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GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOIUME XXII -NO. 306.
«TBD9II [ a i CARD&, UmTA'nONB -JpOR PAH
.tV um.*®. New tty lea.- ■
«ogfi))‘ . f 1 * 907 Cheatnat atroot, ,
XM EBBING! INVITATIONS ENOnAVED IN THE
W Newestmod beat manner, UHIIS DREKA, Bta
llsrerand BnrraYer.ltsa Chestnut atrect. febaOi-tf <
MARRIED.
nASTfKGS-EITCDKIit-On Wednesday, April
7tb, by the Rev A. A. Wll'lix, H. Edgvr Hastings to
JlnillleltjMliCbeil.’dshehicbofTben. Mitchell, E j q. *
WATT-BLAKELEY.—On the Tib of! April, 186?. ip
Ibe Thirty-eighth Street M ; . E. Church, Went Pntla
rielpbla. ny Iho Rev. B. A. Cleveland, X). M. Witt,
E,q., of t PlUsbnrgh. I’a. toMlis 11.. A. Riokeloy,;
fiangtitpr'of John Blakeley, Esq., of Philadelphia.
IPltebbrsb Iwiierßeony.j f
VAN HOUTIN—BI.AKEI,EV.—At the name time
rrd plaie, by the 1 Itev, Jacob Dickerson, E. O. Van
IloutlD, Esq, toMos K. Allie Blakeley, second d.uzV
ter or. John Blaktlev, E,q.. all of Philadelphia. *,
SBEPLEKU BLAKELEY.—AiIbe eamq time and
piece, by, Ibo. Bov. U A. Cleveland. Jesse Supptec,:
jj,q; ib ll ea If J. Blhkcley.Thira daughter of John
BlukCLfcy. Ksq, all Of Philadelphia. ”
": Dim ■
’ ASHTOJ6-rrOn tbp eTenlnjrof the 7th Inst,, lakao
11. Ashton, Id the flletivcar.ofhla ace.
The male relatives and friends of the .family aro lu-
Ylteo to attend the funeral. on Seventh-day (Satnr
dio) morhlbp, at » o’clock, from his late residence,
No 3kO V.luoaireoi>s;i'i 5 . . *"
BIKNELI On,the morning of the Srb Inst., Mrs
At n Burnell, lelict of the late Benjamin Barao.t, in
tb< TOib searpf her ap& . , ;
The relatives and friends of (ho family ore renrect
fully invited to ttlcnd her funeral, from the residence
of ler eon-lp-law, Mr. Charles Fernberg, No, 1616,.
Green street, on Monday morning, the 12th Ins*-, at
JOo’clotk, 1 '
JONES the morning of the Tth lost.. Alfred B.
Jones,son of Pamuel A and Susan N. Jones, In the
12 h year of his age. ,
Tbe ftibeia' vrill take place from hts father’s resi
dence, No. 8- 80, Wallace street, on Seventh-day (Sstar
day) rcxt.tbe lOib 1n0i.,-aUI o'clock A H. . **
KIIIKBHIItE.—On the night or tee 7th Inatant,
Itlcbai aM, .Klrkbnde. la rite 47ib year of. hia age, .
The relatives and friuoas of the family are respect
fnlly lnvned to atteno ibe funeral, from the.Friends'
Meetlng.lJfHtite, Burlington, N. J„ on Seventh-day, the
Kith lust., at 8 o'clock - .
LEVlH.—OuTuesday, afUmoou, April 6th, William
Levliv&q., aged 66 years. ,
The telativea and friend" or the fatally are Invited
to attend Bis fanera'. on Krlday afiernoop, at3o'.locS.
from ht« late residence, IS3B Be Lancey Place.
NEW HOLD.—On the.llßidet., at Sptid'gtlel.l, N. J.,
Joseph T» New bold, in be 34tn year of'hia age..
Tne relatives and frleDda of the family are Invited to
attend iho faaorul, from hir late residence, on Seven'h
day, tho 10 h Inst, at 8 o’clock. *
VUlAKTON.—Suddenly, on the Tth last., Kdza
Wtivrum. in the 8811, year of bet age. "
WINCHESTER-Onilb* ltd lust, tit Doyleslown,
Augnsios Winchester, farm, rly of this cliy.
The friends of the family are iuviled to attend the fu
rcral, from the residence of his eon. J - O. Winchester,
1180 C'o.mubia avenue, on oatnrday, loth Inst., at 1
o'clock. '
OPKINIiGLOVES—FtHdTQIjAI.IrY ONLY,
h EYItK 4s LANDELL rOI'ItTU AND ARCH,
KEEP ONLY TUB BEST GLOVES.
CH»ICB SPRING COLORS.
BLACK AND VVHIIB.
SIZES FROM 6 TO A
Breciiiii woxickb.
