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VOL. VII-No. 87.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY. APEIL 17, 1867.
DOUBLE SHEET Til REE CENTS.
TPTh
THE EXECUTIONER.
Preparations for tho JJang-
mg of Albert Teufol, at
Doylestown, To-Morrow.
Particular or (he Crime Tor
which He in to Stiller Death
The Murder of Jamc A.
Wiley JLast November.
HOW THE PRISONER COMPORTS HIMSELF.
A Case of almost Unparalleled
Recklessness.
Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc.
Br-KCIAL CORRHPPONDBNCE EVKJIIfiO TELEGRAPH.
Doklestown, l'a., April 17. To-uiorrow Is
the day appointed by Governor Geary for the
execution in this pluce ot Albert Teufel, who
was convicted last February ol ine murder of
J an: es A. Wiley, a canal-boal captain, on the
Bight of November !i,.lSb(j.
Th Murderer,
Albert Teufel, Is a man who, In appearanoe as
well as In conduct, would be considered an
enemy of the human race, and consequently
one against whom Hoclety should take tue pre
caution of self-protection.
lie is about five feet nine Inches In height,
hut of heavy build, and has that forbidding
aspect which Is always Imparted to one whose
head is set square upon his shoulders, without
the Interposition of u neck, iiis hair and com
plexion are both dark, as are also his eyes,
which have a deep and piercing look. Wearing
no beard, all the outlines of the lower portiou
of bis face stand out In bold relief. Indeed, his
entire physiognomy is repellant, and that his
general conduct through' life lias uot belled his
looks Is shown by the fact that, among tils old
bouting companions he was familiarly known
as Diveler and "Little Devil," a liberal transla
tion of his true name.
The Murdered Mau,
James A. Wiley by name, was Mie captain of
the canal boat Ohio, which was plying on the
Lehigh Navigation Company's Canal, between
Jdauch Chunk and Trenton, New Jersey.
Captain Wiley, at the time of his death, was
about forty years of age. He was formerly
a resident of Doylestown, and consequently
was wellknown to many of the people here.
They describe him as being a man of extreme
Ignorance, and gifted with loss than the ordi
nary amount of natural intelligence, but as
being by no rtoeans evil or quarrelsome In dls
pesition, although he was much iven to dissi
pation. He had followed the calling of a boat,
mau for many years.jand had a wife and two or
three children dependent upon him for sup
port. The Events Before the Murder.
Previous to the commission of the crime,
Teufel was living at a public house kept by Ku
clolph Brpst, on Third street, near Button wood,
Philadr ia. Here he had been residing for
about- month, having for his companion a
good
of ag
for r
call
nec
sing woman about twenty-two years
f the name of Kate Hunter, who passed
ffife. Being poor, and having no regular
i lie was undoubtedly pressed for the
iry means to continue in this easy career
of
CO
a
v
.ipatiou, and this is the only motive that
,l.ave impelled him to the commission of
U of blood. His selection of Wiley for a
b Is suDoosed to have been owing to some
. grudge between the two, as Teufel had visl
I Wiley's house, near Buckvllle, in Haycock
'ed
township, three several times previous to the
murder, ana ueliueraieiy aitempieu to poison
the mind of Mrs. Wiley against her husband, in
the absence of the latter. One of these visits
took place just two weeks belore the crime, and
on that occasion Teufel informed Mrs. Wiley
that her husband was acting very badly in
Philadelphia, Dy frequenting houses ol ill-fame.
Mrs. Wiley declared her Intention of Informing
her husband of this, when Teufel said that, if
Wiley denied It, he would as soon kill him as
look at him. Teufol, In company with another
man, again visited the house on the evening
before the murder, but left as usual before
W iley's return.
The last trip made by the canal boatOhlo
was to Trenton, N. J., freighted with coal.
"While they were unloading at this place Teufel
visited the boat several linns. He first came
on Wednesday, the 2Ut of November, remain
ing until aboutS o'clock on Thursday. It seems
that he then made a visit to his boarding place
in Philadelphia, which he again left on Friday
morning, arriving at Treutou about noon. On
that afternoon the Ohio was reudy to start on
her upward trip. Previous to leaving, Wiley
received from William Hutchinson, the Trea
surer of the Kast Trenton Poicelaiu Company,,
a receipt for Slltl GO lor freight. i?3 lor wares, aud
a check for isS-51 on the Meehaulcs' National
Bank, for carrying freight, which was after
wards cashed at the bank.
About three hours before the boat left Trenton
Teufel came on board, and when the start was
made, the only persons on board were Teufel,
the Captain, Wiley, and a boy by the name of
Harmau Kick, who was a cousin of Teufel. The
latter drove, Wiley steered, and Teufel made
himself comfortable in the cabin. In this way
they proceeded as far as Taylorsvlile, where
they spent the night. It would appear that
Teufel had at this time completed bis plans for
the murder, as, while the party were stopping
St Taylorsvlile, which Is on the Jersey side of
the Delaware, Teufel strougly urged Wiley to
cross the bridge with him to the Pennsylvania
Bide. Wiley relused to uo so. tnus gaining in
all probability another day's lease of life, and
as Teufel had no other object in crossing the
river than that of enticing his victim to some
lonely place where he could commit his medi
tated crime without Interference, he remained
in Taylorsvlile during the night.
On Saturday morning the bout proceeded up
to Lambertville, where the parly breakfasted.
Btlll proceeding on their way, when four miles
beyond Ijambertville, where they had crossed
the Delaware, Wiley obtalued a bottle of liquor
at a tavern, and divided the contents with
Teufel. When the boat had proceeded some
miles further.it being then evening, the boy
Kick, who was walking on the tow-path, heard
a noise on the boat which sounded to him like
the chopping of wood. The murderer was at
his work.
The Murder.
