TO? TKLJE MAFMo H A VOL. VII:No. ,28. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JUKE 4, 18CT. DOUBLE SHEET-THREE CENTS. EUROPE. GREAT BRITAIN. CHRISTENING OF THB INFANT PRINCE. jrYm thi London Time, May 22. Yesterday morning the preparations at the Koval Palace of Wludnor for tho ctirlmenliia o 1 ti e lnlant bou and first child of their Roy a uglinesses i-nncaami rnncess unrisuan were commenced at d early hour. As the accom modation at Kcogmore, the residence of the I'rluce and i'rtncess Christian, would have beea found totally Inadequate fur the enter talnmetit of the large ana dlsllugulsod party of guests who had beeu Invited, hei Majesty de teunlned to receive them at Wludsor Castle, the ceremony taking place in the private chapol adjoining the famous St. George's Hall. About Bixty guests had the honor of being Invited to be present upon the happy occasion, arnong whom were his Royal Highness the l'rlnoe of "Wales and the Duke of Cambridge. At 11 o'clock the beautiful suite of royal railway and retiring rooms on the down platform of the l'&ddlngton terminus were prepared for the re cepiion of the I'rlnce and his fellow guests. The guests assembled in the waning rooms previous to the time fixed for the departure of the npe cIhI. Among the first to arrive were the Earl l Deri y, Karl Oranvllle , Arohblshop of Canter bury, and the Dean of Wesmlnsler, Then came hisberene Highness I'rlnce Kdwnrd ofSaxeWel niar, the Oraud Duke and Duchess of Meckleu-buik-Slrelilz, the Duke of Beaufort, and otr-e'S. Prince Arthur and II. K. H. the Duke of Edinburgh came next, and the Duke of C.im bil"ge, HUended by Colonel Maortoaalil, Lieu tenant Haig, etc. These awaited the oomlng of H. K. H. the Prince of Wales, who, with Gene ral Knollys and Mnjor Teesdale, reached the station from Marlborough House In; close car riage. The whole of the guests were met by Mr. F. Saunders, the Secretary of the Company: the Hon. Mr. Walpole, director; Mr. Allen, and Mr. Spagnolettl, and conducted to the train, wbtoti at once left for Windsor, where it arrived about quarter-past 12, Mr. Allen and Mr. Inspector Craig travelling with it. At Windsor, royal carriages were In waiting tinder the supervision of Mr. Moon, of the Qoeen'u-ruews, and in these the Prince and guests drove to the Castle. After the ceremony, luncheon wag aerved, a beautiful christening cake having been pre pared at the Castle by the Queen's confection ers.. The Princes and their fellow-guests re turned to town at half-past three o'olook la the afternoon. IMPORTANT RITUALISTIC CASE. The ritaallHtle case Involving practices at St. Albans, Holborn, came ou in the Court of Arcnes yesterday. The promoter prayed that aeienoam, me lucumoem oi u Aioans, be ad monished not to oflend against the law, and that he be condemned in the costs. Dr. Lush- Ington said he knew not with what Intentions defendant carried out thexe practices of re ligion. It might be that he did so with the best motives. Dut Dy doing tueui contrary to the Prayer-Book it was au offense, and ouiiht to be put an end to. He directed one of the three articles containing the allegations to be amended so that tue defendant should know exactly what he bad to answer, THE YOUNO KINO OF GREECE. A Berlin correspondent writes thus about the young King of Greece: "King George, who left ns fast night, has made a very favorable Impression here. There is still a good deal of the boy about this younic gentleman, who is full of spirits, and great at runnins about and seeing things. Before din ner on Thursday, at the palace and a splen did dinner It wax, b' sides being very lively and unceremonious King William gave his youth ful gueBt the order of the Black Kagle, handing him the Insignia propria manu. He was so de lighted with this new decoration that heoould not resist the temptation of trying It on then and there; ami it was very evident through out the evening, which was wound up at the Koval Theatre, that he thought more of his 'last thing in crosses' Heaven knows, he rnuBt have bad enough since they made him King of Oreece than he did of the perform ance. The sturdy old King took a great fancy to him from the first, and treated hltn with that kindly Jollity which Is an especial char acteristic or the warm-hearted Prussian monarch. George I is oir to St. Petersburg, where they will marry him, poor boy ! he is only two-and-tweuty and where he will have to be very orderly and 'buttoned up to here.' I fancy, as he is very foud of novelty and amusement, he would like to enjoy a bachelor's freedom a little longer; however, it is certainly a novelty, of a sort, to get married, and I heur charming accounts of his future bride." TUB AMERICAN PLANETARIUM AT THB PARIS EXHI BITION. The Pall Mall Gazette has the following ao count of an American invention, which has been described in part in this country: "One of the curiosities at the Paris Exhibition is a planetarium designed aud constructed by Mr. Milton Barlow, au American gentleman, who has given fourteen years of his life to the work. In the centre of a circle about thirty feet in circumference is a brass ball which rep resents the sun, and which turns upon its axis; attached by a slender steel rod to the mechanism which moves the sun is Mer cury, and then Venus, and close to the edge of the outer ring is our globe with its satellite. The earth Is con neeted with the sun by a series or wneeis piuceu so us not to luieriere With the revolutions performed by tho two planets which Bwlng between us and the chief luminary. When It is desired to set the plane tarium In motion, the operator has morely to take hold of a handle fixed to the mechanism which moves the earlh and to push it round ttia nnter rine! thesun immediately commences Jo turn on its axis, and the moon aud planets to Jiescrioe tueir pecuuar oruiio. V"Some idea may be formed of the difficulty of fjuktlng this delicate mechanism when we liember that what Mr. Barlow had to do was invent, not an Instrument which would give 'name result every time It was turned round, Xneas true and as