BMMAPH JL Ji A VOLVT. -No. 13T. 1JH1LADELPHIA, lRIDA-Y, JUNE 8. 18CG. DOUBLE SHEET-THREE CENTS. i EKECimoN OP ANTOft! PROBST, FOR TDB 'JHlIRDKROr THE DKEKING FAMILY UST SCENES OF THE TRAGEDY CLAIKS OF JUSTICE SATISFIED. Dii;fuiorofllioNotorlouH Octo-IIomieitlo. HIS LAST HOURS ON EARTH Tke Djlns Speech of tlic Wrclclicd Criminal. SCENES AND INCIDENTS ABOUT THE SCAFFOLD. Compendium of Facts Connected with Probst and the Butchery. JIKSUME OF Till: TRIAL Hangman's Day in Philadelphia OUR SPECIAL REPORT. UMorlcal Skclelics of Notable Kxccudosis in City. . Eic, into., JKtu., IZtO.t Etc. 'i'he la6t act In the terrible tragedy -which, la the violent death ot eight innocent and unsuspecting poisi'ii", disclosed to us new aud appa ling posBibiii tn a in tl o iiorpotr.il ion oi crime, has tuts day been con:Unimatel by the execution ot the chief aotor, Au(cn Probst, the murdorer. This multiplication of murders will stand in crimtual history as some thing bonibijrumque. Thut a whole household, cons.stiug ol eight persons, woro killed In the same way, one af-cr the other, in the day time, by a single IndividuHl, without any outcry or resistance, or any knowledge or suepicon on ha part of the victims that the letirlu work of death was going ou ; that titer six of tle napless ones were s ain a pause of houis eccurrcd, and thou upon Lie arrival oi the last two the bloody butchery was again commenced and consummated and that through a repetition of the same device all, cave the h red boy, were lured into the barn, and their mangled bodies loit thore together, sleepiug that sleep that knows no waking, was a conjunction oi circumstances that could hardly have occurred oiice in ten thousand times. Ihe i parent iuadequao of mitive also stamp this eightfold muiuer wit i a singulaiity all it own. The crimo ws out oi ail reunion to the end to be attained by it. l'ue creatuie desired money, and thtrewero a thousand ways .awiul and uulawiu whereby he might have obtaiucd it, without heaping upon hit son suca au aouuinu atod load of damning guilt; but no, hte.nn d to be po.130.-sed with th ii.ea that the siiuplcs. and easiest way to attain hu e..il,ai.d,o e-cajo doiectiou, wai to ki'l the entiro iannly. Retribution, in this iBiuLco, has followed c'oi upon th the Dee ol cr me Sere ly had the guilty wretch tquandeicd upon Ins i rutal lusts thapr.ee of blood murder casting its ill potten booty into the lap of hailolr- bol'oie the uvngor was upon bin truck. Ibe escape ot a murderer in civil zed communities is every day becoming inot-o and more diflioult Science ii multiplying the tea s by which the most secret of deadly takings ofl uiuv be brought to ughta The telegraph intercepts tue fl yht of tho escaping criminal, and at the very muuioU'. when he lauoics himself bccuro, Jus'ioe lays her iron hand upon his shoulder, and leads him away to sw.lt punishment. liven though tuo murduier hide I is terrible secret in tho recesses of his own guli'-v heart, yet he caono1 keep it. It consumes him 1 ke un inward fire. Tnough no huuiuu o e may have seen him perlorm the droauiul deed, yet the Al -seoiug Eye beheld him, and now fl bos terror through his trembling sou'. II w wondi rlu.ly Daniel Wobster portrayed this feature ot murder in bis great speech upen the Lrownlusa,e!d case, vlien. af.er descnb ing the workings of a guilty conscience, he summed nply Buying, that there was no reiuge for the crimi nal "except in suicide or confession, and auicido Itself is con'ession " We ought to be thankful, pcriiups, that sometimes, whan murueri do ocour, they are of such a charac ter ab to exhibit the horrible crime in its most re volting aspeo'. Olten murder attracts to itself a strango Interest by its associatiou with the exhibi tion of human passions in their most Intense iorm such as amo.liou, n von go, Jealousy, or eyed love. There may in such instances bo such a thing as the "poetry ot murder," and we are so ahsurbod in cou templaUvg the passion, that we forget the guilt of 1be crime? Hut in th s Instance, thore is .nothing to .relieve the hideousuos of tho transaction. Murder Wtaads before us in its most revolting aspect, naked la all it hlllnh doiormity a thing to be turned Item with unmitigated and unmeasured loathing. Philadelphia, though one of the most orderly ot cirfce, and though originally 10 largely imbued with the peaceful Quaker e ement oi population, has still furnibiu d many notable murd r cases It may be interesting as a matter of h 'story to recur briefly to the more striking oi these, confining ourselves to those in srbtcb the jerpotrators were tried and exe cuted. We commence with that ot ON it ARM ED TOM. Tom Robinson, a soldier who had lost an arm in the Revolutionary War, was bung on the 10th af jpetober, 1781, for highway igbbery Rsd attempt to kill one Captain Tolbert those crimes b-Mng oaptal t flenses in thoso days. The act was committed npon the road botweo Philadelphia and JNicotown, nppo site to what waa then known as Keagle's Woods. Captain Tolbert, who commanded a privateer during the war, was riding out with bis wife in a chair, when thev were stopped by tw lootpads, one ol -whom had b-it one aim. They took all the rnonev and other valuable liom the person oi ihe apta n and cut but tbroa , leaving him, as thoy suppocu dead ; but be recov rod, and describe'! Ins isvuliants to the oOicers, who eflectoil their capture. Both he and his accomp ice were bung Whi e on the eabows loin coiiieesed that he bad previ osly ontragod and niuiocred a yuunir lady on the tirsy's Ferryioal, tiiut tie bud slipi ed the bloody knifr into the pocket ot a ui ui ki n man who was pacsing, that tue ni'in was aitcrwaies bung for the uiurdor protest ng his Inrnicfnce atid that iie (1'oml was present nt tne pxccuticn and picked a diover's pocket while in the cowd. His dying moments were rendered hideous by the utterance of otrceue jrsts and nba d pro In nil y J Ins fi a perhaps the most horr. bio scene ever enacted in oi.r city. JAMES nURKB. On the afternoon ot Inetday, tho 81st of August, 17fc4, James turae, 17 years ot are, the servant o Timothy M.'Auhflb, residing in Water street, wa teen to shut up the houso, and aitor locking tho door went err, previously slating to tho noighbors that his master hud gone on business to Jersey, and that ho (l'.urke) was goiuc foiuowIkiio to work. Tio sutpi cicn weie nrou-ed at the tim', McAulillo und liurka being tho oi.ly occupams of the housu. 