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AT Till* IMltAON HOOll Mrs. yurtnuS heart broken daughter, Atror-imUS * a uttering tv If Ot Harold’* nobbliu sld***.Implored lien. Hancock to do some-tiling, but in tin? confusion and excitement Capt, Crawford cotilil only hear thu general I can do nothing for you, go home/* llo w,n powerless tu pour nil on their lacerated heart*. In valfi ho hoped formercy, nl least for the condemned woman. When the hour of II arrivedTill: UAIlCHTOTItK OAM.OWHwas ordered,ttiedoort of tho prison crib were thrown iMck-lhn condemned cruiio forth—nnd wcru led lu the scaffold. Mm, feeble, weak and trembling, was supported on one tide by n Catholic priest* Ami on the other by (Jen. Hancock, t'ayim ttr|vvd upon I ho Imp «tCKr of dentli with aa much IndlRovence aa If I.e wa.i going lo tome entertainment. Harold and AUerodt wcru ealni considering the ignition In which they were placed. Kacli of them was accompanied»SiuY a MtxfAtr.ii or nm onuncir, who breathed the cumulation Into the doom* ed sunt* ere theyWKIIK ImVVNCIIKD INTO KTKIlXfTY, Finally the fabtt npfing was touched—the quivering bud lea of three men and one woman, were suspended by the necks— four live a had been offered tip— the bodies wcro burled on the fatal ground. and the dark chapter of tho imMsUmttou drama was ended.From tho scene many of those who took the moat conspicuous part* would have gladly turned away had duty permitted them so to do. It Isa gloomy page In our history.one thut humanity would like to see obliterated, and which nothing but tho unholy spirit of party malevolence would seek to IHnmlnnto years after tho bloody scene was enacted for tho Ignoabl* purpose of seeking to asperse thu name of an II-ludrtou* soldier who was. present because Ids sworn duty requir'd .him to be there.IfOeii. Hancock slnatd In tho part he pet formed, U mA who WMt f^n ot fholioM k—t WiriAi wfc#
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Dubuque Herald
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Wed, Jun 30, 1880
Page 4
Full Page
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Elizabeth H.
NA, 10 May 2019
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