variable as nature. To ''l the matter clearer to the reader, we may lat there is an inner ring on which are V i . i f IHIu .antnrff If mil add viv marked know the position of the planets last year, you must push the the rjlanetarlum uacKwaras. ana their position next year push it Push the earth back to ueoemoer, lot A five bodies represented win ue en neatk in a line, with Meroury ana l6i itx9 eartn ue V" ' . ..,h.l a i" what flijures orove to the reason. u...r.i r these Dlanetaria have been purchased by the United Stales Government for different ... .1 W& MHi.MAul In M I4ui universities, nuu mu iinm i. low at the Exhibition -was paid for by the American Commission, acting under orders from Washingtoo. , A small planetarium fit for a library might be obtained for S0, but the mstof such an Instrument as the one above described la about 400." TTTK SCOURGE AND PILLORY. BARBARIC JD8T1CB CLOSES HER ENTERTAINMENT ,... mvit uMrnn k ninwr P. kuvt.xt. ' A 11 1 r i.i k... 1 . . - - . II V miKlltf.lv tilrlAf1 Ami whipped to day at New Castle. Those of our readers who have-enjoyed the reports of the previous similar occasions, and those who have bad their sense of humaulty outraged by the .i i... ..a ii f 1 1 1 n laur 1 1 r thrt oonunoeu ----- scourge, are alike, iuiormed that the baroarlo drama uas piuyea Jits w mr r r a whitish black man, who In a fit of drunken rage (wno gave uiui iu jmw, - brother, after the latter had struck and kicked blm, was conviciea vi uu oii"j v iuv.v.j This was , " ,' yesterday pronouced : "That yott pay a fine of J. : . .... - t In Ihi. n HnrvAnA nve tnousanu aouars; bw"h " J--; - - hour; be wuippea witu 'uumi prisoned for life." -. .i.i-.i. . t. . ..kinnintf fiitlr nln.ee. lie IV O U1UCH., LUD v ' r- r atood, a publlo "peoUole, the mark for the meanest man s taunts, wihi t" .7.;. forward, his arms fixed in the pi 'ory. un,d' .... in .... . a kitfvn - ii wrji Lit ti n taken down, stripped to the wftlst. and hl wrists pinioneu to - An.,nnl t inn forwatd to July 6, 1HU7, and then at full pnJl?n Mercusy and Venus appear almost In .nclfon. Wr. Barlow, in short, has substl- for mathematics, ana mau.es ciear 1 11 Md W IIJH .i-. . Ie underwent oe sUty Wow X ui a. AW nine thontt Increased his punishment to five i nnnnreu anu rorty siroaes. xne numanity oi the SherlfT, as It has often done In previous cases, tempered the severity of the punishment. ile knew tho man on Whose oacK me scourge whs tailing. Till had been In his employ. "He was not a bad boy, when sober," said the Sheriff w ns, when we looked through the IT H 1 1 cells two weeks ago. WHIPPING FINISHED, es UOback to his life-long imprisonment. IT IS THE TESTIMONY of those who are connected with the admlnls tration of the law's penalty at New Castle, that whipping does not prevent a repetition of crime. Old offenders come back again and again, more and more hardened, to be pilloried and whipped. WUminnton(Del.) Commercial, 1st. IMPORTANT FROM NEW ORLEANS. GENERAL SHERIDAN'S ORDER REMOVING THE LEVEE COMMISSIONERS SUBTENDED REMOVAL OP GOV ERNOR WELLS PROM OFFICE BY GENERAL BHERI DAN, ETC. New Ormsans, June 8 Midnight. Special Orders No. 6t, extract fourth, and the following tflegriim, havtna been received at headquarters, the duties of the'Boardiof Levee Com mlssloners, Appointed in paragraph 3 of Speolal Order No. M, current series, are hereby suspended until further inHlructlous, in accordance with the order of the Becretary of War. War Department, Washington, Juno 3, 1HC7. Major-Geueral P. 11. Sheridan, New Orleans: Application having been made to the President of the United StAwc, the Governor of Louisiana and others, for revocation of your order removing the Hoard of Levee Commis sioners, and that the State authorities be per mitted to proceed in the execution of the Slate laws, the President directs that all further pro ceedings be suspended until further instruc tions. You will ploase report the facts in rela tion to your order, with the reasons for giving it. Edwin M Stanton, Secretary of War. By command of Major-General P. II. Sheridan. George L. Uartsuff, Assistant Adjutant General. General Sheridan, in answer to the Secretary of War.ln reference to the Levee Commissioners, states, as the reasons for abolishing the two former Boards, that the Legislature last winter f nsseil an act continuing the old Levee Board n office, so that $1,000,000 appropriated might be disbursed by a board of rebellious antece dents. After the adjournment the Governor appointed a Board of his own, In violation of this act, and made the acknowledgment to General Sheridan that his object was to disburse the money In the interest of his own party by securing for It votes at the time of election. The old Board refused to turn over lis papers to the new Board, and appealed to General Sheridan to sustain it, which he would not do. as the question would then have gone to the courts, and have taken a year to decide. The State was then overflowed, and poor people suffering. To abate this trouble, and a fiord Immediate relief, which the honest disbursement of four millions would give, an order dissolving both Boards was Issued. I say now, unequivocally, that Governor Wells Is a political trickster and a disunlonist. I have seen him myself, when I first came to this command, turn out all the Union men who bad supported the Government, and put iu their stead Itebel soldiers, some of whom had not dolled the grey uniform. I have seen him again, during the July riot of I860, skulk away where I could not find him to give hltn a guard, instead of oomlng out as a manly representa tive of the State and Joining those who were de sirous of preserving the peace. I have watched him since, and his conduct has beeu as sinuous as the mark left in the dust by the movement of a snake. I say again that be Is dishonest, and dishonesty is more than must be expected of me. Headquarters itifth military district. New Orleans, June 3. Ills Excellency the Governor oi ijouisiana, j. iviauisou wens, nav ing made himself an impediment to the faithful execution