the murder. On the Sill of JanuaryNew Orleans.y Sheriff Win. he 12:45 l*. M. Doctor Grant, and Cluislo-atics wlto are it Austin.IMAC 11^NLv at o v iW. Vv A it I*b*^t SeguiinG atic at bow Kates.mf vi_‘A/-/vsJC. B. LIlUO.\ ASD BR« 4-Jos. Frank-*\«nnv Perry ^u- prisoner was brought into court for$1050.hi .Robert J.the purpose, of having her ease set for trial, and having no counsel, the Judge ock 450, for (Don. I*. W. Gray) appointed Major R.I H. Howard to del -nd her. The case was|beck lots 12 * ^u‘n s‘‘l tor tr*a^ 0,1 t*|,‘ January,and the Sheriff directed to summon si lyper.sons, from whom i'» select a jury forthe nisi of the prisoner.A LIFE’S AS-SIZE.On Friday, the 12;h of January, 1658,AND MAMaxttfactp CINE*. S.-R118 A W\HLr. AND GIN GPEL LEYS, UK ASS Ac., Ac.Pnrtlenlnr iitleti! tor Iron Front* and.500.us Morrissy, :050.ME It. — TloCapt. ( orry. tin* court room was thronged with aestablished iTpooi, com ■d yesterday.b.s’esof cot-C Him andTho la torry of Allenlarge nmnber of p rsons, drawn thitherto witness the (roil. The prisoner, who was about forty years of age, was brought into court at ten o’clock by Sheriff West-erlage ami seated near her counsel. The District Attorney then read the indictment, charging the prisoner with murdering Mrs. Dougherty, and throwing her bodv into the cistern, to ivhich she re-4.1 'Mkn Rev plied *‘iiol guilty.” Tin* Sheriff Hum called unlay ni»dit, ^lc venire, when the following persons ic in trod no- 1 wc,u empauuelcd as jurors to try the“The Rea-! cast::for Failuro Wiight S Andrews, Henry Ilomburg,io arc tilling.... T . Henry Kaid hulls, I*1 R (.’old*,or me | u B y|:ll|itl Win Sanderson,deasing en-j had at the•The loll, w-;ige 1 it'i'lises lerk’s oil ice ii' at noonALL KINDS OF jnA Oil SATIS FAC TiCor. ohurcb s0/marl5 DtwAwtfa. ZL, CLDSiUALVESTON STF7r.ioBETWEEN ISth .R]jyjANUFACTt; ENGINES APOEM 10 To 1.RON AND 1511 AS.* SUAFTr.Mi ANSAW, ti IS 1 j SOKdlET«**»aft* D *an.inline Delz. Liss Amelia] Tiusday,liuunces. ithreateningd c.lt;*sl s.I incapable;and down;attainments Ephraim Mel jean, A C Crawford,and speaker William \\ light, Joiui it Ilie.s,VV i Dunning, T C Arm.si rungTile e\ idencc was then heard, and con-c u i ely pointed to the guilt of tho prisoner, and alter healing the argument of the counsel and charge of tim court, the jury retired to consider on a verdict. After a brief ahscnc*, they returned with the following verdict :VEKDirr :“ We thi- jury liud the woman Tan y Miss Julia guiliy «if murder in the liit degree/which was handed to the Judge by their Maria Pello |'mt.jnan, A. C. Craw lord The jury werethen discharged, and the prisoner runt aided to jail, line sin- remained, insolitary confinement, until Thursday.January 25, 1858. when she was brought-into court for sentence, and on being\v in tin vio-, \ r asked hy the Judge if she had any I hi ged Code ot ! •’ , , , , 7to suv why sentence should not he passed»- *. ion her, replied that she had not. The. .. , court then passed the following ot Article i 1SKNTh'SCK OF DEATH.*on her: “It is ordend hy the court that the said Lucy be taken hence and safely conliued in the jail of this county, and that on Friday, the fifth day of March, she be taken by the sheriff' to the place of execution and hanged by tho neck until she is dead.” The woman was then returned to her cell in the jail never to leave it alive. As the time for hercxoculion began to approach, she b-'gunThe foliov■« ' to P^' pA’c for death, and received re*ainst th« ' consolation from Rev. F.uherL. C. M. Chauibodut. O i tho evening proceeding tlieday fixed for the sentence of tin* court to be carried out the sheriff began to prepare forTHE EXKCKTIoN.As the people of Texas had become too civilized to desire the spectacle ••f a public execution, the. gallows wore erect ed in tin* s**eou 1 tory of the jail building, which had formerly been used as acourt room. A low moments after twelveo'clock on F irlay, March 5th, 1058, the*/*/ | : woman was brought forth, and pnndngtor a moment at the foot of tho gallows,expressed a perfect willingness to die, $5-0 00 | and said she hoped to meet forgivenessin the oilier world The nonso was then adjusted ami Sheriff Weslcrlage swung i he murderess into eternity. This was the only woman ever executed in this city, and was aUo the last person hunghy tin* law iu tin* count v. As there h;ih* *been no less than liiVy murders in Hie Dougherij. . pj!lr(, sjn(.,. 4 and not a single e.' eninm.agration oi _ p xv«m!d s**i*m as if the phrase **i: o* *iiLit— id m nshejs fo^innrder is played out” would be asapplicable to Galveston as to NciV York, where if originated.ivpceinl attention Fieurifig .%’ iFis. coin kiiuk- cl Machinery |soxadc HathORDERSAnd pessimal attcutiDJ*\V J vm.CJIOGKMCROROCRBRYi.yri.i-: cn4 ' Fonr».*cArticle 251. luces; cou-: IIE LARGEST3 ported to die Slt;:inive, at the lowisa•arrying onj 1 lotr•t5 It)00i crand• • • —5000» — — »5500ren-t in-..*led,i» » » »15000 !i‘llhami• • • mi ),00ion5000 '....5,0oo:«. » * m$581)00•E*S•y1000 CRAT-orfed Crates foro1200 Tacli 56 CAS3rS IAnd other Gouda i fully packed.A. C. Clnov 1»tfBALDING fill.A. BALD]0. fner .Mechanic, a HALVE: KALEKSIN(»! I' iiDEKS.n* business iin Tremmi t o Po.s! idiicuD.i, liRITTANlAKEROSINi*V v’Wood a 0%rm\) Y 6 A N D IDeath's Doings.—The follow ii g Is a , nleii build- . j*lt 0j* j|R. during the on *i ot Si rund j jn„. noon to-day, furnished us hy M. nd j.i.st be* | (j.ji.iH, ,Sexton:a bar-room. | IX -’Vember 1* — ('bid-* ina M *nder, aged1 1 years, suieide, New Orleans, i,. beiUine- ; Rnko Fulveil, 25 years, bilious fever,1 •*» . * i •tinvc nlvvuv? oii i-FNitii i IONW ii IT)C W \ K i*:^t* amb*iu u!«u; lJi IC'Titsin*' and Lar«t IL.iokets, Su.-pon.-i Chiameys ef all «loCITYPKOPBS1PART CASHr|WV0 entire U» »
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Galveston Tri Weekly Civilian
Galveston, Texas, US
Mon, Nov 25, 1872
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