Immediately after the noise had ceased. Teu
fel came to the bank of the canal and called to
Kick to come on board, saying ue "had Allied
him." Kick looked Into the cabin, and there
aw Wiley lying on the llooi, but still breath
ing. The boy, horrified at the sight, asked
Teufel why he had done it, hut received in
reply only a caution against crying or making
any noise. The murderer then went down Into
the cabin for about five minutes, and after
wards gave a hatchet to Kick, telling him to
pull the slide over and drive on with the mules.
A few miles further on they came to tho lock
at Narrowsville, a short dtslauce from Wiley's
residence. The mules were here unharnessed,
and driven home, Kick being mounted on one
aud Teufel uu tho other. During this home
ward ride the murderer's conscience sorely
.-iihlnrl him. He Imagined ail the time that
he waB pursued by some one, uud stated to his
companion tuai u it w woum run,
ThMur4erer Endeavors to Palliate his
r ih rnv home. Kick asked Teufel If Wilev
tho first shot, aud was informed that he
Jlid not fall until the seoond. The house to
which tbey went was that of Harmac Kick's
ZL-ivi, in t h town of Bueksvllle. Louisa, the
hov'sslsief. and Christian Teufel, the murderer's
ot thin nlace. These two expressed
e rsurprlse at seeing young Teufel in the
'bJ..K.,fTAiSt. luUa reminding him that the
"r..J:i w.'m an the lookout lot him to
lv " .
answer the charge of stealing' mules. To this
he responded: '! don't care a ; they must
let me alone, or else I'll show them something,
I laid one to slumber, and If they don't take
enre I'll lay more." To a further inquiry, he
said, with the most absolute disregard of the
ell'ect his words might have on his own fate:
"I laid Wiley to slumber, and he'll never wake
again."
Tenfel was then pressed for tho motive which
led to the commission of this deed, when he
informed his father and Louisa Kick that he
Was compelled to do It. "I could not help it."
he said; "he would have killed me if I had not
defended myself. Wiley held a knife in one
hand and wanted to stab me. and with the
other he held a bowl of hot cofree In my face.
He snid his wife was Jealous, and had given him
warning."
Teufei's friends, discrediting this story from
the very first, told him that lie would be the
means of getting them all into trouble, when
the wretched mau exclaimed, "No, all you have
to say Is that a man came on the boat at Smith
town iock, and went into Harman Hick's bed,
remaining there until the boat stopped; and
that Wiley then sent Harman home with the
two mules, and said he would come down with
his friend in the morning."
Teufel was told that this story would not do,
when he paid further, "No one knows but
yon three, and if you want to tell you may."
at the same time drawing and cocking a pistol.
He remained in the honse about an hour, curs
ing, and planning bis escape. Alone time he
endeavored to clean from his pantaloons the
blood of the murdered man, with which they
were spattered; but which, as ho said, was dif
ferent from other blood, and would not come
off. He expressed a determination to escape,
and said that If ho encouutered anyone on the
road he should be obliged to shoot him.
The father of the guilty man. who has the
reputation of being honest and upright, was
deeply shocked by the news of his son's crime,
and sought to discover if there were not some
palliating eircumstances connected with the
affair. So, when young Teufel started for the
door, intending, as he said, to go over to Q,iia
keitown aud take the cars from that place, the
next day, the grlef-strlckeu father followed
him, saying: ;'Albert, could you not Juino into
the canal? You might have swum to get away
from Wiley." To this he gave no answer,
but taking his father's hand, placed It on his
breast, as if to signify that Wiley had caught
hold of htm there. Ha further said to
his father that Wiley told him he could not go
with the lntter's wife, and that they fought like
tigers, Wiley clinching htm as If he were In a
vice. He claimed that it was only when he saw
he could not get loose from Wiley's grip that he
resorted to the last means of self-defense. This
story gave the poor futhersome little comfort, so
that he urged his son not to attempt an escape,
it all these things were true. But the guilty
wretch was bent upon leaving the neighbor
hood, at least, and after striving In vain to In
duce the boy Harman, or his own father, to
bear him company for a short dlstauce, he
started off at 3 o'clock on Sunday morning,
provided by his father with a few dollars,
wherewith to pay his way to Philadelphia. At
ti o'clock on that same morning, Teufel ap
peared at a tavern at Quakertown, and was
provided with breakfast, immediately after
which he disappeared.
Discovery of the Murder.
About 8 o'clock on Sunday morning, Novem
ber 25, William Wyker left; his house in Nar
rowsville aud proceeded to the canal, for the
purpose of passing boats through the lock. He
came upou the Ohio, aud finding no one in
charge, looked into the cabin, where, to his
horror, he saw the corpse of Wiley. The body
lay upon the back, Just in front of the cabin
door. The hands were half clenched, one leg
was drawn up, the eyes and mouth were wide
open, the latter being s tolled with pieces of
a blouse, while around the neck was a rope,
which was tied In front, and drawn tightlyjust
over the Adam's apple. The dead man's hat
lay under his bend, the pockets of his panta
loons were turned inside out, on the floor by
his side lay two open pocket-books, and marks
of blood were scattered about. An examina
tion of the body disclosed two gunshot wounds,
one on the back, and another on the side of the
head.
The Inquest
was held at once, the principal witness being
the boy, Harman Kick, the only person who
nau any positive Knowledge oi me auair. isut
so terrified was he by thttjndesperaie acts of
Teulel that he deliberately rjured himself by
repeating the story enjoined upon hi in by the
murderer, of a fourth person who came upou
the boat, and with whom Wiley was to return
in the morning. The lather of Teufel wished
the boy to tell the whole truth at this time; but.
as be subsequently staled at the trial, he was
afraid to do so, lest Teufel, who was still at
large, should return and murder them all in
revenge.
Notwithstanding the story of the boy, efforts
were made at once to secure the
Arrest of the Murderer.