of the act of Congress of March 2, 1867, ny airectiy ana lnairecuy impeding me uene ral In command in the faithful execution of the law, is hereby removed from the oflloe of Gov ernor of Louisiana, and Mr. Thomas J. Durant appointed thereto. Mr. Durant will be obeyed ana respected accordingly, iiy command oi Aiiijor-ueuerai tr. ti. on kriuas, George L. Hood, Asst. Adjutant-General. The newly appointed Governor Is a native of Louisiana, a prominent lawyer and a stauch Union man. Major-General Sheridan also issued orders to-night removing the Street Commissioner, and appointed William Baker in his place. The eause of the removal is neglect of duty and the uncleanly condition oi tue city. MAXIMILIAN. BAB HE BEEN OB WILL HE BE BHOT ? LETTER FROM THE MEXICAN MINISTER, M. B0MER0. We publish below a letter from M. Romero, the Mexican Minister, to a friend In New York, in which the reader will find a statement of the reasons which appear to Mexican view to make mercy towards Maximilian Inexpedient: Wash ington, May ill. Please accept my heanfult thanks for your kind congratulations on our success In Mexloo. It has been. Indeed, most complete and gratifying to us. we have sccpted no humiliating terras from the French; we are not embarrassed by treaty stipu lations with any foreign power whtoh would be likely to give us trouble; all our leading enemies are conquered and in our hands. We will have, so to say, a new start in life. We have achieved our victory with our own smnty menus, without assistance from any f Jrelgn nation, but on the contrary agalnHt the moral inlluence of all Europe, and the mate rial strength of France aud other continental powers. To this gigantic combination we have only been able to oppose the eudurauce and patriot Ism of our people, and the steadfast sympathy of the people of the United Stales. The remem brance of that enlightened sympathy will be everlasting In Mexloo. I shall try to do full Justice toil in a memorandum of my sojourn in the United Slates during the war, which I in tend to write at some future day, as a contribu tion to the history of that eventful period. I have perused with Interest your remarks about the way in which we ought to treat the enemies of Mexico. I do not know what dis position President Juarez may make of Maxi milian, but I am afraid that if he is allowed to go back to Europe with Impunity, he will be a constant menace to the peace of Mexloo. He will continue to style himself, to our shame, Emperor of Mexico. . All dissatisfied and designing Mexicans will keep up an aotlve correspondence with hltn about his supposed popularity there, and these people may induce him to return at some future time, as they did with Iturblde. Suoti of them as cun afford it will go over to Austria aud form a Mexican court for Maximilian at Miramar, and he will have enough of them to organize a "Mexican Government" there, as the ex-King of the Sicilies did at Home after he was expelled from Naples. Some Europeau powers will continue to recognize Uim as the Emperor of Mexico, as Spafu did with the ex-King of the two Sicilies. Whenever we may have complications with any European nation, the first step taken by the Interested party will be to Intrigue with Alaxlmllian.aud to threaten us with "giving aid to our lawful sovereign, to recover his authority from the hands of the usurpers," If we decline to accept terms. Besides, If Maximilian is pardoned and Is allowed to go home, nobody iu Europe, I am sure, will give us credit for magnanimity, as weak nations are not supposed to be maguuul mous, but, ou the contrary. It will be said that we did so through fear of publlo opinion in Europe, and because we would not dare to treat harshly a European prince and' "our sove reign." ... ; ... 1 do not mean this to say that Maximilian must necessarily be shot. What I mean U that liU power to do further uilsohief In Mexloo must be utterly destroyed before he Is. allowed to depart. The United States Is a great country and a perfectly well-organlxed power, and therefore t.iev nan afford to do what would not be pru dent for a eountryllke Mexico. I have full faith In President Juarez's ability to treat Maximilian in the way most beneficial to the Interests of Mexloo. - We have sacred duties to fulfil towards our own country, aud their dis charge must be the first consideration that we should have in View In attempting to resolve any question. . ... In great haste, J am, n7 dear friend, most truly yui, AX. JVoalbho, A LIFE FOR A LIFE! The Execution of Cottlcib Wil liams for the Murder of Mrs. Eliza M. Miller. Tho Fearful End of a Vagabond's Career. The Scene of the Execution this Morning The Priwon, Within and Without. Tho Drop Falls at 1117 A, M. As Oottleib Williams Is the first of the des peradoes who have receutly allllcled this com munity to sutler the extreme penalty of the law, there Is more interest manifested in his fate than would otherwise have beeu the case. Tue great atrocity attending the crime of which he wns convicted, tho friendliness of the victim to him up to the very morning of her deatn, and the wild and ret kless life which the murderer had led from his earliest youth, taken in con nection with the purely circumstantial charac ter of the evidence brought forward at his trial, have all tended to render the case one of the most interesting In the annals of crime, and to create a corresponding sensation in the minds of the people at large. In The Evening Telegraph of yesterday afternoon we gave a full and succinct account of the crime committed by Williams, together with his demeanor during the period of his im prisonment. Since then the unhappy man has demeaned himself In much the same manner as before. The Prisoner Yesterday was visited by his brother, Mr. Henry Williams, with whom he Is on the best of terms, and by whose request tho prison officials rigidly ex cluded from access to the prisoner every one except his brother, the llev. Thomas O. Allen, of the Protestant Episcopal City Mission, and Mr. Thomas J. Worrall, his counsel. As au ad ditional