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• re 01ighly !f*r (iflilt ofeut,” ts ofhun-diard■ peo-iimlr*It!* Ofyear*haveiglish rit ofroughbrave11.eh to keepmber-I auoral,•ation* Butalien-’kahle Utory HailIIay* a* bet* a ibitol,a theYorkinonu* ve, at ie was I cere* nited*d thewhite;lt;*—iolll-|M !^iUr lill I 1? Mil 1 Htjof wouiti trouble*.terouson hi*obe-uarry, i cededulptor igre ityear#, u Mein theHow Forhe* Passes His Time.An Annapolis dispatch savs*F.rnest Forbea i* remarkably composed for a man in robust health whose end of life is to come within the next few days. Thomas Jefferson Duval and Forbes stay in the same cell on the second tier of the old Annapolis jail. Mr. Duval is keeping a death-watch over the condemned prisoner. He is one of four deputies who take turns “on watch.The cell is about as large as an average-sized parlor in a fashionable neighborhood. ( lose to the north wall is astove, which keeps the apartment good ami warm. Several steps to the west there’s a window of ordinary size. Fromit th«* jail yard, where Sheriff Armingeris fixing the scaffold, can be seen. Thew atchers spend most of their time at the window, which is by all odds the most cheerful part of the cell.Forbes bed, or couch, is in the southeast corner. He sits there nearly all day long and w rites what are intended to be Scriptural passages. He uses heavy brown paper, a lead pencil and capital letters.He also helps time escape by drawing,after a fashion, horses, dogs ahd other animals, men, boys and girls. He doesn't care to talk about the young woman he assaulted.“Did you know she is married! wasasked.Who is married! he quickly retorted.It“Miss Phipps.Dog Miss Phipps, he exclaimed, sul-lenly lowering his head, “1 don’t want t’ year nothin’ ’bout her ”Forbes has lost all fear of beinglynched. He manifests not the slightest nervousness unless questioned quicklyand closely, and says he hasn’t been thinking about the hanging and doesn’t Intend to tldnk about it until just previous to the execution. The jail officials are of the opinion that Forbes will die without making a confession.c«a*olt;l.lt;U‘CU«t*MMbit il ly autl 11othe wi n«* sal selvestimko iGiveruary,VTiFINotl«anpoiiAlevawhich»rayelt; u lidsus.I .!,Polishrunuiiof twlt; whethill Hll«lI lie IS)!and tlt;\ euieiinjr ofsame.FebThe fully lt;sjeciaioonduan ol I tlrnt cmend|»ure, Inm(U4 old an Solti% 'k ILaw Suit Settled.Tie a uiotl»Us oami nleifMIl L. Wo
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Cumberland Weekly Civilian
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Fri, Mar 06, 1891
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