New York Times, “The Last of the Harper’s Ferry Slaughter,” March 17, 1860

Source citation
“The Last of the Harper’s Ferry Slaughter,” New York Times, March 17, 1860, p. 1: 1.
Newspaper: Publication
New York Times
Newspaper: Headline
The Last of the Harper’s Ferry Slaughter
Newspaper: Page(s)
1
Newspaper: Column
1
Type
Newspaper
Date Certainty
Exact
Transcriber
Don Sailer, Dickinson College
Transcription date
The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.

The Last of the Harper’s Ferry Slaughter.
EXECUTION OF STEVENS AND HAZLETT, AT CHARLESTOWN.

CHARLESTOWN, Va., Friday, March 16.

The town was thronged with visitors to-day, and several companies of military were in attendance. STEVENS and HAZLETT were hung at noon. They appeared resigned to their fate. STEVENS died very hard, while HAZLETT perished without a struggle. Both exhibited great firmness and resignation.

There were no religious exercises at the gallows, as the prisoners persisted in refusing all the kindly offices of the ministry in their last moments. They were both Spiritualists, and had a peculiar religion of their own, which enabled them to meet their fate with cheerfulness and resignation. Both their bodies have been forwarded to Marcus Spring, South Amboy, N. J. They will reach Baltimore in the early morning train.

Virginia executes Harpers Ferry raiders Albert Hazlett and Aaron Dwight Stevens
Harpers Ferry Raid
Baltimore, MD
Charlestown, VA
South Amboy, NJ
How to Cite This Page: "New York Times, “The Last of the Harper’s Ferry Slaughter,” March 17, 1860," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/9627.