1 or several i, a) sailor Hiuko bad gone a very disairee ab.e until incommoded tho newhbois In that vici nity, which mim dio come Irum; v.cAulillo's houso. tu picions were arourcd. liu.ko was sou. it loi and could not be loui.d. cstroiiuor and . roiu'er bocamj ii e suspicion At last it was piopcod .o break into tiio bouse, which was tlona. McAuiitle was louud n urotrtd in bis bed, and n"arly devoured br ver min, lit a mark on bis g-ull the deed, it appeared, had leen ccmniit ed with a bammcr, winch was lound near him. A reward of 20 was offered lor l'ujke. it was flnaliy as'.ertainid bo had sailed lor Ireland. Mr. John Cornell, a lriend oi deceased set out in pureuit ol the vessel, and overtook her near I'.onibay i- ook, about twenty nil cs below Keodv's island. Tno person oi James Burke was doscrlbed and demanded. He was Btcured and brought up the Uelaware to New Cast e, taken beloie Judgo 1 innoi , and examined, tie couiessed that an ac complice committed tho deed, dividing the money ohtuined, ilewussiit to I'hilndolphia a d impri soned in tho V ali.tit stree Jail, tlo was tried, lound guilty, and executed on mo 10th of O.tobor, 17f4-the ideu of an accomp ico not bciug beiicved. CHARLES REED. This man murdered a boamnn with whom be picked a quarrel, taunt. ng him and urging him to iljiht, the boatman at flist petting the advantage of lieed, who left, and m a short time retained, saying be would finish the fl.'ht. Tho combatants foh to blows; only a fe bio v were struc-', when the boat rtan dropped to tho ground. LVou (xaminatlon It was founo he had boon stabbed to tho heart, and was a corpre. Keed was anestcd at the corner ot Market and v uter stieols. a. arch was made for tue kinio. JSolliing ol the ki. d wns loui.d, uunl the tid'i loav'ng 1L6 dc:S. 3 izz kniie was lound with tho initials C Jt upon it; whcie it ? supposed he had th' wu it. I! eid wus tried, found ttui tv. P.inf 6x'utfil nn the'io banging ground in llroad street, between Mm Li t and Chosrul. MUBUKIt OP J011H M'rARLAND. John McFatiaud was murdered on tho niht of Eepteuber 18, 1789, at his house, Thirteenth and Market Btrcete. lie and his brother woro drovers, and bad made a large sale ot cattle, whch tho mur derers kLowttf. And they determined to possess themselves of 11.0 mouey. Tho men, five iu number, started after night to go to McFarlaud's ho tsu, one of the men's wi o accompany ing them. At Eighth and Maiket streets tbov too t. e hannle ol a pump, saying it might bo usolul to .hem in what they were about 10 uuuertake. Having leached th') hou o o. the diovers, tuey knocked and di niaudod out' once, but wtre letuded, the bioibeis susixxting tuuipiay. tme ol the ur y mai agod to mi throuva tho win dow, sud opened tin: uoor for hi. oompituious They atiacktd ihe drovus, knhnp one. i be other mae hi. esciipe. 1 boy obta.nnd S201X1 and lelt ihe houso. WI lie 101 cring and drinking in i: o neibborboo i ot Fourth and Muppen sti-eets, tbey cot into a light w itli a pa ty of tailors, one oi them was knocked down, the others lied, were pursued by tho po Ico, arre ted, tried, coiivicted, and executed. V h ir nunirs wero lavid Crouan Francis Burn-, John Uumett, John Lopan, and John loru.on. Logan's w.le, wi.o assisied, was parooned BAKER, BROWN, AMD F1CTERB0N. These thrco puates were hung on Smith's Island, cppotite rhi!adelphia, on tho 9tu of May, 1800. On Ihe 27 h of Aupusl, 1799, Capta n William Wheiand sot sail from the port of Philade phla on board tue gcLoi'Ucr EUz-x, bound for bt. Ihomas, His ciew Ci.nsihted of two Americana, Thomas Croft (who a iciwarus lecanio Mate; .nd Jacob .Luster, together v.ilh the ion e Mireif ners Ihe LHtno oi tho tuporcargo was Char es Ke ', a Fiti.cb gentleman, who had married a Baltimore idy titber m ilev not the Captain had a ood on.iiiou oi the tlireo ioreiuuer-. They seemed to 03 men ol lewLpelul B'jiiiis boon aitor tue El'xn .ui id, Teterson, having refused to o boy the orders oi 1 l.o Alut-, mo aptu n s;rucx mm. nuKer came to i is iiss.siauce Air. Kev stooped lorward tonr itec; ihe Cupinui Alter liaker received thn tieutment iliev iiicm-snd to do thuir dutf like good men a pr niite mev kept lor fourteen da a. Ou tlie 12ih ot ctpttinber, at 10 o'o'ock at night, it being tho Hate's watch ou deck. Air. Key and the Capta. u had gone to h ei p w liiloibe mato was asieop oo dee one ot tb nun struck him on the bead witu an axe. leavmg Croft's tody on the deck, thoy went to the berth of tho sleeping Captain, struck him a blow over the head with an axe, also stubbing him in the aim wit'i a sword, lie sprung up and seized his pis tols, which were unuer bis bead. Key awukeLed bv the noise, snatched the pistol Horn tne captain, ana turning, trteu to I allow taoin. lie received a severe blow over the head with a pump bieak. wh.oa knocked him do vn. When lu a Hying btuie the men threw him overboard Jacob Luster, tbo rema ning teaman, was also killed. Captain Whcland recovered Iroiu tho assault I he cumiunls wero brought to Fhiiadoiuhla, lrid in Ihe United btates Cucuit Court, convicted, aua bun jf as above stated. JOYCE AKD MATITIAS. On the night of December 18, 1807, a widow livln n Black Horse alley was murdered by a negro named Joyce. Mrs. Cros , the widow, kept a email oro, Uvea alone, and was reported to have considerable money, the possession of wbioU Joyoe wanted. He lured into IKe pa' ticioation of the crime onsolh s companions named l'eter alathias, who uid uotkno v tno puipose of Joyce until be got to the home. Joyce entered the store, Math as waiting ouUide. Mrs t ross as seated at her supper-tablu. and while in the act ot raisin her sau er to her lips Jo oi slipped a rope out of Lis pocket, which tie had previously maue into a noose, and threw it over Urs. Crois' head, diawing it around