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EXECUTION - On Thursday last, sentence of death was executed in this town, on William Holmes, Edward Rosewaine, and Thomas Warrington, alias Thomas Warren Fawcett, for the crimes of piracy and murder committed on board a prize schooner under one of the South American flags, some time since.
The criminals left the jail about 10 o'clock in an open wagon, accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Larasey. They were preceded by a Deputy Marshall, and two Deputy Sheriffs, on horseback, Marshall Prince in a carriage, accompanied by Sheriff Austin, of Middlesex, and a carriage with Surgeon Austin, of the U.S. Navy; and follows by a car in which were their coffins; and the procession was closed by a Deputy Marshall, on horseback. The prisoners were clad in new sailor's dress, and appeared very suitably impressed with their situation. They were all young men, one born in the U.S. one in England, and the other in Scotland. On arriving at their place of execution, the Marshall read their death warrant; and then addressed the spectators in his usual impressive and compassionate manner; and the execution took place about twenty minutes before twelve. Holmes and Rosewain appeared to die easy; but Warrington who was extremely stout and robust man, struggled some time, and had a hard death.
The spectators were extremely numerous and orderly. As the procession was passing our streets, the bell of the Old South tolled a solemn knell. The bodies have been delivered to the surgeons for dissection, agreeably to the sentence.
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