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The Daily Dispatch: May 11, 1864., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: July 16, 1864., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: July 16, 1864., [Electronic resource], Formal murder of Confederate soldiers. (search)
ey were brought to the scaffold erected in the yard back of the penitentiary building, and a few minutes given them to make any remarks 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 sentenced, and remained with him during the last night 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 pro