lier throat sufficiently tight to i.i event l.er lrom uiving any alarm. I'otor tried to interlerej Joyce prevented him. At th s moment a child came in, whom Joyce toreatenou to xiu n sue said a word. After the men bad gone the o aid vare tlieaiaim. Jovce and Mat bias were cap ured that mvht bv ihe ponce. Joyce was found in a dauce bouse and Mallnas in a barn. They were soon after wards brought to trial ana both were convicted ftiathias aithot'gii in unwilling accessory was son M eed to tho tame rigid tuto as Joyce. Governor Mcftean appointed Monday, Match 14 1 h, 1808, lor their txicuuou, ou which uay it occurreu. LIEUTESAHT BICBABO SMITH. ( Captain Carson, a United States oillcor, married Ann Baker, daughter of au clllccr in the United States navy residing in l'olladelphia. Direct y alter his marriage he left tne United States service, and took command ot the ship China,, bound on trading voyage to the Etst Indies, He was not heaidof tor lour years. Mts Carson, tupjosinjr herself a wldo, aud being lelt with throe ohildrou to iuppoit. openi-da obiua store at 8ecoud and Dock streets. Mie bad many sui or, among the res'. Lieu euaat Sinyih, whom sl.e married. Smyth was an Irittiman bv birth, oame to this country when vine years of age, resided whh bis grandmother at G.-rmantowo, aud served in the vVar of 1412 a a letiteuant. biirinr the war be fought a duel, kill intr bis adversary. Three months afier his ma'iiagf with Mr. Caison, they were very much surprised by the sudden appea'anee oi Captain ( arson, wboin ail had cuMideied to iotijj dd. ii-, vruu rsients and friends at ttiw insisted (hat she should remrn to hrr dvtirs as tho wife of Caison and for ke Smyth. This she rofused to Do, onnsidertnr lie tell tne lawiul wite of Llentennnt Smyth Car sen unit lor his wi'.e, and ntroaud hertoliewtn bim. which she relused to no. tsmytii. rot o ruing one ivennif lonnd Carson at bis bouse. Carson oideied him cut of the .house Mnvth discharged the contents ol a tiia'ol In Caison's lace He lived a le v minutes, bmytb was subsi queiit'v tried ant convicted Great rlTnr s wero nmde to obltln it paidon lor him, but Governor Snyder vasonmovn li'S death warrant was signed. Smyth wns oxocuta 1 on tho si ot now known as Logan square. WILLIAM OKOGB was excruted February 7, 18?3, for thn minder ot a w Minn ol bad n-pnte, by the name of Kerlah Sto v, with whom be had b ' en liv.n o ion temtot inti macy. Tho mtirdor was commuted iu a bous- o' I Il lume kept by Keziali In Cunaut ahoy, ju t after h r return from a bail, i be insirument ured was a butcher-knne, previously whettea by Gross ior tli" inpoe Ihe execii ion took place in the old jail, Mxth ana Wainut. JAME9 MOBAJt was hung on Friday, May 10, 137. at Cherry Hill, i.ear whoro the Eastern 1'onctentiary is now located, ijomn was born in Souihompton, England, of poor but i expectable parents, in early lita he shipped as a -ailoi fiom Liverpool upon an American vessel, ' d arrived in Boston in June. 1830 Win e in bos ton ho loll Iu company with a Spaniard named -Mevan Garcia, a man of vory bad cliaraoti r, who Ii nu. ed lum to ship noonrd of the schooner William fl irt, ol out t" ser sail to It o IhiicI o Tuoschooner si. I tri lrom Itortou nbout. the latter end of fte:)tem b r, p-8S. Inrlna 1 1. - til,i .Mo ran aud the Spaniard imi deied lai'tnin mitn and t leinato, whose namo was aril. Care a was ki led on Pond ol tho s'llp, and V oi an wus placed lu custody, brougut to tins country, and tried beloro tho I'ni'ed Mules t Ircuil t ourt, Juducs Ha'clniTi and Uopk nsou upon the b nth l liKiughout b's trial ho proved iiiinselt ono ol t: e Eicst iiBioened ol wro'ches. CHAKLKS IAMIFElDT was executed October 20, 1848, ior the murder of 11 r. Iiademacbor, on Thursday night, Maro'i 23. (instil and scienmswcre hoard issuing lrom tbo houso, old numhor SO, N, Fourth street, below Cheriy, two doors from tho Third Lutheran thnrch. Mr. Koellner, who occupied tho thtrd slery, hearing the noiso went to Mrs Radcmachor's room, and found Airs. Radeniacher murdered, iying on the floor, de ugeu wnn blood. T e body was honibly mutilated. Whdc her nu ba- d was terribly lnimglcd, be was not dead, aud alterwards rouo veiea. Sucpidon attached to a Grrinon named Langfoldi,, who had solved lour tears in tbo penitentiary for the roblei ol the Lutheran church, and abo a hardware s'oie. ne was ccnvicted mainly on the testimony ol Alia Hadtiiincher. He had boon re-lea-td lrom pr.son on the 7th li st , and had obtained eniploymeni at a shoemaker shop. His fallow work man mis-id a kni.e nom his workbench, wlrcli was iwoin to as identical wi.h the one found in the chamber. He was m:ssed lrom bis room on t'.at I articular night irom eleven to three, returning afier that hour iu bis stocking feet. Ho was tried ami found gmity. He protested his inuoceuc to the Jdfct. - The skui'Insri biiOTncitS On Friday evening, Jauuary 39, 18o2 two little (fir s were playing upon tho ics, near I. V. Morr e' iron foundry, on Ihe Dolavaro river, Kensington. A hole was observed in tho ice. Upon examination tin co cloth bn?s veie found. There were eomo men woiking near at hand, who examined tho contents, (j no contained the head, stomach, entrails, and tti.tbs; another the arms aud tiunk; the third bad ti o legs aud ioo Jt piovea to De me Doav ot young uacoo Lehman, need seenteeii j ears, son of a German peddler, reMd'Dir No 4b7 N. Mcood streot who bao been nii"inir Biice the 8th ot January previous. On Weenesday, tl e 12th of iebruary, two Foles nan.ed Muihlas and Blaise Skuplnskl w ere arrested. It was proved tbey had vaca ed a houso iu which thoy livi d very suddenly. Art'Oles known to have belonged to young Ivebman v ere lound iu their pos sesion. Alteratu.l investigation they were com n iueJ. It was trot en betond a doubt tlmt thev had mur (lend the boy ior the sake oi the jewelry ho had with b'm. Icrih. purpose oi sel.ing it 1'ho jewnlrv was worth aLeut fc-OO A lew months alierwaids they weie hung, but nol on the same day. ARTHUR BPRIKO On Friday morning, March 12, 18G3, two slstor-, named Honora Shaw i.nd Ellen Lynch, residing in Fcdctal street, above Seventh, wore louud dead at tbfir home. Ellen was in hor nlht-olot'ies and lying upon her Mice in a puddle of blood, which had come from her mouth. Hor hands were lacerated witu a kmto, ber head mangled by a plow lrom a leaden pipe. Her sister, Mrs. Shaw, ley In the (am room in her ordinary crtss, with a horrid gash in her right check ana a oeep stuo iu lier orcast . iher-i wero i'oit) -one wounds on tho bo ly ot .Mrs. Lynch and boventieu on the Louy ot turs. Miaw. Anliur Mning. an oia convict,, aud an Irishman b Lmli, ws suB'ectO''. 