precaution against creating any dis turbance within the limits of the prison, the Chief of Police yesterday instructed his Lieuten ants not to transfer to Moyamensiug any of their prisoners during the day of tho execution before 3 o'clock in the afternoon, lulte a num ber of promluent persons attempted yesterday to obtain Interviews with the prisoner, and, failing In that, to get a view of the scaffold and Its surroundings, but In vain. During the day the prisoner's brother, Henry 'Williams, and the Rev. Thomas G. Allen, were with him. He wasalso visited by his counsel, Mr. Thomas J. Worrall, with whom he con versed freely concerning the testimony brought forward against blm at the trial; examining it minutely und picking nutits flaws. It had been rumored In some quarters that Williams bad made, or was about to make, a full confession of his guilt, but we were assured by all who had conversed with htm that he still persisted In asserting bis Innocence, although when the question was put to mm "wnai uo you inink of the verdict the Jury rendered against you?" he appeared disposed to quibble over the mat ter, and replied: "I do not think that tho trial proved me guilty,' The question was then repeated more explicit-: "Now that you are so soon to die, what do you think of the verdict? Was It or was it not a righteous one?" Some of the bystanders assert that he made much the same answer to this, while others did not notice any answer at all, (jut declare that Williams hung bis head lu silence. Th Final Arrangements for the Exe cution were made yesterday afternoon, under the per sonal supervision of High Sheriff Howoll. The scaffold was then placed In position on the same spot which It occupied on the 8th day of June last, on the occasion of the executiou of Anton Probst. This is the northwest corner of the prison yard, and in such a position that not one of the involuntary inmates of the prison was enabled to witness the final scene. The scafiold Is the one that has been In use in this city since the time when Langfeldt was hung, several years ago. The case of Probst was the last In which It was employed in this city, but during the past winter It has been loaned to the authorities of Montgomery and Bucks counties, on the occasion of the execution of Jacob Had dopp and Albert Teufel. The Witnesses of the Execution, by the strict rule always observed by Sheriff Howell, were few In number, and those only who are provided for by the express terms of the statute of the State of Pennsylvania. They consisted of the Sheriff's Jury, a few of his depu ties, the spiritual adviser oi the conaernuea man, the SherlU's physicians, aud nine repre sentatives of the press. Many persons who have a morbid curiosity to witness such unnatural scenes have beset SherlfT Howell for days past, to obtain permission from him to be present, and all such applications have been steadily and wisely refused. Among others who applied for admission to the execu tion was Mr. Mllo Miller, the husband of the murdered woman. He expressed a strong de sire to be present on the oocaslon, but his request was regarded as so improper under the circumstances that it was peremptorily refused. The Futile Attempts of Many Friends. During the early part of the day many friends requested a final Interview with the condemned. Some claimed their right as relatives, others as near and dear friends; but all Importunities proved futile. To one and to all, with the ex ception of those who had been with Williams the day previous, came the decided answer, "No I" It was well that the last hours of one who was about to be enter upon eternity should not be interrupted; that the conversations with friends and sorrowful partings should not draw the thoughts of Williams from his approaching end, and the necessity of deep and full repent ance. Among those who claimed an interview were many ladles, who, with others, had put off a visitation, living In the hope that a re prieve would stay the hand of the executioner for a time. The Scene Without the Prison. As might have been expected, the execution bad a magnetic influence upon a large number of individuals, whose strong desire to witness anything terrible or exciting naturally drew them to the vicinity of Moyamensing, al though the grim and formidable walls of that prison effectually closed their vision to what was transpiring within. As usual in such cases, the police regulations were ellectual. ' Lleuleuants Vuller, of the first Police District, and Hampton, of the Heoood, were detailed to guard the prison without, with a force of one hundred and eleven meu-wim-posed of sixty-six from the Flrbt and forty-five from the Second District. ' These men were stationed on every side of the prison, at tho base of the towering walls, except on the eastern side of the frout, where tbey stood without the feuee. ' -......... - Upon the door-steps of neighboring houses, on either side of the prison, leaning against trees, and standing upou fences, In the vain hope of being able to look ovr the walls, wero those individuals who had congregated, to be, at least, lu the Immediate vicinity Of the exe cution. . The number was not large, however, for the f eremptory orders of the Sheriff, prohibiting hem from an entrance, gradually decreased the various gatherings. Those who did re ma la, however, were all Intent on canvassing tna trial, the demeanor of the prisoner, how u Would conduct talmself oa the scaffold, and Whether there was any probability of a respite. All the late murders were touched upon by these persons, and full details of horrible butcheries wert eaxpeeU depicted, ifUUa all gnr.ed intently at the walls of the prison, and noted every Utile circumstance that occurred within. The green doors of the prison did not open once for the passage of officials improvised copy car riers without either a slight or a general ex clamation that the final scene had been finished, and a human being had suddenly been swept Into eternity foroue.ol the most ter rible of crimes. The publlo notice which occurred In ora