Teufel reappeared at his boarding place on
Third street, Philadelphia, about 8 o'clock on
the evening of Sunday. Although he did uot
give any money to his mistress, Kate Hunter,
iir uenL to the room ot the uroprielor's
mother, paying her ten dollars on account of
his board, ana promising to give niieen uouars
in ado it ion, the amount of bis indebtedness, on
the following morniuir.
Asa further evidence of his possession of
money, he wus seen to buy a Kossuth hat,
and some other articles of clothing, But on
Monday morning he left the city for Wilmiug
tou, on an alleged visit tosome friends residing
mere. Kate tinnier Deariuc mm company.
Teufel returned to Philadelphia on Monday
niuht. and on Tuesday he was visited by three
Germans, who were overheard to demand of
him the payment of a bill. Soon after, Mr.
Charles Weik. of Bristol, who had known
Teulel for about sixteen years, aud from whom
he had stolen a mule, arrived at the house and
inquired for him. Teurel relused to comedown
to the bar-room, but he went out into the yard,
and from that place looked into the bar-room
to see who was in questof him. He then went tap
into a vacant room on the third floor. Mean
while, Mr. Weik proceeded to an Alderman's
oil ice, where he procured a warrant lor Teufei's
arrest, on the chaiges of stealing a mule, not
knowing then that tue person oi wuom
he was in search was suspected of
beine a murderer. He then returned
to the house in oompany with the police, who
went to work to discover Teufei's lurking place.
This created an intense excitement in the
house, which was Increased still further wlieu
Sergeant John T. Murray encountered Kate
linuter on tue stairway, auu luiunuou
that he was about to search her room. To this
she fiercely and profanely objected, but as more
policemen arrived, they made their way up
stairs, and alter searching every room, disco
vered and arrested ueuiei iu me emuiy "uu
The behavior or the prisonerat the time of
his arrest was bold and defiant, and without
aiiv regard to his future welfare at the hands of
justice. He avowed himself to be the mau or
whom they were in searcu, uui ueuiareu w
he "would not go with the d d Dutch, and that
they could not take him." When Teufel
reached tho bar-room, where were some of the
men who had been alter him mat uay ueioio
his arrest, his rage became unbounded. He
strove hard to get loose, to "make short work
of the Dutchmen," as he said; and in the sculllo
which ensued, the ponce, Willi great uiuicuny,
prevented him from Inflicting personal injury
upon meoujeeiK oi ins naireu. in mg impotent
wrath he had the small satisfaction oi Inflict
ing a kick upon one or them.
The Trial.
Teufel was eonducted to Doylestown and
lodged in Jail, and, as the boy Harman Kick
had recovered from his leaf of violence.
he divulged the whole truth to the District
Attorney. Two dlderent Indictments were
found against him, the first being brought for
ward at the December term of tho Criminal
Court of Bucks county. On Wednesday, the
8th of February, be was brought Into court to
plead to the charge of murder. For several
duys previous, the court-room and
its vicinity had been densely crowded,
In expectation of his appearance at any time.
Messrs. Cope and Koss conducted the prosecu
tion, and Messrs. Carver and Watson the
defense. When the prisoner appeared he was
neatly dressed, and a supercilious smile rested
upon his features, which were pallid from the
effects of bis long residence In prison. With
the most stoical lndiuerenoe to his present
peril, he chewed vigorously on a large mouth
ful of tobacco, now aud then manifesting a
jmsaiuc iawnml la the proceedings, and at
one time giving way for a moment to
tears, when his counsel alluded to his
dtspeiate situation. An effort was made to
procure his trial upon the first Indictment, but
Hi U failed; and then his counsel asked for a
delay, that they might procure the attendance
of two lmporlant witnesses whom they had
been DDable to And. One day was granted,
and It being then clearly proved that no such
persons as the alleged friends of the prisoner
were in existence, tho trial proceeded, the facts
elicited being substantially as given above
The trial closed on Tuesday, Fobruary IX In
closing his charge to the Jury, Judge Chapman
said:
"The counsel for the defense admitted that the pri
soner killed W iley. The reason IIihI the primmer gives
for murdering Wiley to his father may be irue. bill It
Is the defendant's own story, and you muit compare
It with the tnctA and circumstances ot the case. If
there was a light, why did Wiley approach 'i'euful
with gloves on? If there was a quarrel, why was a
part of the blouse stuffed Into the dead man's mouth,
and why the pocket-books lying empty hv bis side?
11 a fight took place, why did Wiley receive nil the
wounds, and his opponent none? Ilovond a reason
able doubt, there wan no fight, Hnrmnn Kick peaks
of none. All the features of the cane go to mow that
the murder was committed under the guidance of a
mullclous, depraved, aud wicked heart."
In three hours the Jury returned with a ver
dict of "guilty of murder in the first degree."
Before passing seutenco, Judge Chapman said
to the prisoner:
''Your plea of Innocence hai failed to stixnrl against
the overwhelming evidence of your guilt. Vou have
been convicted, and, in the Judgment ot the Court,
Justly, tin tbe fatal night of the 24lh of November
last, nnvlng sought the opportunity, your unsuspect
ing vlcilm, James Wiley, was launched into eternity
by your remorseless hand. Actuated by a heart re
gardless of social duly, and fatally bent on mischief,
you accompanied this contldlng man, who had gene
rously allowed you a passage on board hit bo a. to a
place believed to be must lilting for the execution of
your loll purpose. To rob lihu ot bis hard earnings
was manifestly your design, and so hard and iinpene
trHble was your heart that you slew hltu, wlih tlio
vain supposition that you would silence all testimony,
iiut an overruling l'rovldeuce took noteof your crime,
and a chain of circumstances was laid in your walk
which has beea here revealed by the unerring touch-
Rl.iMA if trnlli Yikiir fata liipniulin. a ma.L'ml illiiu-
tratlon of the tact that, however carefully attempted I
to be concealed, by whatever falsehoods It may ho .
covered, sooner or later the guilty hand of the m
derer will be exposed to open day. It also affords 1
proof that bravado and a reckless disregard of the
restraints Imposed by the necessities and interests ot
society are Ineffectual and impotent when overtaken
by the majesty of the law. It will aud must triumph."
