The Anderson Intelligencer

HANGED.

On last Friday, the 23d inst., the freedman Henry Cheatham suffered the extreme penalty of the law for the murder of Albert Geer, by being hanged by the neck until he was dead. At about 12 o'clock m., the prisoner, accompanied by Sheriff McGurin and his deputies, and the Rev. J. S. Munner, who administered the divine consolations of religion to the unfortunate man, left the jail and moved to the place of execution, escorted by a detachment of the 8th U. S. Regular Infantry, commanded by Lieut. C. F. Losch. Upon arriving at the gallows, which had been erected near the Warrens road, one mile from the town, Lieut. Losch formed his detachment into a hollow square around the gallows, and permitted no one to enter it but the Sheriff and his deputies, Rev. Mr. Munner, and the attending Physicians, Surgeon Pillsbury and Dr. P. A. Wilhite. The prisoner, dressed in a white shroud, looked haggard and humble, upon being asked by the Sheriff if he had anything to say, arose to his feet and addressed a few words of admonition to the immense crowd of freedmen who were present; he warned them against following in his footsteps, expressed a hope of divine pardon, and wished to meet them all in heaven. He then stepped upon the drop, upon the conclusion of a fervent prayer by the Rev. J. S. Munner, at a quarter to one o'clock, the drop fell, and the soul of Henry Cheatham was launched into eternity. After hanging thirty minutes the physicians examined the body and pronounced it dead, when it was taken down for interment. Some fifteen hundred persons, mostly colored, witnessed the execution. Lieut. Losch deserves praise for the admirable manner in which he discharged the duties devolved upon him by the occasion.