of the daily prints, that the execution would take place In the northwestern portion of the yard, was the cause of quite an assemblage of youth and older persons near that place, who waned patiently for any sound that would indloate that the execution had been completed. Hut the police kept them at a sufficient dis tance from the walls to prevent their hearing any sound whatever. A very large portion of those who attended without were individuals who bad, apparently, a fellow-feeling with those incarcerated within the grim walls of Moyamensing. One was seen who has become well known as the most adroit burglar and housebreaker that has ever visited this city. Theie was a sudden rushing to a three-story brick dwelling at the corner of Passyunk road and Iteed street, opposite the prison, of all the stragglers around, and, notwithstand ing the remonstrances of the lady owner, about sixty of them hurriedly gained the roof, from which could seen the scaffold, and the condemned man, In a kneeling attitude, with his religious attendants at his side. The crowd below watched the cr wd above; sud denly, the uplifting of hands gave evidence that tho final scene had been consummated, and Oottleib Williams was no more. The Preliminaries. At a quarter to 10 o'clock this morning, the pei sons who were designated to witness the execution assembled in a room In the Assembly Buildings, at the corner of Tenth andChesnnl streets, when the roll was called bv the Sheriff" s solicitor. At 10 o'clock the party took a special car of the Tenth street line, and proceeded in a body to the prison. They were there received in the parlor, and then proceeded to the main entrance, and entered the reception room at the right. The Jury having been severally sworn or affirmed by Mr. Samuel L. Clement, that, hav ing been summoned by Henry U. Howell, Esq., SherifTof the City and County of Philadelphia, as Jurors to witness the execution of Oottleib Williams, within the walls of the Philadelphia County Prison, on this 4th day of June, 187, declared and said that tbey would perform the duties required of them according to the act of Assembly in sush cases made and provided. Everything wus thus in readiness for the final scene. The Prisoner Daring the Night was entirely alone, his spiritual adviser, the llev. Thomas O. Allen, having left him at about twenty minutes before 7 o'clock In the evening. At 4 o'clock this morning Williams awoke, after a good night's rest, when he partook of a hearty breakfust. About half-pnst 7 o'clock the prisoner, having been brought from the third to the first floor, on account of his crip pled condition, was visited by his two bro thers, and subsequently by the Key. Mr. Allen, who remained with him to the lost. To his brothers he talked freely and affec tionately, still protesting his entire innocence of the crime for which he was to suffer death. He requested one of them to read to htm the parable of the Prodigal Son, whose case, hesald, fitted his own precisely. During the reading he wept bitterly. As for his approaching death he still manilested his readiness to meet it, pro fessing to have made ids peace with God. The interview was very affecting Indeed. In the Cell. At a few minutes before 11 o'clock, the Sheriff accompanied by Mr. Worrell and a delegate of the representatives oi tue press, wailed upon the prisoner in his cell. Sheriff Howell stated to him that be had come to perform his un pleasant duty, understanding that the prisoner was fully prepared and ready. Receiving an affirmative response, Mr. Wor rell addressed a few questions to Williams, ask- Idr mm pointedly lr ne nau admitted nis guilt to nay one. The answer was, "No." Williams then expressed nimseii as entirely sausneu with the manner in which his trial had beeu con ducted. He then passed out of his cell through the keeper's office, shaking hands, as he paused, With Dr. Halues, the prison anothecary. He was dressed In a white shirt, brown vest, and dark pants, and wore a black cap drawn down over bis eyes. He was so feeble that from his crippled condition It was necessary to assist him upon the scauoid. jNoiwnnsianuing mis, he bore himself up wonderfully well, aud ex hibited no emotion or fear. The Procession to the Scaffold wan then made up In the following order: William B. Perkins, Superintendent of the County Prison. Henry C. Howell, High Sheriff. The nrlsouer. Oottleib Williams. Key. Thomas U. Allen. the prisoner's spiritual adviser. Thomas J. Worrall, the prisoner's counsel. II. Gale Smith M. D . the Prison Physician. The Physician's assistant. The Sheriff's Jury, consisting of Messrs. Wil liam H. Kern. Samuel P. Hancock. Hiram Hor- ter, P. Blackburn, George H. Koberls, Samuel Dsuicls, Robert P. King, John Thornley, Wil liam Killott, Joseph M. Cowell, William Vogdes, and John u. iiuuer. J. E. Salter, the Sheriffs Solicitor. Samuel 1j. Clement Notary Public The Sheriffs Deputies, William It. Leeds, William Andress, H. J. Mclutire, R. B. Ott, James Balu. Jr., Kamuei ucneide, .losepti a Allen. Josenh Watt, and Samuel S. Money. 'ibe only others who were present were nine representatives oi me press. On the BcafTold. Ascending the scaffold, the prisoner seated himself, and the nev. Mr. Alien maue a toucu inir address to the Dersousassembled. He stated that Williams still declared his innocence, but expressed a willingness to die for the many offenses which he had committed In the past. Being asked to repeat the text of Scripture on which be relied for salvation, Williams did so, In a clear voice, as follows: "God so loved the world, that He gave ills only begotten Bon, that whoso belie vein. In Him might not periuu, out have everlasting me." Mr. Allen continued, saving that Williams acknowledged the first murder laid to his charge, but this was the only time he had Im bued nis nana in oiooa, Knowing noiuing whatever of the crime for which he was to die. Still he blessed God that he had been brought within the orison walls, for It had brought him to a sense of bis guiltiness and of the Justice and mercy oi uou. When