1'aitot hi- under co bes lound in bis room nad blood upon thorn, lie wa iic-ted niid convio ed ou the test.mon ot his son, a imi iih ten years o d, who related tho ooniessiou his luilicr i uu mui'e to him several days provious to ti c mu'cer. opruiR remsea to piean gurtv, putac tun d the Ken ot having committed the crime. Alter tlK veri ict had teen tendered ol murder in the lirst doi.'ice, lie ihicaitced to kil Ins son tbo drat oppor tni.itv 1 e had. IJwitig to a legal InforninHtv the verdict of gul ty was tet as de, and btiriiig was Planted a new tr.ii. Am 4, on the same tiay Capie and Kinuios were reinttd. t.reHt iiiiculty e as xporienced in getting a juiy v. ho had not loiuicd en opin oa. Alter three days Mlal Ibe verdict was leaiiiriued, whereupon he ui.lnlteringly in Couitaccusea bis son. Spring was suspected ol several murdeis. A true bill accusing him of t lie murder of Mr Rink, who kept a toy thop under the old Jsat oual Theatre, was lound by the Giand Jury. He tried to commit suicide by sleeping niih tobacco under bis a'm-pirs, bin without success. He was executed June lit. l.cC3, with bis last words irapl. eating his sou, aud aeciariug nis own innoconco. THOMAS J ABM6TROKQ. This case is oi such recent occurrence that the puiliculars are (ami liar to all our leaders. Arm strong murdered a. man named Robert Crawford, in the early part of Kovembor, 18G0, and drove w th the body from the lower part of the city to St, John streot. where the inurdorod man was seen by one who was passing. 1 ho previous good char acter of Aimstioug was a strong point in bis lavor, butaGeiuian who was discovered by District Al ton, ev Mann, late in tue trial of the cas , cleaily ioci.tified the prisoner. Ho was convicted January S'J, 1801, aud sentcnoed to be executed February 27. IbCT. Ihe penal y ot the ciiuie was carried out in ine loiiowiug moutn. ureter of the Deering Family. THE PEEKINU HOMESTEAD. At the southern end of our ony, bet veon the Dola varo and Schuylkill rivers, in the First Ward, lies tbe ' .Neck," familiar to all who have grown up irom tovbood la this city. Its niurs'iy, reedy banks are r membered as the sconos or mauy cunning exploits and lailures. its dwellers a e known as houe.it, -dustrioos giOwers of vegetables and iruita lor the city niarke's Its frog-ham ted meadows siragg e along btween tho aistuut larm nouses, yielding abuudant baivosts, that canaiivays be turned imo monev. On Jones' lane, about a Quarter of a m le from tho I'oiiit Houso road, stood tho Leerini homestead. It was an humb e iraino building, wiih barn and out hou ts, away two hundred yards from the uotrest i.eiubbor Du l riday, the Oth of April, Mr. Iering, with his wife and lourehi dren, lived thero. The were plain, unpretending, honest lolks, aud lived within their niouei ate income. Ihelarnier's main business was ibe buying and reeding ol cattle tor thooitv market. He emploveo bu two farm la'ionrs to assist iu tho work. One wus Anton I'robst, who had been for merly discharged lor reluslng to obey orders, and had been re-engaged some months alterwards, on iiieaeing an empty nooket. tue ouier was Come uus cany, a bound boy. MDBDER Or THE DEERINO FAMILY. On Saturday, tbe 7tu da ot April, two months ago yesterday, the Deering family wore murdered at their home. The lather, mother, niece on visit the bound boy, and tbe four little children, tne ciuvii vixu; ywi auu wo pr;v t r9lv old, bad tl elr si nib and In pait their races stove in by moral Ir fslv repealed blows of an axe. An i to mik tho aradly work th- man complete, each of their thieat. was hacked irtm tat to ear with a lie wcai on dipcovert or tub bopikh. Cntbe lollowing Wodnesda. a neighbor, surprh-ed at the nnaccountablo absence ol the family, insti tuted astaich, which fina'ly resu ted in the discovery 0 Ihe bedies of Cbrittoplicr Hearing and Elisabeth in Inn ui.de a heap ot hay upon tho l am floor. A inr her mvesiipation revealed the mutilated bodv o Ju la Healing, tying a ue bv side wit i her three little ones, John, Ihomas, aud Anna, wui e tho Oabe Fniily lay ocio.-s its mother's breast All weie s we i away in a lit e crib olilit feet by four ft ct, in the we t end ol be barn I hi sight tn a mcs' In an sick( nmg one, even to those auctis t med to look upon the um nding horrors almost lia'iy occurring in a great o ty. Every skud was LeaU n iu, every lace waa mangled ; the brains (lowed out, and every throat was gashed euliro v opon Ono ol Ihe lntle mnoo nis had a Ungr cbopoed off w bile endeavoring to ward off the murderous blow, and the little babe bad a ga b across i s breast, as if ibe asasMn'a tired band had missed its sum at the head oi tbe bolpless liilant. on tho next day. al'er dinpent search, tho corpse 01 Con e iua Cany was louud mangied hk ail tue others, hidden in a hollow ot a ha, rick oil' in a meadow, three hundred ya'di Iromtlio ibi ui houso. ARRkHr OF TUX .MURDEREa. The German tarm laooror, Anton Probst, vhr bad disappeared from tho neighborhood since that Sa turday morning on wh'ch any of tho lam!ly wjre last seen, was suspected of tho crime. Tue police were put ou the alert, and on tho evouiug ol Thurs day, which witnisscd the recovery of tho bound bov's bod i, ho was arrested wmlo lu ent ou erois u ' .liaikct street bridge to eccajio into ibe country. I o Mavor .ilcM cnael In vo unu-ered & pnnl,.mlnn that he had murdered the German boy, but that au accomp ico had commit'ed tue other crimes. I bis was not believed ar 'be tunc, and diligent search Hilly established its ta'sity. THE BURIAL OF THE VICTIMS. No sadder record could be written thau that given ffthe funeral notico: UIKK1NG On tbe Tih Instant, fit RUTf) PURR Ty iKlNO, aeil 38 years) also his wllo JUM V DEElt 1NO. aved 4 vears i their son.Jollo DStl.ltlMJ ipi1 8 year. ; tbelr son iHu.M.ts 1KKRIXU, aaed pears; mi-n unuuiirr, iina ui'xniu, aeu years; their Daughter. KM1H liKKKlX). aged '2 vears; bis nloce. t.lZAhtvill D LAN, aged ij years; ami I'OKNJiMCS CABEY.aiiedll years. l belr relatives and Irieuds are rtwpnc'rnllv Invited to attend it e r tunera , lrom tbe ofllce of Mmun (.art land, o. as H. Tnlr eenrh Street, this (aturdav) afcrnoon, at 1 o'clock without nirihcr notice. Interment at St. Jlaiy's t'emctety. jo prison win os admitted 10 view the Doaiei without the conrent ol the tauil y. 