The Murderer Accuses his own Father
of the Crime.
In response to the question as to whether he
had anything to say why the sentence of the
law should not be passed upou him, Teufel said
that "he was Innocent of the charge against
him. Other parties were the guilty ones. Chris
tian Teufel and Harman Kick had committed
the deed for which ho was to suffer. Chris
thin Teufel had told him that he would only go
to the Penitentiary, aud had that been all lie
should have remained silent. Hut now he felt
It his duty to make known the real perpe
trators of that devilish act. He said it was
another Arthur Spring case. Arthur Spring
tried to get his son hung, but instead of that
got hung himself."
But this appeal of the prisoner fell on dis
crediting ears. So conclusive was tho proof of
his guilt that Mr, Carver, one of his counsel,
was constrained to say:
"f cannot sv thnt I disagree with the Jury in their
finding. 1 think the evidence was sulllclent amply
Biiflicii'iit to Justify them in rendering the verdict they
did. The charge of your Honor was strictly Impartial.
Vvith it I have no luult lo find. The trial was a fair
one: and the Jury In their finding did but their duty,
however painful that duty may have been lo them."
The Judgment of the Court was then pro
nounced, the prisoner being sentenced to
denth.
The Behavior of the Prisoner During
the Trial
was not calculated to win many considerations
of mercy on the part of the Judge, Jury, or spec
tators. Aside from a slight tinge ot the face, he
seemed perfectly indifferent to the proceedings
and their eltect upon his own fate. A mistake
by any of the witnesses, however, would con
vulse him with laughter. Much of the time he
would recline at ease in the dock, aud attempt
to relieve the tedium by sleep. In passing to
and fro from the court room, he would in
dulge in shocking profanity; and once, when a
person happened to stand in his path, he admin
istered a violent kick by way of rebuke.
In some of the testimony, however, Teufel
manifested considerable Interest. When Har
mau Kick was on the stand he eyed him pier
cingly, but without any other apparent emotion
than that of anger, although the boy frequently
gave way to tears, it was the evidence of Mr.
Weik, however, that aroused his passion to the
utmost. At one time during the trial he com
plained to the Sherlir that Mr. Weik was
making up vulgar fuces at him, but this was
denied by the person so accused. On the Suu
day preceding the trial the prisoner was very
bitter against his father, on account of the
evidence given by the latter. He likewise, on
that day, made a desperate effort to break out
of jail, iu which he was fortunately delected
before he hau made any great progress. At
this time, as well as during the whole
period of his confinement, he was heavily
shackled; but having, through the instrumen
tality of some outside friends, procured a small
saw.'he succeeded in freeing himself irom this
Incumbrance, and afterwards in sawing off the
heavy iron latch of the cell-door. This last he
made use of for the purpose of displacing the
stones in the prison wall, and had already
removed several of these when the officers
overheard the noise, and put an end to his ope
rations. He was not at all disconcerted by
this, but willingly gave up the saw he had used,
remarking that It did uot matter, as he had
half-a-dozen more at his command. Diligent
search was made in vain for there, aud while It
was progressing, Teufol enjoyed himself tm
mensoly by making up faces at the Sheriff's
attendants.
The Prisoner Since His Conviction
has demeaned himself much In the same man
ner as before. Every one who has conversed
with him gives htm credit for being utterly
destitute of all moral fooling or sensibility. He
does not appear to realize the nature of the fate
which awaits him, although heoouverses freely
upon (he execution wueuever tne suoject is
broached by any one of his visitors. Until
within a day or two past, he has doggedly re
fused to listen to religious advice, or to road
books of a serious character. Father Ueorge,
oi the Catholic Church in this place, as well as
some of the Protestant clergymen, have had
frequent interviews with him, finding him dis
posed to conblder the subject of the weatheror
crops, but repelling all attempts to instil
into his mind the principles of the Christian
religion. Father Oeorge, on his first visit, pre
sented him with a Bible and Prayer-Book. The
lormer he threw into the lire without any cere
mony, and the latter was saved from a similar
fate only by belug taken out of the cell. At
times, however, he appears to have given the
subject of the future a passing thought; for on
one occasion, when theSheriir spoke of the cell
being kept too hot, he remarked that he wished
to become used to the heat, making, in addi
tion, a vulgar allusion to a place of future pun
ishment. But yesterday he gave Father George
a putlent hearing, and the good priest, on leav
ing the cell, thouabtthat he had at last touched
the callous aud burdened heurt of the guilty
wan. ... , , ,
During his confinement the prison has been
visited by his father, the last visit having been
paid about two weeks since. On that occasion
young Teufel again accused the hoart-brokeu
old man of being guilty of the crime for which
he himself is to suiter. Teufol has, of late, ex
pressed an earnest desire to see his former mis
tress, Kate Hunter, aud has been quite uneasy
because she was not telegraphed to come to
him. He was told that she was expected to
arrive to day, aud that If she did not, any com
munication he might leave for her would be
forwarded after the execution.
Some days since Teufel sat lor his photograph
in the cell. He was permitted to assume the
attitude most satisfactory to IU nisei f. Here,
aeuiu. his ntter recklessness was Bhown.
Placing his hat Jauntily on the back of his
head, and tne stump oi u cigar in uis iuuum,
he throw himself buck in his chair, and with
his right foot upon his left knee, and both
hands in bis pantaloons' pockets, he was ready
for the operation. Several copies of the picture
thus taken he has addressed to his different
friends. , .
Although so regardUss'of his future welfare,
be has not, as a general thing, given tbe prison
officials much trouble, except in his attempts
at escape. But on one occasion he played a
neat trivX upon them. Being luxnkdjed every
morning with a small ration of whisky with
his breakfast, he was cunning enoueh to put
this aside for two weeks, and by that time had
collected enongh to enable him to have a regular
first class spree. He was found by the keeper
stupidly drunk, and before be was entirely
sobered the scanty furniture of the cell sus
tained considerable damnge. No more grog
rations were furnUhed him after that episode.