the death warrant was read to him in his cell, the prisoner had assured the Sheriff that lie was men prepareu lor ueatu. uui us soon as Mr. Alien nau visueu anu taiaeu witu him afterwards, he said to him that he had then told a He, for he was not prepared. This had been changed, and he now met his fate, trusting In his Saviour Jesus Christ. Mr. Allen then offered a feeling prayer, be seeching mercy for the man who wan this day to die by sentence oi tue taw. The Last of Earth. At a quarter past 11 o'clock the prisoner's vest was removed, his bauds were pinioned behind bis back, the noose was adjusted, and the white cap drawn over nis iaee, w imams oauiuhuiuk, iinrincr ilinsn fenerations. "Goodbye. Mr. Wor rell," addressing himself to his counsel, who Blood be tow. Authanthom nnnn the nlatform then de scended, and Wllliums repeated after Mr. Allou ineioiiowing verse: "God Id mnrnifnl to ma a sinner 1 God be merciful to me a sinner! God be merciful to me, a sinner! for Jesus Christ's sake, amen!" The Sheriff' then pulled the rope, at seventeen minutes after 11 o'clock, and the body of Oott leib Wllllamsfelinvefeetslx Inches Into the air. The hands and limbs twitched nervously a few times, but In about five minutes all vitality seemed to be extinct, and the body swayed slightly In tho air. It was permitted to hang for about twenty-five minutes, and on being then cut down, was found by the Shyslolana in attendance to be quite ead. It was then formally delivered by the Sheriffs Solicitor to Mr. Perkins, the Prison- keeper, who accepted its custody in behalf of lue lamuy, none of whom were present, jnaue time It will be delivered over to Mr. Henry Wllliams.the brother of the unfortunate crimi nal, who stood at his side during the trial, and from first to last was unremHUujf lu bin CiTvita , la beUalX of the prisoner. SPEECH OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY WM. B. MANN Delivered at the Close of the Argument in Trial of Uottlclb Williams, tor the Muidcr of Ellaa Miller, March 10, 1H0T. May it olcose the Court Gentlemen of the jury In prehenting to you tho regular, unbroken cnain oi tacts and circumstances which la 1019 cae has beeu wrought out with almost mathe matical precision, I can Bay to jou frankly, that I Iccl I could safclv leave it to your careful conf ideration and calm, honest dccUion, without adding another woid. My colleague (Mr. Dwlght) has fully and fairly argued the case, and summed it up on the part of the Common wealth. Ills arguments are, as yet, unan swered, and his appeals to your rlht reason and high sense of duty are not met by any coucteri.ctlng influence. The couubcI for the prisoner in their addresses to jou have been, as it were, answering a speech made by myself in opening the case, in which I stated to tho jury wh I would be able to prove, and I call your attention to the fact that they have pointed out no Imperfections In tho evidence as It has been proved. When at the beginning of this case 1 stated to you, gentlemen, what the Common wealth was enabled to piove, I was actuated by motives of the utmost candor and sincerity, and conscientiously discbsrged my duty. And now, when we have almost closed this remarkable trial, we find that but one single instance has been mentioned by the counsel lor the prisoner wherein that which I alleged in the beginning has not been suppoited by the evidence. Of the great ma.-s of facts I enumerated in my opening, but one solitary item remains unproved! But, bear in mind, gentlemen, that when the wllnoss who was able to prove that single Item was pro duced by mcand placed upon the staud, and I stated my offer, the evidence was objected to by the counsel for the prisoner, and ruled out by the Court. Now, it is very rare indeed I may say extremely rare that at the close of an in vestigation like this, an opening speech can pass the ordeal of thorough criticism without more than one Imperfection being detected In it. The proper and legitimate inference Is, that the officers of the law who were engaged iu the preparation of this case have faithfully, con scientiously, and completely discharged the duties devolving upon them. I have said, geutlemen, that I might safely commit this case to your care without any com ment whatever on my part, but custom abjo lutelv requires, if duty does not demand, that I pliOtild conclude the argument on the part of the Commonwealth. Ana here let me say, gen tlemen, that of all the extraordinary aud mar vellous cases which have occurred in thU com munity of late years, no one, in my opinion, has been so remarkable as this one. It was a case where, in all human probability, if the offi cers of the law had not interfered, if the detec tive officers had not made thorough examina tion, aud followed out in all their surroundings the apparently trivial minatite of facts as they were presented, the victim of this terrlblo trasedy would have been left to moulder away iu her last resting place, with none to vindicate her memory from the foul and unjust aspersion ol self-murder; the evidences ot guilt would never have been obtained cither to disclose tho assassin or even to establish the crime. In former years Eliza Miller would have been buried at the cross roads a stake driven down upon her grave, and the passer-by, as he pointed to the spot, would have exclaimed, ''There lies a suicide!" The counsel lor the Drisoner ask you to believe and decide this to have been a case or self-murder; tbey ask you to tear away the hallowed mould beueaih whijU she now reposes, and consign her to the cross roads and the stake. They ask you to say "She should In ground unsano 1 1 fled have lodged Till thelusl truuipet; tor charitable prayers. Shards, flints, aud pebbles should be thrown on her." It, therefore, devolves upon mo, gentlemen, pot en) v to vindicate the outraged law, but to defend the memory of the voiceless dead. It is true that the Coroner's Jury were about to render a veidict of suicide, when Chief Detec tive Franklin came upon the ground, and, com prehending the whole subject at