'i I ousands gathered to view the bodies, and thn long lines tiled through tho onrkeuod room, to take a busty gluiice at ttiei ipht ollins side oys de Many solbcd and cried at beho'ding tho horrid s.ght i no wrrvr perea mauy minutes faltlflf upon those i ipht corpses Buttered skuds and gashing, peping wounds to d how mercilessly the liundish wcik was done At length the funeial took its long lino through ihe streets, and ttioii-anos ha ted to st'ow their beantelt svmpath-. t rowds followed to tho come- teiy to view the last Bad ntes paid to the poor remains. TRIAL OF THE MURDERER. On Wednesday, tho i6ih of April, the tri.il of utOH Frobst commenced. Much diillr-ulty was ex perienced in obtain ng a jury ol unbiassed men. At the close oi the first day tho panel was exhaus cd, and only ten secured. Ihe lollowing mornint tbo two others required were obtained. Competent coutsel baving been assigned by the Court to tne pi isoner, the contest between the prosecutiou auu the de ense was a wcll-lought ouo. Sn!l, it was a fhilit without, hopo, ior the prisoner, with his Ii e at stake upon the issue ol tho trial, could uotca louo wiuief to corrooorate ms uec atation that no was innocent 1 1 the niurjer ol Cbrlsto.iher Doonng tie dared not even call no lyftnoss to testily io h3 pre vious pood cnar.clcr. On r. aturduy mornMig too counsel for the djiense deliveicd most brilliant appea s ior mercv, lather t nu aigunicnts ior jusnou District Aforuey Munn c'oscd ti e case in an eioquont, masterly s eecli. Judge A lisou hubmtt ed too caso to the Jury iu one ot his most ce'ebrated churgi s. Al'er uu no cuco ot ou y lilteen m'uutes the Jiry re.iuinca a voia'ct of -'ouilty ot Murder ia the First lJeptee." Ou ihe fo)iowin Tuesday, the 1st of May, Anton I'lot st was teu-enced to bo taken o tho place from yvl ei co he came, and to bo haupod by the n.ck julii ho was doad dead dead 1 HIS DEMEANOR. Anton I'robst, in height, is but ona inch under six lcet. Hols btoad-s.iouldered, but etjops torwara and walks with long, blouclnn? stops. Ilis com plexion is floiid, his hair a light brown, and bis eyes a greyish blue, lie has a head bu, lot-shaped at tho sides and flattened a' the too. His mourn Is larre with big, roughly outlinid lips ; but Irs small pu? nist-, upturLCU, is tuo weakest auu tno uguet o' hu to lures. Duuugthe long davs of the trial hi faoo wore a ftilid luollbnsivo, meaningless took. Oacisiouu ly ev i.ences ol a wa clilul cunning would momentarily t.i'sn out iu a: eyes, anu vaois'i as suddenly. u bing startled niin durng the trial. Tn a troupes te.-l.iiionv ajamst him the visible detestation o "ltio Willit," who had providentia l osoapod (!emlitu hi- haniis b being away lrom nomo the In p;.8;ioii( d Ueuuuciutioiis ot ihe DutriOo AUoiuey , u u rot cause bim to fl.uch. lleva immovable, save wh n wi'nm raiJe a laughable statement, or something ludicrous oo cuircu; th n his luce would ngiit up witu sup pi csstd laughter. But when he was exposed to the riiio of the thousands who thiongod tue s roots, aud their volls of hatred came to his ears, he would fear death r.t their hands, ana cower near tbe ollioors w ho guarded bim. Ino imprisonment in the murderer's cell at Hc-va miiiBing he has home contentedly, eatin? hearty meals ano sleouing soundly at all times. Tho visit of the Shenif to read to him the day fixed for bis execution produced not the slightest imoi-ession upon turn, lie seemed to tniuk that he had beeu cmii'lit, and might as well mate up his mind to vivo up hope, hung tor it, aud bo dons with the who e tlnng On tbe (lib ot Alay, 1803, exactly three yeirs beioie, he had arrived in this country lrom breuiuu VS hat o terrifying aumversaiy I HIS CONFESSION. On Sunday, May 6, Anton froost matlo bis first true confession of the crime to his spiritual adviser. ti e Rev J A. M. Grundtner, Pastor of St. A pboasus Church, at Fourth and Reod s. rests. Oa the follow ing day be gave a dotai'ed account of bow he exe cuted the murders, and his motive) in ao dolug, to tlte reporters of the press He detailed bis past life; h s several enlistments and desertion- irom the Union ai'uivi and to.d that he was oulv tweu v-lour vears o u W iih his tinners intertwining among tno bauds or his ro arv, aud his eves olcoii glanoiug at the ei uo iix, be tola, with a coolness ot expression anu mi. .utile ot de ail that made every nerve of nis huurers quiver, the la.e of the murdo lrom baiu no g to end Breaking ot his return to the Pocr.'ng farm, he sr.id, "I made up mu mind to get some of the nonty; that it what 1 went back ftr. 1 p anued every day I o get tbe money and never bad a ch nee " tie de b nn Bed e ght or ten davs before that fatal t atur day to butcher the who e family, "as I could not go ibe inouev in auv oiber way," but his heart lulled lum on several occasion as he to id ready at tbe bottom ol the stairs to crush the axe through ti.cir skulls when thoy separately eauie dova to breaklast On that rainy Saturday, after Mr. Dcerinst had siarn d to the oitv, he nas od in the meadow with Cornelius. The boy sat under the tree to be out ot ttie rain, and chatted with h m about th work until be knh d him Irom behind with the axe 11 hid tho titdy whi re it was lound ; passod io tho homo with a load oi wood, aud bigiulmg the mother aud the eln'dreii separately io the bam, he biaiuod thuiu and b d them, one