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Rcene 10 ic (juiic jnca|Kiuic ui rcpor iiu^it truthfully, and accordingly, Maned the slory—which is gaining extensive circulation—that the condemned man was h!ow-ly tortured to death by strangulation, his feet resting on the floor. In this locality it is known that Morgan was ins.nntly killed by the dislocation of his neck and, therefore, died without a struggle; but where these facts are not known the shameful misrepresentation of (he imaginative reporter is likely to gu;u credence.It is true that whenthedrop fell, Morgan's feet did, momentarily, touch the floor, the rope having been lengthenedconsiderable bv Doctor Aknai'D. one of• * rthe physicians in attendance. This interference on the part of Doctor A. was, we arc informed, unknown to the Sheriff. It is evident that the Doctor misapprehended the nature of his duties. He was, of course, summoned there, according to the law, to determine, with his colleague, when the sentence of death was fully exc-cutcd, and not to a wist in its execution. Fortunately his extra-ofliciousness resulted in nothing very serious, although it might easily have produced a scene that would have appalled thestoutest heart. It should be a warning to every man to mind bis, own business, and especially not to assume any great responsibility that the law devolves upon another.Doctor H/.ua Kkai, the other physician in attendance, a gentleman who stands in the front rank of his profession, furnishes us the following statement which will satisfy the most skeptical that the legal killing of Morgan was not attended with any unnecessary torture: Terre Haute, Dec. ‘27th 1800.I certify that 1 attended the execution )[ Oliver A. Morgon on the —‘Id inst.; hat I have attended seven other exccu-ions by hanging, and that Oliver A. Morgan died without a struggle,and more easily than any of the other seven.K/.ka Head.Those papers which have assisted in he circulation of the horribly sensational itorv of Morgan's dying agonies are re-picstcd, a* an jet of common justice, to iiakc tlie proper correction. It is un-doasint enough to this community to tavca hanging in our midst, without hav-ng it represented to the world as a scene»f cruel torture by slow strangulation.ing and lilting themselves :i ministers is in the building as the slave-pen to coniine night. Me writes: ‘It seipoetic justice that this vc the marks still at its windo' bars that held back the ncg level of ignorance, should cradle of his instruction an his eager resort for draught ian spring that has, till .-o closed to him.”Tiie Cincinnati Juaiitty this handsome compliment “Lige:” Mr. E. W. H \LFlt;promoted to the position of i of the Indianapolis Jounui!t sensible thing on the part o His letters, as the Washing dent of that excellent papei attracted no little attention cvidenccof his ability as .* his aptness for the profcjsio FORD is n young man of lii full of energy, and endow talents; and bis friends jm for him a brilliant career a-— • • •THE STATAnderson* is to have a depot.Edwin Forrest is playdianajsdis Academy.Gov. Hakkk andTamily mas at Evansville.The lvCTislalure of Ohio will as emblc» *►n the first Monday of January. There i some doubt as to the political complcx-on which the organization will assume— rhcthor it will be exclusively Kepublicnn r partly one and partly the other. The Senate stands :democrats...................................... ISRepublicans.................................... IdReformers.......................................The Indiana Medical Col a vacation until Monday, J:Marrying has bccon among the Indianapolis sc IA female preaehcr, at Mpanics in ‘‘the holy bondsMarion Founty contril half dozen towards tilling he State Prison North.The two bovs who rcce#from ihe House of Kefiig caught and brought hack.JAcon IhKHMER, Evnnsi drown himself in the Ohi dav* ago, hut was fished outoTiie Martinsville Ciazek* “Judge Hughes has come in tdon of a cool $*500,000, as a some Alabama co’ton claim*From several items in the Inuette we infer that there
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Terre Haute Weekly Express
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Wed, Dec 29, 1869
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