8®“ FOKTHE
EKEOTWJHOkjPCBUCBWfJ) MW- . . 1r ,,„
) mr.AUKLriIIA, Aprils. U 6?.
Dwimtf for'new Public Building*. to be Brat'll on In
dowi'dtCDe Bqulire, lu tbe city of Philadelphia, with
iiuclflcatipca. and eallmatca for the Mme. joiU bsrc
reiv. d at tb« OFFICE uP THE “OEPAHTMEST OP
BLKVB18,” 60524 Boolb FlFTHetreet,nntll tbo FtRSI
CAI OFrKPiKKUr.lti.irf.at ISM
aicbitecla intendluttto submit plena will receive elr.
cnUis cot tabling full In’ormattnn oa to the ejuanil :hvr
acitr of -tbe proiemd bull Turn, the amonut of urcom
mrxatl Dio tie pioildid. Ac.. by applying. either per.
penally or by letter, to the underlined. Secretary of tbe
Board oi wrnim'eeloueie, at tbe aeutaweat corrnr or
Walnut and Fifth streets.
A premium of *100) will te paid lor the dealga posacw-
Ing the mo t merit. SI tou for tbe eocond beat. BUXM for
the ibitd, and BMO for the fourth. Tbe decitlon upon the
merita of the plum to be made, and the premiums to be
ate aided, by the Board of CounntMioarrß, on or but ore
the first da> of Octob.rre*t, at 12 U.
All rejected plat a it ill be returned.
By order of the Board of Cotninirrlonere. p CGa>
Secretary.
PEFSONS IN DELICATE HEALTH SHOULD
aval, them elves of tbe Scientific Treatment of
D •- GALL >VVaY * UOLLEa.
Their dircovrry conatita in tbe proper application of
Magnttfam. Galvanism aid Klcctrlcuy lor the L cure at an
dJatacee. Tbi y make thlr department of the Heeling Art
a rpoclaltv. and in many care: Chav cure after all other
mean! bad fain d. Office, 1230 WALSOT atreet second
door from Thirteenth. apfrtn th <3»:rpt
NOriUß.—The fi««t iaelaluient„of two hnodred
dollar* itrsharp «ill hdi&idtn th-j ahWAholderg of tho
Kig tor field aetate, on and alter MONDAY, the JSth in.'t,
on presentation ol tbocertlticat.B t« (aKBY Tniltee-
Kcv "IH ttreot, Poilad^a
ip7-3trpi'
POST OFFICE. PHILADELPHIA. PA.-THE
Hell for Havana,jper steamer Juniata, will close
•t U* iffie. on PnlßA*.
it - I'ostmaßter.
Bar 4?^ CHUUO.L
t Comer of FRANKLIN anIWOOD streets.
THUIUSDAV EVENING. April mh, Deit, at So’dock.
Musical lilrcelor. Professor Mamah M. Warner
8evo'»l di*tlD»ul;ht*d acuaUure »nd a full Trombone
Choir have volunteered their rervlces.
f ikkftafiftyc«-nts. *o be had at A\. 11. Boners Cob.
MuHc Store, IIQ2 Cbeatuut street. ap6 3trp*
ELECTRO MAO.SETIC MACHINES FOR
Menical Lee.—Ones HheumaUan. Paliy. Gout.
"Nenralffia DiPoewla and varioiu* other chronic com
plaint., J?or ealo at N 0.633 Market street, WILLI \M 0.
NIPP. apT.Sfrp
jPgrTthKiail BAT US.
UC9GIBAED STREET, TWO SQUARES. FROM TDF.
continental.
Ladies’ deportment strictly private. Open day and
evctiD*. ; ■ »P‘ t ' r ‘»
UOWa ItD HOSPITAL, KO3- 15H an* 1631 LO *
■'“'bard etrret, liiepeniars DoDartqjeot.-M9dl.al
treatment and medicine tumUhed gratuitously to tlio
poor. ••
.&SON. 113 Sonth Foanli ctra'.t
TO II£NT.
TO RENT-FROM MAY FIBST ip NJVBtf
-1333 berfitst-A firs'-cla** courtry Heal lease, Town-
Jo. tblP'lire road* near Manhelin et* eetWermaiiiovra;
iurntßhHtand compute with every cony mien f o. leu
acre*, flee Vegetable add 1 Fruit garden*; e lUmslvo Ora
neriee/mi'lng inenccesslou;Fordo* hou on conserva
tory. Ice houe filled, &o <bc. A few miautjs* drive from
station* on Germantown Railroad. For p vrtlculttra ad
dieas, EDWARD N. WiUOtii’.