aflor the otbor. Ho to d bim he concealed th i weapons, washed off the blood lrom bis clothes, aud mado his cunning ar rangemejits to niu.der Ur. Heoringon his return. Hi was momentarily Irighteuod at sue ng Hiss Do an unexpectedly coming with bim on a visit; but his cruel heart did not rclont, not his iyiii tongue fail him with flimsy excuses nor hi. bloody hinds tire He murdeieu them separately, hid their bodies, ate a meal at tl e hou-e, spent hours in stealing every thing that was portable, Irjt his bloody clolhet und ;r his 6UM 6f, wtariny Mr Veenng't suit iimlead, thuvtd himseif with Mr Itecrmy's razor, ' and finally decamped at mVhtfa'l liv tail!, ' 1 txpected to find mucb niouty" (laugh- lni. For M fl rd sh deeds lie obtained scironlv Iwti.ly dollar- arwi a lotot tinmpery trlnktt. With II e slirrt smhtidiic'S ot all dobased beinw who be time mnrdeicrs ior plnn.ler, he lelt behind him aln ot inialno e testimonies of hi guilt, and every bonr ol bis carousings furnished additional evidenoj o mor'al eye saw the committal ot the deed; but on tno trial a chain of Circumstantial evidence was evolved thai a most revealed the exact details ot its progr-ss and sstablisLcd his eui't I eyond the sua- c ot a doubt Ihoukh tried only npon tho charro of murdering Clinsicphrr lecriug, yet h'sconv.ction morll.y and practically o ndemued him as the solo as. assin ot eig.n beings whom ho had lodgn.i w.ih Tho ttublio mind did not iced the conoboraiion of his own cot te sion io sa isly th mnelve- of his entire gul't He evinced to penitenco whde n.irrft.inc bis In fanions crimes. In sober troth, tbe wrltnr who trrnn saw and lusrd him declares Ins face otteu glowed with qtner laughter while he tod boty cunningly and sucesslul y he had accomp is lied the eight mur ders, THE PEEL1NO OF THE COMMUNITY. The popular boait yet quivers with horror at the (I read I ul deed Humanity standi appalled at tho uttor fiendishness ot all the, dots lis. Eipht viotlms slaughtered feiled to the ground like dum) cutlo, t.ielr skulls crushed by an axe thoir throats cut convulsed the community wit i loiror. But tho tact that Uvo of tho batoliordd vict im wero little prat tlinp, innocen children, that their Joyous gambols nn.et have olten awakened the sympathy of even the present hardonod criminal towards thorn, the cou v etion that thev could have dono nothing to i xo te his devilisii pas-ions, tho roe tal ot their vudeuvors to escapo bis liuudisti purpuios, all these touched to Un heart oir entire community Ou all occasions tl at I'robst lias beou brought before the public, on his convey anco to or lrom Moyamenaing I'rison, ihe t xeileu eiit ot tbo popu ace has lound v. lit in ex cned exc amadous, ai d scvorul aitempts to seize the prisoner from th" l ands of ihe ollicers. With a wise foiothou.lit, lndopouiionc) Squaro was c osed to the public during tho irial, that a'l vhe entrances to the court-uouse rmglit bo guarded. Still, every day ot lis progress tbou-ands clustered about the non railings, auxioua to catoh a glitnpso ot the n.nrdeier. On Ins every appearance tne air w ould be rent with tumultuous groans, hisses, aud curses. ever before in tbe annals of crime in our city has such a universal conuemuation been so opouly exhibited. Every oue look the dread fa i atrocities to heart as if tbo l.ttlo ones slaiu i i ilio early aawn oi lite bad been t eirovvn Each father and each mother thought of the r innocent, gambolling, lire sidt tairies brutally slanghterod, and turned Irom the cradle oi the httio babe smiling In its peaceful deep, w ith an utter abno enoo ol tho being who cou d so loully outras'o ail the ho'iost afl .-ctons ot humanity. Well it was that two hundred stalwart po icemen guarded the murdcrrr oi bis everv ap pearance, or the gallows ini"ht have been ch ared ot its i- ch lul dues. A VISIT ON THURSDAY TO MOYAMENSING. llic Execution a Most Private One. FUOBST'S LAST DAY OF LIFE. A Talk With Him in His Cell. Hi. WOULD NOT LIVE IF IIE COULD. 1 In oughcut yesterday tho gloomy walls of Moya- n.ci sing were a barrier beyond n tncli cou d pas. no olc but a Prmon lnepcctor, tho priost, or other per step pccn'iarly lavoredwith tho taliemtnio "opeu stfunio." To see lor tens oi thousands of curious bid interested cit zone, the writer obtaiuod admit tuLce, and wnl try to skotch what'usiod iusiue f tl ofc massive gates. ho tiuc ittrnoi' thai spread wldoly about, of the c'ong ot the prison to all visitois until Saturday, nought at all hours of tho day groups Ol callers. ntt'iuly women, w ho mostly sceued dos lous of vsiting some imprisoned triend But a deal ear and a 1 1 remptory teiusat were given to all lh.nr plead lies. So strictly wero the ordors of Sheriff howell dbeved, that even the suppl.ers ol nocessar es, the earners ol ice, were requested to leave a double por ticn.tnat it hiiuht last until Satutdav. As much comment has arisen upon tbe impossi bility ot obtaining admittance to the exsotition through lour, or tavor, or money, we aopend the otl.cial record upon which tbe bberifl' bases his action: An Act Abolish ng Pull e Executions, passed April ill, loot. Section 1. Whenever here tcr any person shall be condemned to suiter death bv haindnx lor anv crlma oi wblcb he or slie shall have been convicted no ald Dimisbiueiit shall be intlicted ou lilm or her within tli wans or jardot the jai ot tbi countv Iu which he or Hie 1.111:1 nave oeen couvictea; ana !i shall be the duty 01 1 tie bherlii or coroner o. the said co ju v to attend and bu piesent at such execu ion to which lie siia I lo' lie the presence of a physician a toruev genorai, ord vimtv a 1 1 o nicy - general o the com ty. and twelve reputable citizens, who shall be select -d bv ihe Hlier.rtr mi 11 tun sad - lierill shall, at the renuest 01 the crhnlna , permit bu u ujiiiiHtun) ui ti w viuspei.nJi e&ceemug 10 or : no may name, auu anv 01 uib or ner nuiucina 0 rel t tlves, to attend und I e present at such execut.011 toge ther with such ollicers 01 the prison and suoti ot the bl.ei'ln'a deputies as the said She r ill or Coroner lu his diieretlou mav think it expetilcnt to have