The Prisoner Attempts to Avert Ills
Kate.
Since the trial Teufel has made another de
liberate attempt to escape, but was detected In
It hetore he had freed himself from his shackles.
The Idea of escaping still haunts his mind,
however, and appears to be the true cause of
bis assumed Indifference. He has opened a
correspondence with other prisoners confined
In t he Jail, assuring them that they can be of
mutual assistance to each other In this respect.
The letters he writes are thrown from the win
dow of his cell, and picked up in tho yard by a
man named George Weyer, who Is confined on
a charge of murder, but Is permitted to walk in
the yard. Weyer hands them all over to the
authorities. Yesterday, Teufel threw to Weyer
a note, of which the following is a verbatim
copy:
"Iierr Friend
"Jorge
"T take the liberty to address a few lines to you.
Jorge try Jake Willi them things to-night: I think vou
can trust him. for If I riout get them things lo-ulght
everything will be lost. JJout you know to-nlglit Is
the only clianse. A. TEUFIiL."
The Jake referred to In this communication
Is a prisoner who occupies the same cellwltn
Teuiul, while "Jorge" is the alleged murderer
Weyer.
Besides entertaining the hope ot escaping,
Teulel has also made frequent efforts to pro
cure the interposition of the Governor. He has
not asked for a pardon, but simply lor a new
trial or for a postponement of the execution.
Christian Teulel has also written to Governor
Geary In behalf of his son, endeavoring to
convince the Governor that the deed was done
In self-defense. The Governor was disposed
to Investigate the matter on receipt of the
lather's letter, but soon after came one from
young Teufel, denying any connection with
tue auair whatever, this satisneu nis lxcei-
leucy that the case was not a proper one for
executive clemency, and no further not Ice was
taken of the prisoner's frequent communica
tions, the last of which was quite insulting in
its tone.
The Prisoner Writes Ills Own Biography.
About three weeks since, the prisoner ex
piessed a determlnatiou to give bis life to the
world; reiusiug, however, to confess bis guilt in
the matter for which he is to suffer death. By
a strange freak he selected Mr. Cope, the Dis
trict Attorney, to write out the narrative troin
his dictation. The work bus been completed
and published.
in tuis narrative xeuiei insists mat ne is ig
norant of his parentage tuid tho date of his
birth, which last was about twenty-three years
ago. But be claims to be the Illegitimate child
of German parents, by whom he was, ivheu an
infant, left ou the door-slep of Christian Teufol,
then living In Philadelphia. His early youth
he describes as being "like that of other bad
boys." After moving Into Bucks county, and
again returning to the city, youug Teufol Joined
the "Schuylkill Bangers," receiving from his
companions the nickname of "Gallows." Seve
ral years were spent In a reckless, mischievous
way; and then, in 18oi, he ran away Irom home
and engaged in boating. After clearing over
83(;0 at this business, he look a voyage to Liver
pool. Here ho says ho enticed a young girl of
fifteen, he hlmselt being at the time but thir
teen years of age, to run away to America
with him. He again weut to boating on the
canals, his "Mary" serving as cook; but the
latter soon wearied of this sort of life, and, as he
refused to marry her, forsook him.
Teufel then travelled extensively in the West,
married and deserted a Klrl In St. Louts, com
menced to gamble, was arrested In St. Joseph,
and alterwards at Chicago and Washington,
for various offenses; then went to New York,
where he married anddesertedanother woman;
then Journeyed West, whee he eloped with and
married another woman, by whom he was de
serted; then weut to Baltimore, and eloped with
another woman, by whom he was also deserted;
and after various other vicissitudes, enlisted in
the army In 1801.
Teufol served at different times In the 102d
New York and the 10th Penusylvauia Cavalry:
acted as bugler and scout; deserted twice, aud
was once sentenced to be shot, but was par
doned by President Lincoln; married a South
ern -lady" In his rambles while with the army;
deserted this wife, and after dealing lu hags for
awhile, in Missouri, retured to the East and
married again. This wife, the sixth, he lost by
death, aud after other adventures, East and
West, was arrested and lodged in the Doyles
town jail, for stealing money from a toll-house.
Of this charge he was acquitted, ou account of
imperfections in tne evidence against mm.
Such is the story of his life, up to the time of
the murder of James A. Wiley, as he has told
it himself. The public can take It at its true
worth, and believe as much as their credulity
wm permit iiieni to do.
But no sooner had Teufel seen his life In print
than he expressed himself as being dlssatisllod
with it, and he is now busily engaged iu the
f 'reparation of an appendix to it, to be pub
ished after his death. In preparing this he
frequently sits up all night, filling the lamp up
with water when the oil ruus too low to bo
reached by the wick. At times be interrupts
his writing to engage in a vigorous and bois
terous attempt at singing.
The Preparations for the Execution
are nearly complete. The scaffold on which
1'robst was hung has arrived, and will be put
in place this afternoon by Sheriff Corcoran,
who will superintend the exeoutlon In person.
The hanging will take place at about 12 o'clock
to-morrow, lu the prison yard, and not more
than a hundred and fifty persons will be ad
mitted to witness it. Omikkon,
CRIME IN NEW TORK.
A Wife Murder in the Fourth Ward.
For some time past Charles Gottfried Waibel.
proprietor of a small grocery on the first lloor
of No. 33 James street, has been In the habit of
quarrelling with his wife, Ann. On one occa
sion be was arrested by the Fourth Precinct
Police for having beaten her, and locked up for
the night. On Monday evening they quar
relled, Waibel wishing her to come iu from the
street, and she declining to do so. Waibel
finally appealed to Officer Van Dusen, of the
lourth Precinct, to arrest his wife because of
her refusal to obey him. The officer declined to
do so, and Mrs. Waibel then asked him to arrest
her husband. This he also declined to do, but
Informed them that if they did not go Into the
house and stop quarrelling he would bo forced
to arrest both of them for disorderly conduct.