. So.tool laue, Germantown,
orll&Walont street, PhiUrtetoMy
—, /4U KtNT-A%' iJMESTNUT BILL—A
Residence, with Furniture, Mou’ffomer/ave
-Oi*t;UP.€be B tt,ut IJiU. The bouse command* allie
v cw ana u within a few minutes’ walk from th > KaU
p/ly*et *No. 436 • WALNUT street (eecoa3-«tor/front
room) from 10 A.M. to*J P. M. ftp the u3*
MlBll CHESTNUT ttTnEBT TO l BT.-U' •
fllralde tit ro and dwelling to perfect tUaWe,
'or any bueineaj. Apply Urolte* T,mli aLd iiaratt
.atref-tf.-T/-- • >r *>
• PHOPOSAIA
TVEPAMBihNT OF BIOHWAV'S, UUIDQBd, SB >V .
J} OFFICE OF UtJIEF COifAKBSIuNHIU,
No 104 SOUlk FIFTH BTRfcET. .
iwouum,*«*« l>mt.ai>KLiMiiA. AprilB; 1860.
NOTICE TO Clii.-sTtiAuTOlitk’ _
Setled Proposals will be Received At omno.or ttb^
Chief CommiuionerOf nlehwajs until 13qN)to<$k*M, f on
MONDAY, the 18th inat. for the construction of tha fob
lowing three ftet oewera, viz,: On > Wed fitrepj, bet wo -u
Hace and Branch etreeta; VV arren etrOoh between Thirty
seventh and Thlrtv eighth etroeta; Twelfth street, irom
Monterey to Race west ward outtacd street
to Jacoby's*root .a 1 dou El.hth street from Master itreat
to the no.th curb Une of ColumlU avenuo; ao d for the
foil owing two feet atx loch Bewere, viz. : On Lancastar
street, from Market to Thlrty thiro street, and ou lusaer,
. ... . a .
The undtxetanding to be that the Contractor ehaH take,
bills pit pared against the ’property fronting on said
tower to the amount of one d dlur ftU *l £ fty . c ** te for
(each lineal foot of front 6n each wide of the atroefc a* bo
muchca»hpaid; thobalance,as limited by Ordinance,
to he paid by the „ «,
When tho street to occnphd by a City PaßBens9r RaU
xoadtrack, tho.o(‘wert:h&U be constructed along aid-sot
said trMsklit truphmanner ob not to obonct or iaterfece.
vritbthevafepasiageOl thecar* thereon; &udnoc rm
lor r<muufraticn i-haU b«, paid tho Contractor by, tho
company, using said .track. bb epocUled. In, Act of As*
sembiy approved May Bth, 186 A
Aiibfddem nrelnvfied to uu preient "at' the timo aud
yJaco of oDrnjng the said proposals, Eaoh proposal.will
2soar > coh)pHiiied hy A : ce>tUioau , rthat’ a bon'd h'jM beeq
filed f« tho Law department ka dtrectOdhy Ordlaanco of
Muy 25th, 186 a 1* tho lowest bidder ehail notlMxecute ft
cpDtrgct within iivqdave after tt © work U awarded, ho
yill-he deemed a« rteclluluff, and w|*l bo hQidJtoulo ( on
hisbonl fortliodjffererce ibotwoin hit bid and the next
h gbf fit bid. Bpeclfloai lona may, bo ,h*dj at Afio> Depart-
Wtnt of Burveye, which will be strictly adhered to; *'
■ MAHUIN H. WIOK(NB«IN,
. apBStS Chief Commlesionor of JElighwayo,
lift €fijemng liilletm
Em ■ Eftv Bj.|s ' B (B
TWITCHELL AND EATON
END OF THE TRAGEDY
Twittliell Commits Suicide
History of the Cases
THE TWO TRIALS
After Conduct of the Condemned
THE EXECUTION TO-DAY
Eaton Han" at 13.4 S
He Made No New Statement
,r
fwiichell’s Death Caused by Strychniae
At about three o'clock this morning the
watchman on duty at the prison observed
Twitchell walbiDg np and down his coll, appa
rently In much distress.
At twenty minntes past five the watchman
again visited the cell and found the condemned
man lying in his bed, apparently In a quiet sleep.
Tbe watchman entered and accosted him, and,
n ceiving no reply, ebook him, and fonnd to hia
horror that the prisoner was dead.
A hasty examination by the officers of the
prison made it almost certoln that the condemned
man committed suicide, by taking poison which
had been conveyed to him by some of his friends.
Within the last twenty-four hoars, Twltcheli
has evinced an overwhelming terror at his ap
pioacblog fate, and there can belittle donbt that,
either at his own suggestion or by the instigation
of some irlend, bent upon avoiding the Ignominy
of tbe scaffold, he had concealed the poison
with which he has ended bis miserable life.
Whether proper precautions have been taken
to prevent Twltcheli from laying violent hands
npon himself cannot be ascertained, except by
official Investigation.