prison , and 11 i'u u tuiv ir'jnt'tru tome persons auove u sig naied. to witntss tbe said exe u.mn : Procd d that n person under age shull be permitted, on auv account, to wiinesa the same. taction 2. Alter tbe execution, the said Sheriff or Coroner shall make oath or aillrino ion In wrlt n-. thtt he proceeded to execute the said euiulnal wit , in the val s oryard aloresaid at tbe time designated by the d nth wurmnt ot tlie Governor, and the same sha 1 bn 111) d In the ofllce ol the O eik ot the Court of Oyer and irn Iner of tbe atoresaid county, and a copy tbereoi pithlshcdln two or mora newspapers ono at least ol L cu sua 1 oe onuieu iu tue county waore tue exec a t it n tot k place. PRIVACY WITHIN MOYAMEN8INO io the many who will longingly wish to bo within those walls, it may be a cousola ion to know that liundreds who are w.th n will be as blinded to the tct-ne as thoy. Ihe ollio als will have their proper duties to dischaige.aud their posit ons, by no means mm cures, will in some cases have additional auhei 111 p sed. as to tbe prisoners confined for various ofT.ms it is linpossiolo to keep ihoin ignorant of au lu te. 1 ed execution Tuough the ofUuers be guardedly silt nt, yet tne eniianoo ot new oonviots from the outside world, aud the visits of iriuids. kitp them woll posted iu re?aid to such tx .ling matters. Yet, even, with regard to tb 1,1, have etlio ent measures beeu adopted to pre vi i-t tbe gia ihcatiou ot their curiosity. Hereto ore ctuit s have bun ereoted in tho north corr dor oi'imsi e to a raugoof eels, from wbioU hundreds nt convicts could staro down upon Ihe gtiastlf sight '11-. j wa- exi outed young Armstrong .-moo oberiti Howell has ussumed the dtiti is ot his t Uice, two muicerers have been s-tteno d to imtn. lh.-first, Gregory, was res.nted and died it '0.0 the day ol execution; whho Christiau Bor pe. 'i death under sentenco. i. too reoeut not to ha yi th remembered. I'hus at hi-first ovcrsint ot au cxi i-utiou, tho (t lend" uas enl weed Ins constiuetioa 01 ibe striot io tor ot ibe law, by oraoruiga ro.onua licn ol the o'd usuge. 1 be gjllows are ordered to bo ereotod close br the 1 xt. cine wes.ern wad, and iu its u -w loc ttiou but 10 ceil w Ldows cau look liowuupou if. Evou from 1 Use low eel s the inmates are o be removed, that be i 1 ict reaalug of ti e act may be ia thiul.Teu loiced THE PLACE OF EXECUTION. To understandic.irly lo.a'e tue position of th3 scallold, a brlel dosenpt ou of the ground plan 01 MornmeuBing I'rison ii nooossarr. Tne extrotni nor. hern building is called tho Hectors' Prison, and is not an tutorial part of tho peuiteniiarj. It is arfigued to securely retain wi mosses, sometimes par ties convicted of obtaining money under false pro tenses, and debtors who have cheated t ilr distant creditors. immediately adjoining is the main prison, which is divided into the north aud the south oorndors These are separated by the keepers' apartments which he between The south corridor holds the untried prisoners and those who are sentenced to impiisoument lor their crimes 'I he north corildor contain the convicts and tboe-e sentenced to bard labor, 1 he strlct'y lepal place lor execution Is t e south coriii.oi, in t. o (onowlng wuv; Mov amnnstng Trnon w as en ctcd from 1831 to 1835 tar bey . rd the then city limits, io take the iinn ni l. h tha nm Aich Stieet ana the vv aluiit biroot l'r.sons I ho Arch S. n et need to be the nntned prloii, and In it a'l arcuwd nil convicted tnuidrers wero confined. As Ihe legal sentence is that tne muiderer sha'l be laken to the ph.ee lrom whxtio" tin camo, and from therrelothe plseeel ex"cuiion," and as the sooth conidor lepicscuts the anceut pnson, it legai.y is tbii deslgnaltd But in 111 act ce tho reverse ia a most alwavathe case. 1 he northern corridor is the stronger and the salcr. Cell '-B," second floor north aide, northern coriidor. has received the name of the "Uu dorer's Cell." In it have beeu conlined Arthur Spring, B aise fkupiitski, Charles La-nrfeldt, and irom thonce tlicy have gone to the scaffold. In it wai tempo rarily imprisoned young Armstroinr. ihnn rh hn a taken irom anoihor coll. In it died Christian Berger. To it, on his first day's Imprisonment, was icoiovcd Anton I'robst tor saletv, and oa account of tbe nnparalellod enormity of his crime, ont from it to-day be will walk to tne place of execution. TBI OALLOWS Entering at tbe gateway of Ihe northern eorrldor, to tho right band bes the keeper's office, by which visitors are cond noted beyond the oonviots' depart ment, to tbe loft hand tho keeper's rooms, wnile dl recti in front, to yard the west, extends t ie paved pa saxe-way known as the nottu co ridor. Walking down this street, past tho to coring massive wa'lj pierced with the many narrow coil windows, the gal ows comes In s gbt, taming to tno norm at the hot torn, it stands about t veiny eot no u tlu onto west wall that bouins tho orison, Uwas nnirlv erected al 8 o'c ock on f nunduy aftcruooo. It is a simp e. plain structure, ond ha done a I the required wtrklor many yours Two aiout uor ght bea ns sixteen trot in height, support a cross-bea n eitic leet lone, irom which a peims tne latai noove. mi hn.ged arop, on winch taiids the oudemnod rotn i aitacbed to Ue upngbu eigh lei t lrom tue ground. It is supported at ihe outer side Vy two tcmporaT bars, which, are knocked out when all is ready, and by a hinited pin 8 by 4 inches, and about 8 leet long, that holds l"i t ie last moment tbe drop at its centre. ihe binge at the middle 01 tne pin is protented irom bending this last upright by a hook aud staple on tho opposito sido. -several boles are bored in this upticht piu, and co:as are attacuod so that at any nit ment oy a slight pull the book is uplifted, the two hir.gcd parts oi tho pin lall Irom the perpendicular, the diop is overiurnod, and tbe sentence of the law is carried Into force. ANOTHER ASPECT, Turning to tbe east irom the clayev grouDd on which rests tho gallows, a brick wall, bounded by bioad green lawns, luxuriant shrubbery, crimson roses, and other sweet flo vers, leads baolt to the visitors' room Manv