Show Reprieved on the Gallows Special to TEn HERALD Examiner Dispatch CoLriiBU S C Aug 15David Jacobs and Mrs Mary Johnson who were sentenced sen-tenced to be hanged at Chesterfield yesterday yester-day for the murder of William Johnson the womans husband were respited by the governor after they had taken their places on the death trap and tho nooses had been adjusted At 1 oclock they were led out to the gtllows They wore calm and seemed to have nerved themselves for the ordeal Without any unnecessary delay they were placed upon the trap their arms and legs pinioned and the ropes adjusted The last prayer had been finished by their spiritual adviser farewells had been said and Sheriff Douglass was about to step aide and pull the spring when suddenly a strange man made his appearance He was Mr Tompkins the governors private secretary who had been sent as a special messenger to bear the reprieve which was I handed to the sheriff who read It Tho crowd in the inclosure loudly murmured over the disappointment but tho two figures of the gallows uttered sot a word The black caps were quickly removed the nooses slipped from around their necks the cords which bound their logs and arms I cut loose and the culprits were quietly I taken back to their cells |