The woman theu went into the house and
closed the door, aud Waibel then weut to the
concert saloon in the basomeut of the Atlantic
Hotel, located at the corner of the New Bowery
and Oliver street, where he is employed as
pianist. The proprietor of the saloon, August
iuimlg, noticed that he was very excitable, and
questioned him as to the cause, and waslu
tunned by Waibel that he had quarrelled with
his wife. At 11 o'clock P. M. he was again met
by Officer Yau Dusen, aud in the course of a
conversation with the officer Informed him
that bis wife had on one occasion left him for
six months aud lived with another man, and
during that interval had not ouoe called to see
ber infant child. Soon after this convocation
ho returned to the Baloon where he was em
ployed, aud remained there until 1 o'clock A.
il. The quarrel was apparently not renewed
0u his return.
A lew moments before 6 o'clock yesterday
morning, a scream apparently uttered by a
woman was heard to proceed from the sleeping
apartment of the pair, located iu the rear of the
first lloor. In a moment after the shutter uud
shush of the front door wvo burst open by Mrs.
Waibel, and she was seori by one of the occu
pants of the houso, a Mrs. Mary Casey, resldlug
on the third floor, who bad hurried dowu stairs
on bearlug the scream, standing inside the door
with blood Uowitg from a wound Id her throat.
The wounded woman on seeing Mrs. Casey ran
to her, and catching her by the arm, told her
that her husband had cut her throat. At this
moment Waibel came from the inner
room, passed out of the door, beside the
woman, and walked leisurely towards
Madison street. As he passed his wife
be said: "There, stay there." Mrs. Casey, as
soon as she could shake off th vrasn of the
wounded, woiiiwu, liiuiacd her over to lb cure
of some" of the neighbors', a number of whom
bad by this time Collected, and started for a
fihysiclan. On the way she met an officer, and
n formed him of what bad occurred. He went
with her to procure a physician. Officer Nesblt
bad already been Informed of tbe circumstance,
and procuring the assistance of Officer Piatt,
followed In pursuit of the fugitive. He caught
a momentary glimpse of the murderer near the
corner of Chatham and Koosevelt. streets, hut
lot.t him almost immediately, a Tlflrd avenue
car.bonnd down, Intercepting the view. Waibel
probably darted into some of the side streets
leading to the Five Points, and escaped.
In the meantime Mrs. Waibel had been con
veyed hilo her apartment and seated In a
ch;.lr, and an attempt made to stop the flow
or blood by wrapping a towel about her throat.
All efforts were fruitless, however, and In a few
moments she expired from hn'tnorrhago. The
body was subsequently conveyed to the Fourth
Precinct Statlou House, where Coroner Gover
held an Inquest at 2yt o'clock P. M.
A number of witnesses were examined, and
their testimony corroborates the above account
In every particular. No one, as far as can be
ascertained, actually saw the assault com
mitted. Dr, John Reach made a post-mortem exami
nation of the body of deceased, and found an
Incised wound about an luch in length, and
extending Inward. Both carotid arteiles ou
tbe left side of the neck and tbejugular vein
Wfre severed. Deatn resulted from hiemorr
hage. The weapon with which the wound was
Inflicted was a razor, which was found on the
floor of the store covtred with blood, and
notched In two or three places where the edge
nan come in contact witn tne verteoratcolninu.
The Jury rendered a verdict against Walbol.
Deceased was a native of Germany, aged 29
yinrs. She was married to Waibel in 18 13.
They have not lived happily together, she
having, according to the statement of one of
tbe witnesses, who was told tbe fact by de
ceased, left her husband two or three times on
account oi ill usage. The Utile sou (about two
years of age) of the deceased, has been taken
In charge by Mr. Van Meter, of the Howard
Mission.
Immediately after learning of the murder,
Captain Thorn despatched officers In pursuit of
Wnlbel,and bo cau scarcely escape. He Is a
German, forty-one years of age, about five feet
six Inches in height, bas thiu light-colored
side whiskers aud moustache-; two front teeth
are missing. He was dressed in a dark sack
coht with side pockets, dark pants, low-crowned
bh.ck Derby hat, and talks with a strong Ger
man accent.
rrora an examination of the apartments
lately occupied by the deceased and her hus
band, it appears that the first assault was com
mitted while the woman was iu bed, as the bed
clothes were spotted with blood. She probably
sprang from bed and ran into the front room,
followed by Waibel, where he again assaulted
ber. Blood is here scattered over the counter,
ou the wall, furniture, and floor of the apart
in. nt.
Tne house where the assault was committed
bears a most unenviable character. It Is occu
pied by families of the poorer class, and quarrels
aud lights. are so frequent as uot to excite com
ment. It was here that Frank Ferris, who was
lately executed at the Tombs, murdered his
wile by cleaving her head with an axe, aud
several years siuce a sailor was thrown from an
upper window to the pavement and instantly
killed. The perpetrators of this lnst-mentloned
crime have never been discovered. .Yw i'oi-k
Tribune to-day.
RECONSTRUCTION.
Order of General Pope Providing for the
Kes;lstratlon of Voters.
