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At eleven oclok I called at the prision & was with
the prisioner untill a few moments before his execution
his Mother Brothers wife & 5 children visited him last night
also this morning. He had gotton a woman with child who
was not his wife. He requested his Brothers to take care
of this woman & if they were permitted to take more than
one wife to take her to wife. He had a vary hard time to
part with his wife children & Friends. He felt to confess all
of his and ask the forgiveness of God & all men for all
his crimes. He had worn his garments up to within an hour
before his death. I advised him to take it off which He did
He converse with me untill abut 12 oclok. He asked me to pray with
him that he might have strength to go to his execution & pay the
penalty of his crimes. I prayed with him according to his requ-
est & then bid him good ^by^ as did others who were with him. He
then walked to his place of execution. there was a large number
outside the wall & some one hundred in the Court House placed at
the windows to witness the Execution Jason Luce sat in a
chair with his feet maniceled. He addressed the people a few
moments renounced Wm aA. Hickman as his betrayer bid
the people good by. Sherif Burton drew the Black cap over
his face & at a given signal 5 Balls was shot through or near
his heart & his spirit left his body without a groan or
hardly a movement of his body his corps was taken to
the gate & exhibited to the croud, it was then taken to his
Brothers House & laid out
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