a glance, said, "There must be a mistake here; this is no sui cide, it Is a murder." The cap Is then taken from the woman's head, aud the wounds, which have been described to you here, were found upon her skull. Then on that Wednesday night further investigation is made, and Franklin orders the arrest of Gottleib Williams, and he is accordingly sought for on Thursday. "Oh, but these detectives cannot find him," you are told; "why boast of these detectives why boast of the zeal of the Chief, amounting," we are told, "to madness Why boast of the instinct" (supe rior to human reason) "displayed by Taeccrl and Smith in all their investigations!" "Why boa6t of all this, when thpy cannot find this roan who is known to everybody, who is seen in his daily walks-you cannot find him on Wed nesday, and yet you boast of your detectives, aud the perfection of their system." Why, gen tlemen, the facts here speak for themselves. It is clear now that the reason they could not find the prisoner was, because on Wednes day ho went to a tone place, a place unfre quented by men, and there drank his laudanum to take his life away, and remained there in a state of stupor all day on Thursday, and the next morning left his hldine-place, went to his barber-shop, and was arrested jufat after he left it. I answer the couusel for the prisoner The detectives could not discover tho prisoner on Thursday because they knew not of the lone place in which this man could go aud sleep all day long this hiding-place this covert where the prisoner slept from Wednes day night until Friday morning. This is the only reproach, gentlemen, save one, that it was possible for them to utter against the detectlvo officers, or to which they did give utterance that thev failed to find this man on Thursday. Yet while the prisoner was snugly stowed away in an unsuspected locality, these officials patiently soaght for him in the streets, through the market-place, in the tavern, and in every place to which he bad been in the habit of going, and no U ott let b Williams was to be found. The other reproach they cast upon these detectives was that they did not per mit anybody to see the prisoner immediately alter his arrest. Gentlemen, they were busily ferreting out a criminal; they were carefully examining, investigating, and Inquiring Into details, as their duty imperatively required of tl em to do. They did not send after the pri soner's brother and his counsel, and ask them to come and interfere with their investigation, and explain how Gottleib Williams could be con victed or acquitted ot the crime with which he was charged. You can imagine, gentlemen, how much assistance the officers would have derived from the presence of counsel. The Constitution ot the State allows the prisoner counsel at his trial; it does not authorize the counsel to thrust, blmselt in the way when the officers are exa mining the clothes of a prisoner, or Inquiring into the slate oi bis mind, the character of bU declarations, and using their best efforts to dis cover evidence that will lead them to the truth, and further the ends of publlo justice. In all human probability, if the prisoner had been represented by counsel Immediately upon bis arrest, and counsel bad been allowed to prompt blm, Gottleib Williams would never have opened his lips concerning his whereabouts at the time ot the murder. His counsel would have said to him: "let them prove everything; you say nothing." . . : , Now, gentlemen, having said thus much at the outset in simple Justlc to the detective offi cers a class of men wnoxe moors in an arauous and highly honorable profession deserve the re cognition of every good citizen men of honest purposes who have discharged their whole duty, and who have had the experience of years in tbelr peculiar sphere of labor having said thus juucb in Uclr pefaalf, aa was mj duty, I now proceed with the case. Allow me, then, to call . your attention, gentlemen, in the Bret place, to . the fact that at the beginning ot this trial great , ktreM was put upon the matter of time, as ap plied to the details of the case. The witnesses were excluded from the court-room to prevent the possibility of any one of them being misled ' as to time by hearing the statement of another witness, ami thus being led to spra' of a cir cumstance occuirlng at one time which really occurred at another time. This safeguard has been thrown around the prisoner. We were told, as I have just said, that an essential ele ment of the case would be the discrimination as to time in the arrangement of the details. To enable a witness to fix the exact hour at which a certain event happened, it is essential that at the time referred to there existed an association, . of ideas between the hour and the event. I can better explain to you what I mean oj referring to the evidence of Alice Holden. She says she saw Gottleib Williams at fifteen minutes : past seven o'clock going up Williams' court, . ant'A-he fixes this time because she was sitting at the window waiting for a person. The ap pointed time was seven o'clock, and she had watched and waited about fifteen minutes tor that person when she saw Williams go up tha court, fche had been in bed sick tor three mouths belore this day. how, gentlemen, yott see that her seeing Williams was associated ' with ncr being at the window, and her being at the window associated with tho hour of seven ' o'clock, at which time she took her Beat there watching tor the person whom Bhe expected. It is. I say. almost impossible for auv on a to speak definitely as to the time of a transaction '. or incident (particularly when, as In this cose, , a lengthy interval has elapsed), unless thcro . was something at the time of the occurrence ' testified of to associate it with some particular hour of the day. One who has an appointment at a specified . hour eeeks the place of meeting, looks at his watch, and awaits the appointed hour, and if , the appointment is not punctually observed by . the other party, he chafes at the delay, and auxloufly counts the minutes. In a