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The Daily Dispatch: July 16, 1864., [Electronic resource], Formal murder of Confederate soldiers. (search)
rks or engage in prayer. Precisely at eleven clock a cap was drawn over their faces, the signal given, and they were launched into eternity. They were named William Lemmon, Cyrus Lee Cathle, Jesse B. Necren, Thomas R. West, and Benjamin F. West, respectively charged with assault with intent to kill, bushwhacking, robbery, and murder Lemmon, Necren, and the two Wests protested their innocence. Cathle acknowledged his guilt, and gave a short history of his life, but as he talked very low, only a few persons present could hear him. The prisoners all stood firm and composed, except Cathle, whose wife had been permitted to visit him daily since he was of his life. He was considerably excited, and while the rope was being adjusted had to be supported by the Lieutenant in charge until the fatal prop was sprung. Lemmon struggled considerably, his neck not being dislocated. When the officer told him his time had come he remarked that he felt as natural and unconcerned as though