The Alabama papers of April 11 contain
General Order No. 0 of Major-General Pope,
dated at Montgomery, April 8. After setting
forth the provisions of the Reconstruction law,
and the oath required to be taken by voters,
the order says:
In order to execute the provisions of the act
referred to with as little delay us possible, tho
commanding officers of the Districts of Ala
bama, Georgia, and Florida will proceed Im
mediately to divide those States Into conve
nient districts for registration, aided by such
information on the subject as they have or can
obtain. It is sugaesled that the election dis
tricts In each Stule which In 1S00 sent a mem
ber to the most numerous brunch of the State
Legislature, will be found a convenient divi
sion for registration. It Is desirable that in all
cases the registers should be civilians, where It
is Impossible to obtain such as come within
the provisions of the act, and are otherwise
su. table persons; and that military olllcers
shall not be used for this purpose except
In case of actual necessity. The
compensation for Registers will be fixed
hereafter, but the general rule will be observed
of graduating the compensation by the number
of recorded voters. To each lislpf voters shall
be appended the oath of tbe Register or Regis
ters that the uames have been faithfully re
corded, and represent actual legal voters, and
that the same man does not appear uuder dif
ferent names. The Registers are specifically In
structed to see that all information concerning
their political rights Is given toall personseuti
tled lo vote under the act of Congress, and that
they are made responsible that every such
legal voter has the opportunity to record his
name.
As speedily as possible, the names of persons
chosen for Registers shall be communicated to
these Headquarters for the approval of the
Commanding General.
The District Commander In each of the States
comprised In this Military District is authorized
to appoint oue or more general Supervisors of
R( glstration, whose business It shall be to visit
tbe various points where registration Is being
carried on ; to Inspect the operations of the
Registers, and to assure themselves that e.very
iimn entitled to vote has the necessary informa
tion concerning his political rights, and tho op
portunity to record bis name,
A General Inspector, either an officer of tbe
army or a civilian, will be appointed at these
Headquarters, to see that the provisions of these
oi ders are carefully executed.
District Commanders may, at their discre
tion, appoint civil officers of the United Stales
as Registers, with such additional compensa
tion as may seem reasonable and sufficient.
Tbe Commanding Officer of each District will
give public uotlce when and where the Regis
ters will eommence the registration, which
notice will be kept public by the Registers in
each district during the whole time occupied
in registration.
Interference by violence, or threats of vio
lence, or other oppressive meaus, to prevent
the registration of any voter, Is positively pro
hibited; and any person guilty of such Inter
ference shall be arrested aud tried by the mili
tary authorities. By commando! Brevet Major
General John Pope.
Official: J. F. Conynoham,
First Lieut. U. S. luf., A. A. A. G.
THE CONSERVATIVE TENNESSEE COHVEHTIQH.
Small Representation if the Colored
Mace Violent llebel Speeches by the
White Orators Kinersou Etherldge
Nominated for Governor.
Nashville, Tenn., April 16. Tbe State Con
vention met at 11 o'clock, wus called to order
bv John liaxler. of Knoxvllle. aud a Dermanent
organization was eflected. with Judge Elijah.
Walker, of Harding county, iu the chair; Hon.
Andrew J. Donelson, first Vioo-Presldeut; and
C. A. James, of Chattanooga, Secretary.
No committee on credentials was appointed,
but on motion each county answered to its
number of delegates as lis name was called by
the Secretary.
On motion the colored delegations were plaoed
on tho list, but as only six were preseut, tbe
motion was amended to allow those counties
already called to be represented by white dele
gates. The motion wus mado after the list of
counties was called.
While the resolutions were being drafted
speeches were made by Mr. Dorsey B. Thomas,
Colonel Cameron, aud a colored man from
Penusylvauia, named Joe Williams. .
The speeches by the white men were violent
upon the radical party, North and south.and
Colonel Cameron stigmatized the Union soldiers
who were nowiu the radical party a Abolition
thieves. He said that the radical party was full
of infamy, and the lateOonfederatesjull of ex
cellence, which made the infamy ofthe radicals
more hideous., These remarks were loudly
cheered. ....,.
'The agro Williams declared that be was
afraid of assassination by the radicals, and
claimed the protection ofthe civilised world.
Subsequently a conservative platrorm was
adopted, and Emerson Etberldge nominated
for Governor. . . ,,w
The evening meeting was held at 7 o cioex,
but not more than two hundred persons were
present. Tbe whole affair was very tame, bai
little enthusiasm being manifested.
REVERDY JOHNSOW ON RECONSTRUCTION.
Why lie Voted for the Military Bill.
Tho West Georgia Gazette has received the
following letter from the Hon. Reverdy John,
son:
Senatb Chamsbr, March 22. Dear Birr Your
letter of the 18th is received. My vote lor the
bill jou rcler to was Riven, not because I ap
proved of i(, but because I hneit that, if defeated,
or not carried out by the South, other measures,
ruinous to them In every way, would follow.
I wished by my vote (hoping that the South
would not doubt my desire io serve them, and
the whole country) to place myself in a condi
tion to advise them more effectually to accept
ance than I would if I had voted against it.
My advice, therefore, is, and I give it most
anxiously, tbat the piopcr coure to be pursued
by vou is to organize under tbe act at once ana
in pood faith.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Kevebdt Johnson.
B. T. Caetellaw, Esq.
31EX1CO.
TlIK RKPOKTED EXECUTION OF TOE MARQUIS DB
M0NTU0L0K.
Wahiiisotos, April 1G. The following offi
cial documents have been mado public:
Mr. Fnderirk IF. Sweard to Senor Romero. ( VnoffUiaL)
Dkpaktmknt Of State. Washinoton, (Septem
ber 20, lt. Bear Sir: I have noticed in a Hi. Louis
ntwapaper a letter, alleged to be from sotnopolnt on
the frontier, mating that the Marquis tie Monlholon,
who la supposed to be a aon of the French Minister
here, lias oeen taken prisoner in meowwui i;uriuisui
and shot by bis captors. If you have received any
Intunuitilon upon thin sublect, 1 will thank you for it.
1 aui, very truly, yours. i W. bEWARD,
Acting Secretary.
(Senor Don M. Itomero, etc. etc,
lienor Romero to Mr. F. W. Seward. Unofficial)
Translation. J
Washington, November is. lt;0. My Dear Bin
Fulfilling tbe ofl'er I made to you some time since, to
obtain authentic Intelligence from my Government
about the reported sliootlnc of a son of the Marquis
de MouUiolon, I wrote at onoe for that purpose to
Mr. l.erilo de TeJada, who has replied to me, con
trHdlciinK that rumor, as you will see In the letter (of
which 1 send a copy with tills note), which ttiat gen
tleman sent me ou the subject, under the date of 20th
ol October last.