contin . gency of that character, the attention of no witne i except that of Alice Holden had beea particularly fixed or associated with any speci fied time on the morning of this occurrence, and therefore tbey give their impressions, and not their distinct and positive recollection ami knowledge, as she did. There was a witness called bv the defendant who spoke quite as positively as Alice Holden in reference to time, but his memory of seeing Gottleib Williams was not based upon any asso ciation with any appointment. He recollects the hour because he saw it indicated on media i of bis clock; he saw the very pendulum of the clock in motion. lie is so certain and particu- : lar that you will be likely to distrust his whole statement, especially when you remember that . other witnessses testified to seeing Williams about that same hour at a considerable distance from the place where this witness says he saw . him. -, i Now, npon this question of time, gentlemen, I wish to say that I do not pietend to be able to show at what precise time the incidents which. I shall relate to you transpired I do not pre tend to do it. It la necessary tor me, however, te state at about what time I really believe, from the evidence, this murder was committed; and I fix it in the neighborhood oi balf-past 7 o'clock, probably about twenty or twenty-five minutes . alter 7 a little belore or a little after, if you please, but somewhere about that time. There is no occasion for me to detail to you the evidence upon this point. You have the testimony that at halt-past 6 o'clock, or between that and 7 about that time the sister left the house. The deceased was then still sitting at the breakfast table. We find that after finishing her breakfast she j had washed and wiped the dishes and placed them upon the cupboard, put down the table -leaf, and replaced and arranged the cloth upon the table; had put the chairs iu their proper places; the dloh pan containing the dish-water, with the diuh-cloth in it, was upon the stove; her sun-bonnet, that she usually put upon her head when she went out into the yard, had been placed upon the table. The length of time consumed in these avocations we cannot tell ' precisely, but she must have been occupied in' tbem until after seven o'clock. In all proba bility she was about to step to the door to throw the dish-water out when the intruder appeared and interrupted her work. It was after 7 o'clock when the neighbors in the house next door, who were seated at their table, heard the screams that were evidently uttered by Mrs. Miller in the extremity of her distress. Those in the court also speak of the screams being heard a little after 7 o'clock. This murder, then, was committed after 7 o'clock, and we think we will show you beyond all doubt not alter half-past 7 o'clock. : Now, gentlemen, the man who went Into that house and committed that murder, must have been animated by a deEire lor plunder; you cannot conceive of any other motive. Mrs. Miller had no enemies. She was advanced In life, being nearly sixty years ot age. She was' not connected with the animosities of evcry-day life, but went about doing good and dispensing1 her charity. All who knew her were her! ttiends, and she had not an enemy in tho world. Her husband is a respectable citizen,' an excellent, good man, one who holds himself aloof from all excitement, and one not likely to make enemies. But this peaceful and happy household is ruthlessly Invaded, this woman i slaughtered in cold blood; and there could be no earthly reason for the deed but the hope of' plunder, for it was known that there was a small amount of money in the house. The-' circumstances of this family were known to but a few, but Gottleib Williams was among that few. This murder, then, was committed lor plunder, and I think that a careful considera tion of the evidence will satisfy you exactly bow it was done, You will remember that the bonnet of the deceased was upon the table. In all probability sue put the bonnet on her head, intending to go out into the yard, to take the disbpan and throw the dish-water out, and then come In In all probability she had the bonnet in her hand,-and was about to do that when the Intruder entered the house. What did Mrf. Miller very naturally dor Why. -she put her bonnet down upon the table where it was afterwards seen. Her bonnet was not upou that table when they were eating. When the back door was opened, and the man, whoever he was, came In, what would she naturally dor She would put her bonnet down on the table, and take a chair and place it for him to sit down; and we find that in front of that table, which is on the east side of the room, a chair la placed with its back to the table, as if placed for some ono to sit upon. Then this Intruder put his hat upon the table and sat down, remaining there talking I do not know how long. If he came thero at ten minutes after seven, he remained, there till twenty-five minutes after seven, when, this bloody deed was done, and then left by tho front way, for no manor being was seen to go, out the back way after, these screams were, heard. Now, gentlemen, he was there sitting in. the chair, and . Mrs. Milbsr may have, stood over : by : the stand, while this man, whoever he was, was talking to her. For the sake of the argument, I will call tbta man Gottleib Williams. 6ho stood aud listened to him. He had been there the morning before for a purpose. What wus the purpose!! The ostensible purpose was to get his breakfast, but his real purpose, gentlemen, was to ascer. tain whether the sister had gone away that week, as she had expressed her intention of doing. The week before he had heard her say that the following week she would resume her avooattoa in another part ot the city, and she would con. scquently be required to leave the house early in the morning. He came on Tuesday, aud found that Mrs. Miller was not alone. The next morning, after having waited a sufficient time Iqi the bosvAud nd litter t leave, he caio
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