The murderer has added to his crime of assas
sination and falsehood, the crl me of salclde, to
which lie has been undoubtedly driven by the
nneontrollable terror which the fallare of the las’
attempts to save him had produced. His miserable
end will awaken a sensation of pity even
v, ith thoßO who most lirmly believed in his gnlb
and in the justice of hlB condemnation. He has
used, and made no sign to convince' anyone of
the truth of his so-called confession, and there is
now but ope being alive who’ can unveil the
whole mystery of the dreadful deed which has
rent George S. Twitcholl, Jr.,to a’suicide’s and
a felon’s grave.
FCBTHEB PAKTICPLIKS.
Twltcholl’s cell was visited this moping by
Deputy Coroner Fletcher and Dr. Shapleigh.
Tho dead body of Twitcholl was found lylDg
upon the bed. The face had a ghastly and livid
appearance, such as Is always perceptible in a
person who has beCn killed with poison.
, The eyes Were wide open and staring horridly;
j lhe mouth also was partially distended; The
.hands were contracted as If by the spasmodic ac
tion of the poison npon, the mnecles.
The Doctor was unable to make a careful post
mortem examination at the moment, but thore Is
no reason 'whatever to donbt that the Unhappy
man bad taken violent poison of shine kind.
A stick of licorice was found in life cell,' with
the end bitten off. It is not unlikely that the
fatal drug hod been concealed in. this and con
veyed to tho prisoner. * ‘ ’
A detailed: post>morlem Examination will bo
m’ade Dr. Shapleigh this afternooh at 8%
.o’clock. \ ;
Thero seems, to bo no donbt whatever, that
Twltcbcll lntended from tho first to kill hlaißelf
ii bo were.pot pardoned or reprieved.'
_ ,Mr. Brlngburst left Twltchell last night, at 11
o'clock, In good health, and probably meditating
this second awfol crime., ' -
- 6 At a very late hour in the night TwitchoH
was visited by threo Catholic prloate.whn were
itf attendance upon Eaton. TwHchcU received’
them kindly, expressing hlB gratiflcatlon at their
PHILADELPHIA THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1869.
attention. Although 'ln macb agitation and dis
tress, there was not such an excessive degree of
emotion as to excite any anxiety for his lifo.
appeaxUkcb of rati cbix. >
When our reporter visited the cell this mom
leg, be fonod tho body lying upon the cot, ex
tended as in life, and nothing bat the signs men
tioned above, to indicate a violent death.-
. Tbe cell was a marvel of neatness, everything
being in perfect order. Opposite thebedwas a
email table, on which stood some fragrant
dowers, while on the’Wall hang‘several photo
graphy one of them being a portrait of hie friend
McCnlly, who stood by him thronghout hia
trial.
Over thesoplctnrcs woaa Scriptural text. There
was nothlng-ln the cell to indicate that Twltchell
did hot die calmly and peacefully.
The Sheriff, visited tbe cell this morning with
bis jury in order to beconvlnccd of the prisoner's
death: and tho "Coroner was in attendance to:
make arrangements for the port mortem exainina
tlon.
lATIB
It has beeih ascertained that Twltchell was"
poisoned with slrj chnlne.
... , ; A 6TUASOE (TTOKT.
It appeals that Gerald Eaton was aware of
TwitcbiH's intention to commit snlcide. A gen
tleman who bad a conversation with Eatou this
morning, says that somd time last night the two
condemned men were allowed to have an : Inter
view. In the course of it, Twltchell said, “Jerry,,
von will have to.go alone to-morrow. 11l not
>.-c with yon; but mam’s the word.”
Afterwards Eaton revealed this statement to the
dtrgxmch' in attendance, and they thought'
proper.to inform the officers of the pflson.
Cw itch ell’s celt was then thoroughly searched,
nd everything was removed by which he might
. jure himself, even the looKlng-glassbsing taken
.way. Bat he must have had poison concealed
ibout him, or may have already swallowed It.
OKBAIJJ KATOS.
In the cell beneath Twltchell, was Gerald
K.aton. Confined In the cell of which Probst,
iVinnemore and Berger had been Inmates, he has
at no time displayed any anxiety or fear, bat on
lie contrary, has expressed the idea thatlf the
pints from the other world would come to earth,
aa should have seen tbe former inmates', of his
!’ol)| and in a jocular manner he said he had seen
none ol them.
Rev. Father Riley was with him until late at
eight, administering tho consolations of- the
Catholic Church, and this morning he was re
signed, and willing to meet hla fate.
Late last evening he stood at his door and saw
twitcht Uin the corridor above, and on the op
posite side. He said to hlm:‘ rr '
“Well, George, how do you do? I hope yon
will go out like a man to-morrow.”
Twltchell made no reply .except by signs which
consisted of an elevation of the hand to the
montn, wbieb has since been Interpreted to mean
a manifestation of his Intention to commit sui
cide.
This morning Eajton took a last farewell of his
wife, tbe Interview being of the moat affecting
character.
After she left nobody was allowed to communi
cate with him except Father Riley, who was in
attendance since daylight.
