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alt;inftowlin Gtvtn Dtith Sentence y(Continued fropn latge 1. ( lim in an instant of the most precious jewel, earth's pearl of rt price, and senthim unannounced 8 and unannointed into the undis-covered land, and cut him off ' from every earthly enjoyment, | Closed his eyes to all the loved ‘ ones and endearing scones of earth, to the hilia and vale, the brook snd the river, to the float- ^ Jngcloud*. sun, moon and stars to th-. se, and b!1 things else, he must hid adieu. Farewell to the j world, farewell to the holy haav*; enly light, farewell to Heaven's ^ trinity of blessings, wife, ch||- ' dren, friends, farewell forever. Rut that word forever, ’tis an . endless circle. Were your soul to i Journey wound it for a million ^ years, the end would ium be reached, and should it cry out in the language of despair, Ob. | how long? the echoed niiBWer will be forever ever. wThere is a law that won said to have been penned more than three thousand years ago. It has come down to us through the iong tracks of time hoary with I age, * 'Thou shall not kill. And the penally attached to it* violation was penned about the same t ime. 'He that sheds man’s blood,by man shall his blood be shed, ^ This law you have violated - this dreadful penalty la attached to your offense. You have been indicted, tried and found guilty, and it now becomes my painful duty to pronounce the terrible sentence of the law upon you, and before doing so I will give you my advice, Remember that there is a gr^ijt and unerring Judge before whom all the I udges of the earth must, appear lie is infinite in power, wisdom and mercy. Give up all earthly expectations, fall at his feet, uepil your prayers to the throne Mf his heavenly gmce, and may you yet hear a small voice saying.' cion, thy sins, which are many, are forgiven vou. Though they be Hj scarlet, I make tjicvn on tntw,It is adjudged by the court that y,;t lie taken |y the sheriff and jailer of Breathitt county, Ky.. as expeditiously, privately and safely as may lie, to the State penitentiary, indicated by the Board of Prison Commissioners, to-wii. the Stale penitentiary at JSUdyville, Ky.,gnd,tu bedelivei-ed by him, together with a certified copy of this judgment to the warden of said penitentiary; and the warden theruof is directed to receive you into the penitentiary npd safely keep you until the day fixed by ihiu judgment for your execution.It ia further adjudged by the court that the wurden or the deputy warden of the said penitentiary, within the enclosure thereof and iiefprc tUiip-ise on Friday, the 2t*lh day of March. 1912. excepte you by causing to | “I paas through your body a current o( electricity of sufficient intensity ip cause your death us tjuickly as possible, snd the .application pf such current must be continued until you are dead. Muy the laird have mercy on yoursuul.atat
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Salyersville Kentucky Mountaineer
Salyersville, Kentucky, US
Fri, Jan 12, 1912
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