1 rvmalu your very respectful and obedient servant,
M. KOMKKO.
irr. Frederick W. Sewnrd, Etc.
Translation.
1'El'ARTMKNT Or FOBKUIN RKt.ATIONS AND OF
Govkr.nmknt. Chihi'ah(!a. October iu. lsdti. I have
received your notes, Nos. Soand B30, ot dates 201b. ana
21tot September last, relatiTe to the Information
which was confidentially asked from you by the Hon.
Frederick W. Seward. Acting Secretary of Slate,
about the news published there of the death of a Mar
quis de Montholon, who wus supposed lo be son ofthe
Mtirqiils de Montholon, Minister of Franco near the
Uovercnient of the United Slate-).
huch news was published In a newspaper at St.
Louis, by inserting a leiler which was said to have
h...... mnoiveii from a lioint on the frontier. In which
assurance was given that the Marquis de Montholon
had been taken In the State ot imrango and executed
by his captors. I can assure you that the fact so
related is not true. In the Slate of Duraugo no one
has been captured or executed who could be Marquis
de Montholon, or other person who could bear that
name. I suppose that, the origin of that Inaccurate
report must have been a rumor set afloat
in March or April of this year. Then It was said,
llial In one ot ihe many encounter had near Maxat
lau. In tbe Stale of Sinaloa, a son of tbe Marquis de
Monlhnioo died. A llule time afterwards It was
cleared up, that the French commander or officer
killed was not a son of Monsieur Montholon, nor bore
tbat appellative, and that the mistake originated In his
having an appelatlve with some termination similar
to it, and that he belonged tosome family well known
and respected. Although I have not now before me
the notices relating lo the person who died at tbat
time, I can assure you that I saw them at tbe time, and
in the manner 1 have related. Therefore, Ibellevethat
1 can assure you that the notice published Id the
St. Louis newspaper, neither In the mode of publica
tion or otherwise. It In any respect accurate. I assure
vim if mv rpMnpclfnl pmiHlripmt ion.
( BKKDODE TEJADA.
OBITUARY. .
The Right Rev. John Tlmon, Bishop of
BuA'alo.
A despatch from Buffalo aunonnces that the
Right Kev. John Tlmon, Horaan Catholic
liibhop of that city, died at his residence, at 8'40
o'clock last night, of erysipelas. Bishop Tlmon
was a native of this country, and consecrated
Bishop ou the 17th of October, 1817. lie was the
fit st Bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo, which
comprises the northwestern counties of the
Htate of New York, and has rapidly grown
under the administration of Bishop Timon. :
counting in 1SUU. 80 secular priests, ilti priests or
religious orders, lbVj churches, SO stations, 4
ecclesiastical institutions, 3j clerical students, 9
male religious Institutions, 18 female religious
institutions, 6 literary institutions for boys, 18
literary institutions for girls, 16 charitable fnsti
tuiions, and a Catholio population estimated at
200,000. Bishop Tlmon was greatly beloved by
people of all religious denominations, and his
death Is universally regretted. The body will
be laid in state at the residence until after lioly
Week, and then be removed to tho Cathedral
on Monday, and buried on Tuesday.
A toting Girl Ransomed from Indians.
San Antonio, Texas, March 8. In one of the
raids made by tbe Camanche Indians some
months ago, two young girls named Metzger
were captured on the outskirts of Fredericks
burg, a few miles distant. Anna, the youngest,
was ransomed, and Is now at her home. Her
sister was murdered. When they were captured
both were mounted upon stolen horses and
Instantly hurried away. The elder sister
told Anna that they must escape or
die, that she would not be carried off
alive, and that she preferred death to the
fate which was evidently In store for them.
Twice she Jumped from the horse and en
deavored to reach the chaparrel, but was each,
time brought back and placed upon the horse.
Again she attempted to escape, which so exas
perated the savages that they sprang upon her
aud burled their tomahawks In her brain. Half
dead with fright and horror, Anna suffered her
self to be carrlod off without onoe attempting
to escape. After two weeks tbe huts or the
Indians were reached. Here the unfortunate
young girl was treated horribly. Her hair was
cut off, and several times she was beaten and
lacerated in a terrible manner. At length she
was restored to her friends upon their payment
oi the bounty fixed upon by her captors. The '
other day Bishop Dubois performed the rite of
confirmation at Fredericksburg, ana Anna
Metzger was one of the first confirmed.
A Young Woman Burled Alive.
A friend gives us the account of a most ten lbl
case of theburlal of a handsome young lady e
Jacksonville, Illinois. Some time last sum m
a young lady of seventeen years of age, suite
lug with tbe toothache, went to bed witb
small vial of chloroform for the purpose
quieting her teeth. Iu tho morning she 8
found to all appearances dead, which was a
firmed by tbe opinions of several physics
who were culled and examined her body she
was then buried. A few days since her reftlve8
were about to remove from Jacksonville hyiai
located in another Slate, and had the roOAlns
of the young lady exhumed for the parpeof
taking them to their new borne. Cuwsity
prompted tbe opening of the coittn, wher they
were horror stricken on findlnir the orpse
turned over, both hands full of hair, ad ber
clothing torn to shreds, revealing the prrlbla
truth that the young lady had been burlJ alive.
Tbe chloroform had placed her in a doe trance,
the awakening from which was in hr coitln v
and giave. The lady was engaged to betnarrled
at the time of her supposed death. A mors
heart-sickening case we never remmber to
have read or beard of. IndiampolU Journal,
Ilxo Second and final volume A Mr. Tier
bert Spencer's "Principles of Bwlogy" is im
the eve ol publication la London,
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