Eaton still con tinned cheerful, and expressed
bis thanks in the most enthusiastic terms to his
counsel, asserting that they had done all In their
power to save him.
1 HE EXECUTION.
1 This morning, alter the announcement that
Twitchell bad escaped tbe gallows, the city was
full of rumors that this would eave Eaton. At
ten o'clock Sheriff Lyle appeared at the prison
with the following deputies and juroret
DEPOTY SHERIFFS.
C. Francis McGuire, William Wagner,
John R. Downing, George Fisher,
Robert Td-Earloy.
JCBY.
Joseph Wagner, PeterAmbruater,
.Jas. McCormick, Ignatz Bechler,
Fred. H. Gerkln, George Magee,
David F. Weaver, Albert 8. Bouaffon,
•I no. J. Reese,
•100. O. Howard, . Albert H. Gross.
Hoping against hope, the Sheriff delayed the
execnllon ef Eaton as long as the law would
permit. .v ,* -
Friend s and relatives were In the prison yard
discussing the probabilities of a respite, and even
the Sheriff began to believe that at the last
minute something wonld. reach him from Harris
burg.
The Sheriff was at tho prison shortly after ten
: o'clock, and.after the examination of Twltchelt's
body nothing remained but to prepare for exe
cution (he sole remaining prisoner.
After waiting patiently for the expected re
prieve, the Sheriff at last concluded that the
Governor would not interfere. In the mean
time Father Riley and Father Barry were In at
tendance upon Eaton, giving him the last conso
lations of religion. Throughout he was Brm and
collected, and in no respect gave indications
of fear of his approaching doom. About
eleven o’clock Messrs. Brooke and Shapley,
his counsel, visited him in his cell to bid a last
farewell. The-gentlemen were accompanied by
a reporter who was recognized by Eaton. The
prisoner giaspcd hlm by the hand, and in doing
s o betrayed not the slightest tremor. Father Riley
requested the reporter to be present at the scaf
fold in order’to report anything that might bo
said. The reporter suggested that it would be
better to make bis statement-in advance, as the
newspaper representatives might be too nervohs
to take down what was said. i
This fact,was stated to Eaton, and he at once.
.said: ~,, v ,,„
GKBAIA);BATOH'S SrAI'KMKSX,'
1 have nothing. am inuuceut of this
thleg. lam thankfnl to all .the prison people
.fdr all their Uludness, and'especially to my coun
sel for their exertions; iff iny behalf.
, '■ l ’’ ’ PBEPAnATIOXB.
j ”\Aftef this interview Eaton was lefi aloue with
liis spiritual adviser, affd nothing of what oc
curred in tho condemned cell was allowed to es
cape.
'At forty , minutes post 12 o’clock the Sheriff
concluded that’ there wne'no necessity for waitleg
oeger for news from Harrisburg. Information
yvse 1 sent’ to Eaton to prepare, and he expressed
his i willingness and readiness to be lod to tho
tcaffold.
TiIGSOAirFOnD.
'■ The stmetnre upon which Probst, Williams,
Armstrong and Winnemoro wero executed, was
erected at tho end of 'tlio northern corridor, tho
same spot upon which Winnomore was exeented.
OUR WHOIiE COUNTRY.
Henry C. Moore,
THE PEOCEBSION.
At Id minutes of one o’clock Eaton was led
from hts cell between Fathers RUoy and Barry >
and both chanting the dirge for tho
dyingvasThey marched from the cell; Eiton,
dressed neatly In a enit of dark clothing,
carried in, his hand a black crucifix,
which ‘be frequently placed 1 to bis lips
as he passed along tho walk leading ~to
the gallows. Tbe procession itself was led by
ibe condemned and the clergymen, followed by
the deputies, jurois and rcpoiters, and daring,the
sok am march the prisoners, who could view the
cortege frofn their cell windows, peered curicinslyr
out, and occasionally one of the more Inquisitive
would inquire which was Eaton.
OX THE BCAFtfOT.TV
Reaching the scaffold, Katon,. whose eyes had
been downcast daring the short journey,gave pae
glance at the stractare.bat betrayed not. the
'lightest emotion. Without assistance, ho walked
op the'steps and stood, with Fathers, Riley and
Barry, upon the scaffold. Sheriff Lylo and Mir.
Perkins were also upon the platform; and when
the last hue of the Chnrch for the dying'were:
administered, they stood aside. Eaton and the
clergymen kneeled upon the platform, and
while'' the prayers far the dying were being
recited,be followed andibiy and with a firm voice.
The whole concluded with tho Lord’s Prayor and
v/th invocation to the Holy Virgin, and sb Eiton
rose from his knees he arranged his dress, es
pecially that part below the knees that had been
drawn pp; While engaged in prayer. Sheriff Lyle,
Mr. Perkins and the two clergymen bade him
farewell."
