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forward towards the apparatus of Death
the culETi,. who appeared scarcely able to
sustain himself. being meanwhile supported
by the tHrnkeys. On arriving at the foot
of the scaffold, he walked up The steps tole.
rably well. but the moment he got in sight
ofihe popaiace. his strength again failed
him. and Thompson, one of The turnkeys,
was obliged TO hold him up by main force
lille the cap was drawn over his eyes and
the rope was bsing adj iasted By the execn-
toner.


The culprit appeared 80 convulsed that
this was as muca as one man could do, and
the moment the bolt was Withdrawn and
the prisooer had been launched of, the
turnkey WAS SO afflicted that he staggered
down the steps OF the platform and lmme-
di,iely tainted.


While the moose was being adjusted.
Hooker continued 10 pray aadibly in short
senie aces, such as. ''iJh. Ged, receive my
spirlI" "Uh, Lord have mercy upon me-"
&c


The crowl assembled to witness the exc
cuiinn could not have numbered less thar
IL 900 persons. The summits of the hous-
es opposite the jill. and every window
within several hundred yards OF the scaf
fold, were thronged with spectators.