colls look out npon this green oasis. . Tbe gallows are hid in the far distance, and tbe thought oi the day oi death passes from the mind, until the kecpe-'s fin er point to the sejond ceil window on the second floor. It scareoly needs tho worus, ' That is Probst's cell," to tell the tale,, and to bring back tbe oreary imiioudlug shadow. Like an ellort to g-1 a Httio relief tho quostion was asked, "Which road will he go?" Au unknown shake of tbe head wa tbo answer, it may seem only a trifle, but a last w.i,k by those buddiug flowers, a la't Iook at their bright co.ors ana a last Inhaling of then- sweet perfume, 111:1 ft strangely thrill the heart choids of one who i-i h-a'th kuow he saw them ior tbe one iast moment. It wa jarring to mm one's thoughts to any past record 01 the great crime But thero was ouo t ling now attainable tbt' ha I many a time biore elndod tbe active reneriorial ins'inots that ondeavored to api itpriale it for the pub ic good, aud tnis was PROBST'S LETTER HOMS, The appended lot er has been thus far withheld' fiom publication, owing to tbo fear that it mig it unduly exoite tho publio mind against the pri soner. It will be noticod by its date that it was written alter Probst bad beard thousands loudly crying out against him at eveiy time he was brought Irom the prison to t"0 Couit, as it they were c'auior ing ior bis blood. Tho trial was not yet concluded, and, as be ha since contested, he dared not acknow ledge that be had murdered the entire oight, for fear ot being torn to pieoes by au euiugsd mob. 00 ho lea sue ted the falsehood ol au accomplice tuat he nad lirtt invented at the Alavoi 'a otlio -, aud maintained the idea until tbo day 01 his his; true ooniessiou to his priest, Rev F. A. M. Giuudtner. ibe letter, the prlost btates was written in exc -1-lent ioicratio German, and the lollowing hieral translation was prepared bv bim and rotalued. Had it not been too late, tho epistle would navo botn de moved on the withdiaw.il ol tho stattmnit in re gard to an accomplice, but it had already left this, couutiy : THE LETTER. Philadelphia, April 18, 1866. Belovod Parents, and Brother and 8i.-tor: I writo you now for ibe last time, and I will intoim you 01 the horrible fate which lias boiabcn me. I have come so tar in Ame rica bat 1 and a coairado ot mine from tue Canton ol f-clia flhausen, killed a who e faint y oc onrbt por sols. 1 was soon caught on tnn third aay aitor, and I uu not know the daj ou which 1 must di. The other lelon, who was with mo, is not louud out yet. I mtenaed not to write to you any more, but I could. 1 ot oveicome the feeling of my 1 eart, I must iet yon know the h-riible murdor You will I o surpried how I could como solar I will tell you When I erne to this country, I instantly became a soldier, whore 1 heard nothing but curs'ng aud s veanng, and i.elped and Joined in ail wickedness. And when 1 cot discharged lrom the army, lout up with bad women aud Lad company too. And, tberelore, ( have come bu lar that 1 did not bcl ( ve m God, and noli dy e so, any more. How 1 beg your pardon, aid do not take it loo hard Into your head; It baa teen done lor once, and we cannot rcmeuy it any more. Therefore I bog once more your forgiveness. I en 1 r eat yon to piav lor me, ior I need it. It 1 think bow kind s on have boon to mo, ana bow good I had it, when with you, and now 1 have gone bo far, that I must die on the gallows in my you h I only wish thut I could bo with you one hour, tho 1 1 would readily tie. If I tiunk ot you, fa. her, mother, biotheris and of my litt e S'stor Ma'y, thou I lose all uiv souses But it is done now, and wo cannot help it auv more. Solbegonoo more your forgiveness, and do not trouble you'solvos too much, think it is otitic, and we cannot he p it any more. 1 herefore I entn a you, pray lor ni as much aa you can. 1 will close my letter with many thousand greetings, and 1 have been your ungrutuiu' sou and brother. Anthony I'robst. Once uk re I bog you all to forgive me and I wib you happiness and blessing, aud pray lor me, HOW PROBST APPEARS TO HIS CONFESSOR. It was easy to chaug the current ot thoughts, and to ot-k oneself, What! is th6 man now truly peni tent f Not an hour before we bad asked the Rov. Father F. A. M. Grundtner at nis residence., How is l'tolst spintually and rel g oustyf Ills faithful confessor had seou h m that morning at 10. 1 for an hour, ex. eoted to visit him that after noon, and on the fatal coming Friday to be by h a sine ut 7 A. M. He aus Acred in lrauk earnest to the query: "lie invert cheeriu', ad realizes his last hour in a truly Christian tpii-it," , 'the priest tmphut'cally said In rep'y to a qnes lli n as 10 tbe la rity ot a contemporary's statement: -'Le 11" vet said in was ssrry that he a urdered tviiytouv lut 111. lXenng. if bo coo d uudo it, l,e .ou d lie it. Ho is truly penitent. Ho truits iu tie niciey olJefu tin-i nis t-aviour. lio tonl 1110 io day, ll 1 ou will ou v teoep; waat httio s ioi -lioi 1 cau muie' (meaning bs .lie, the jari'lnos of iisun, anil the unxieiy) 'as au a oueuient lor m aw lul crime, ihs wouid miie mi exci. dlanly baiipv.' ' Of course I officially assurod him of tUat tho In fill ite uieiov ol God Ho reads ro Igloos boom all the 1 ay allowid to bi-nseif. "lie is a splendid roador in Germun. Hu has had a first lute education, such as cou d b j icieivtid iu tuo ordinary viliuges ot Ucrm.iuy by ouo whoso tral j was a carpenter. 'lie never did anything wrong at home, and thit is borne out by bis lrieuu wiio knew unit iromoinld hood. Be Is 11a u a'ly k nd y In re ard to the murt er, be fot tho one idoa in his 111 mil aud It proved on bim. The eiht murders were a.l one aoi to b-m "iie exioricuow thw power 01 prayer. Ho sayi he can prav now tlireo of four nou.s wthut ibo least dis.raotiou. The ollicers ot tin prison 0 u.d not rel use their tespect to bin. On ao :ouut ol bit behavior in th pri.ou they all res. ect him. " tie reads lieriuan religious works; oue book in particular, peculiarly appropriate to men in cucaiu Continued on (he Mjttth I'atje.
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