■J
Tbe Sheriff remained while the others retired,
and after placing tte handcuff* on his hands be
hind bis bacfe, pot tbe white cap over his. (ace.
During all this lime the most careful scrutiny of
the frame of tbe man who waa expected in a few
minutes to bo launched into eternity. tailed to
detect the slightest tremor. He slued erjjct, and
when the noose was placed aronnd his
mck In a' manner not satisfactory
id those who were in charge of the
exeentibhi he turned his bead, in order to allow
a more ’scientific adjustment of the noose. So
100 with ' lho cap. It was some time before it
conldbe jproperljl arranged, ahd during this pro
cess Baton was calm and composed, and, so far
as wnspof sible with his pinioned hands,’assisted
die Sheriff to fix the cap in its proper position.
HANGED.
: At twelveinlnutte of one o’clock everybody
had left tbeecaffold. Eaton stood alone, uprigbti
and in no motion Indicating tbe slightest fear of
death. - Shot out from the world by tbe cap over'
bis face, be could cot tell what was occurring
around him, and there was ndlhlng of this
world except the rattle of tho timber
as it was being removed from beneath the
scaffold, preparatory to the pulling of the rope
attached to the centre upright which supported
ihe platform. All these preparations he could
bear; he'couldhedr the mntterings of the small
crowd gttthered toyvltnesß his execution, but ot
ibe entire party it Is doubtful if Eaton was not
the mostpptnppsed.
At 10 minutes of one the rope was palled and
GeraldEafoadropped. There was no percepti
ble struggle nntif tbe body had hung about flso
minoteo,when there was the usual muscular con
traction In the lower limbs.
A double execution In Philadelphia has not
been witnessed for years, and it was not sur
prising that, Independent of the offence for Which
tbe convicts were to suffer, the community were
exclUd. George 8. Twitched, Jr., and Gerald
Eaton were to pay the penalty prescribed, and
between the two the community hoe been excited
for month's past, both having their friends, adhe
rents andopponents. As the day for the execu
tion drew near, this division of sentiment grew
stronger end broader, until at last it
reached thit point when It might bo
truly 1 said that both were the heroes of
factions whose sole aim was to save them, or tbe
victims of those who conld see nothing bat guilt
In their career, and wbo nrged the justice of their
punishment. Between the two criminals await
ing execution there was this wide difference:
One had killed in cool blood and with premedi
tation a mother-ln-laW, while the other, though
gnilty of miirder, was believed to have been In
stigated by the demon of drink and was not In
bis sober senses when be committed the offence.
a simple narrative of the two cases will best
illustrate what we rcler to.
TUB TWITCHELI. CASK.
On the 223 of November, n qutet Sunday even
ing, the neighborhood of Tenth and Fine was
r to riled with' the story that Mary E. Hill had
been murdered and thrown from tho window,
where she was afterwords discovered. Sarah
Campbell, a servant girl in tho family, who had
left the bouse early In the afternoon and rotarned
a few minutes nftbr 9'o’clock, was surprised that
her repeated.rings at the bell.were do! answered,
until George 8. Twltchell, Jr., dressqa in an
undershirt, with a coat buttoned to the
ibis, admitted her. Ho expressed some
tarprlge that his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Bill, did.not answer the bell, and used the
t spieseioh, *T wonder where mother can be?” to
which the servant replied •‘Wo’U seo.” Twiteholi,
however, passed upstairs,leaving to the servant to
dh cover the whefeabbhts of the misslDg woman.
Sarah Campbell ‘ found a candle barnlDg in the
kitchen, with' the doors open, and naturally she
passed into, the yard w order - to ascer
tain the meaning of the exposed
condition ' ot the house. Outside
i he Ultchen door, and immediately beneuth the
window of the sitting-room above,' she found the
liiclees corpse of Mis. Hill. ’ She gave the alarm;
Mr. Twltchell responded, and'after expressing his
f-mprlso, inquired, ;“'Will nobody help me to carry
her in ?" The servant girl did help, and when
they got inside 'Mrs;.' TwitcheU was seen" in
her night-clothes, Standing 1 iff tbe kttchon.
Mrs. Twitcholl passed to the’ front of the
house, gave the alnrm, and iu a sh'ort time’, tielgh
tiors and physicians wore in attendance. All this
while Twilchcll was busily engaged washing the
'nee nDd bathing the bead of tho-murdered
woman, and declaring that she could not be dead.
Finally, a neighbor, who; Suggested au examina
tion of tho house, discovered that Mrs. Hill bad
been murdered in ; the' second story back room,
while lying on a sofa, which , was , satu
rated with bloo’d, and that the body had been
carried to a rear wlndow and thrown out, the
marks of blood being distinctly marked on the
oil-cioth of-the robm to the window, out of the
window, and on tho board-facing of the baildlng.
