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all the. facts, became furious. The cry Of
burn the murderer," ran from one to tho
other. They suddenly became calm, de-
ierlnined and resolule as 10 their purposes,
which must have been still more awful TO
the murderous wretch, could, he have OBJ
served il. They armed themselves with
gun and knife, came to town last Saturday,
coolly and deliberately broke open the jail
door, knocked off the chains of the prison.
er, and with a rope round his neck, com
PEELED him TO run alongside their horses to
the scene of the murder-a distance of about
twenty miles. They then formed court,
called jury, went through trial, and found
the murderer guilty. He was to be burned!
The next day, lSunday,) they chained him
to tree, had The wood around him SO as 10
roast him by degrees, and had kindled the
fire. But this was too terrible death for
the spectators to witness even on that bloody
fend. The cry arose to hang him; and he
TOO joined the cry. They did hang him on
The gate-posl--they hung him covered with
the same bloody shirt in which he con-
mitted the awful deed.