Twltchell was ot onco accused of the.tnurder,and
was placed under arreAt. He was: thon dressed
os wbEn'i-beftdmlttcd the: servant girl.
He requested permUslon, to ehange Uls
ciothlng bctore going to the station-house. The
itqui st wne granted, and in hla hed-rooni he put
«n a white shirt and vest. At the statlon-housa
It.was dlscovcrid that this white shirr, ub woll as
the vi st dhfl'edat, bad blood off it. aud ho was
tiEkid to.acepnutfor litem. Hu sala th'at he got
the stains in carrying tho body. His .attention
wuscnllidto the fact that he did not wear
the shirt when he carried. tho body, and to this
bis only reply was, “Tills Is a fatality." In tho
meantime MneTwltcbell was In custody. As the
daughter ojMbe murdered woman, suspicion did
not at. first attach to her; blit after being detained
in the bouse during the night, and the dtsco'very
next morning that Mrs. Hill, her mother,
bad threatened to commence. a pro.-ecd
llcn agalDSt George S. Twlicbcll, she was
taken into, custody as a principal.:
The grounds for suspicion, independent of any
otbcrclicumstanCis, were these: Mrs. Hill had
purchased no house at Tenth and Pine, bat la
the negotiations tbe deed bad been made to Ca
milla IS. .Twltcheli. . When .this was discovered
by Mrs. Hill, a few weeke before tbe murdor, she
wee greatly incensed, and had visited a lawyer
with a view lo tbe instituting of proceedings on
Ihb Monday succeeding tbe day on which she
was mnrderrd. ’
At the Coroner's inquest 1 all these facts were
developed, and Mr. and Mrs. Twitchell were co u
miticd for trial. Mann, O’Byrne. Collis,
Pratt and Ilaneford were then - engaged for the
fmrties. BDd an effort was made to secure the re
enie of the wife upon n Writ of habeas corpus ;
but ibe effort fulled, and the 1 cose wits called for
trial December 17, 18G8. A severance was de
mandid and allowed under the Act of Assembly,'
and Mr.: Twltcbell was placed: on trial. Ajary
.was no; obtained . until December 21, and
then commenced, one of ,tbe, most: memorable
cases In bur local history. It was indeed “a war
of giants." District-Attorney Sheppard, fresh
in bis office, was pitted against Mr. MSnn, and 1 a
host of asslstiints, and the importance of’ the
issue Involved was utmost lost sight of In the
keen scrutiny .which was given to tbo conduct of
the two opposing counsel.. Tbe trial continued
from Decombcr2l,lB6B, to January 1,1869, when
a verdict of'gUUly of murder in the Qrst degree
was rendered by 1 the jaiy, after less than a half
hour’s deliberation.
THE TRIAL.
Tbe trial was pecnliar. The prosecution estab
lished, in addition to tbe fact that Mr. Twlicnell
was 1 an inmate of the bouse, and had pecuniary
reasons to wish the death of his mother-in-law,
that bis white shirt, which he did not have on
when he carried in tbe body, was sprinkled,
with blood; that his Coat sleeve was sprinkled
with blbbd; that a collar and cuffs found In his
room Were sprinkled With blooi; and Dr. Levis,
to whom was entrusted the chemical and micro
scopic examination of theae states, declared that
they came from a living body, and were
the result of jets of blood, &c., and
not the result of contact incident to carrying a
dead body. Blood was also traced to Twltchell's
bed-room, and two spots were found on tbe
blankets of hia bed. Hlapecnnlary difficulties;
bis threats, against .Mrs, H|H,,tbe presence of a
poker covered with blood, were also shown. The
latter, it was testified, might have made the
wounds, thirteen of which were found ou Mrs.
Hill's heed, one penetrating, through the temple
to tbe brain, as thougbthe longue of tbe poker
bad been used. The fall from .the window ac
counted for the more extensive fracture which
was found across the base of tbe skull.
The defence was an ingenious one. It con
sisted of ihedical testimony that tbe blood stains
on tbe clothes could have been caused by carrying
tbe body; that.the accused was a peaceable and
quiet citizen; that a man named Altgolt had seen
two men leave the bouse at an hour‘earlier than
that fixed by Sarah Campbell for tbe discovery
of tbe body. But after the most superhuman ex
ertions, the result was as we have stated—a ver
dict of guilty ofmurdcrln the first degrde, ren
dered' oh the first of the year. Motioaß for a
new trial; appeals :to tbe Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania, and finally to the Bupreme Conrt
of tbe United States, were made, and the result
Is well known, as Is the fact of the so-calied obn
feeMonnnd subsequent statements given In sup
port of it.
Gerald Eaton.
Public attention has been eo much attracted to
George S. Twitchell, Jr., that little attention bos
been paid to Gerald Eaton, convicted of the mur
der of Timothy Heenan. The case, however, Is
a peculiar one. and deserves notice. Oa the night
of the l'2th of Jnne 1868, Gerald Eatdn, With o
party ef friends, met Timothy Heenan in a sa
loon at the southwest corner of Fifth and Spruce.
A quarrel was the result, in which Eaton, It la
nlltged, drew a pistol and aimed it at Heenan,
bnt was restrained by ono Trainer, who,
said, “Not now." The party left and went to'
Trainer's saloon, on Locust street, near Sixth,
wberethe pistols of the crowd were recharged,
and all returned to the corner of Filth and
Spruce. The saloon where they first met Heenan
was closed, but crossing to the southeast corner,
they again encountered Heenan, when Elton
again attempted to shoot, and was again re
strained by his friends. The crowd
ihen left,' and were proceeding down
Fifth street towards Locnsl, when Hco
uaD, , who bad previously declared himself
unarmed, followed a friend who was druutr, and
endeavored to bring him back. In bis elfort to
do so he got within a few feet of Eaton and the
partv with him, and be was shot and died the
next morning. The defence sot up that Eaton (l
did not discharge the shot, and two wlthossee,
one of whom admitted hie profession to bo thar
of a thief, asserted that some ono else seized) the
pistol in Eaton's hand and discharged It.
There are some peculiarities in Eaton’s cose
that deserve notice. He was tho associate. for
years ot thieves and vagabonds, bat the detec
tives assert that he was nover known or believed
to have becD concerned in any unlawful practice.
Me won la assist the pickpockets; he would act as
i heir messenger; he would assist them to ihe
i xtent of his power when they wero in difficulty;
but he never waß concerned In any overt
act himself, and was simply a tool in the
banas of other and shrewder men. So,, too,
in Fifth Ward politics. Ho espoused tho cause
of one local faction In the Democratic party, and
In that way incurred the enmity of thoso, who,
in his dire distress, have been afraid to come
forward to urge a roprievo in his behalf- Could
the history of Gerald Eaton’s case be given, And
all its details of political trickery, jugglery, and
a desertion of ono who bad rendered essential
and important service to one wing of a party, a
irich chapter ln tho local Democracy would be
opened. But he was considered worthless after
he Could do no more dirty work, and bis trial,
which ended December Mb, 1858, was soon fol
lowed by his sentence to death. January 16,1869.
CONDUCT OF XII IS CONMtMhKD.
The public Is by- this time pretty well ac-,
quainted with the prison life of Twitchellnnd
Eaton. Eaton, sentenced to death, bat reprieved,
utdi then ordered'! for .execution. to-day, with
Twitch'd!, has kept th'e even tonor of his way
from tho' beginning; to tho end. When'he dis
covered that his doom was sealed. honßked for
the ministrations of 1 u Catholio pnest, and sinco
then Father. Riley has .been .in .constant attend
ance upon.him,apd has Lrought hlm to .that
frame of mind that, while .discarding all appear
ance or bravado, he expresses his
readiness to go upon thß eqafl'old. Throughout
Micro has been no hypocrisy with him.’ He ad
mits tbathddUeharged'oaa shot the bight of the
fatal occurrence,: hot declares his belief .that ltidid
noli take, effect, Yestorday be assorted that the
mad who killed Heenan is walking; the streets of
Philadelphia.. ' . ..
In regard to Twltchell little need be Bald, nrs
condnct ln prison has bpen closely watched, and
blB confession, given on Saturday last la Ibo
Bulletin, wns not unexpected.. His subsequent
statements and explanations have also beuii pub
lished, and tho world cun form Its own opinion
of their worth. One, fact cannot bo overlooked.
Dating the trial this papor referred to the stolid
sad,unconcerned domoanor of the prisoner, and
euggested that tho criminal annalsof thlscountry
established ohe truth: that the man whocoiild
fit calmly and coolly-lu a prisoner sddek and ■
never betray any emotion dnring recital ot.
the terrible crime, waa the very man a
nervo to commit a murdor. All -those' have
gone hoforo Twltchell proved this, and even If
TWilchcll’s confession bo true, he was an acces
sory, raid know the troth of tho murder, and yet
could sit day after day listening to tho rocltal of
F. L. FETHERSTON. PnMislifir.
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PRICE THREE OENTB.
tto facts without betraying the slightest emotion.
. , TUB LAST DATS., • , /. /
Yesterday both of the coodomnedbode farewell'.
:°i, '" /'lends. ' Both had bees' en'courflgdto
bt-Hevo that there would bosbne escape/but;
withla a day or two both ceased to haye aiiy
h °P<3-, 5
As loner as there seemed to.be the. least fore Qf -,
bore bitueuli with a good dealolOP-,
ulnae; but .when tbfre was no loozer ressoo to
believe that the Governor would' In tor ero,
rnlicheir’began to exhibit such a state or-nfep.'- 1
vousnessand fear as rendered him a pitiable? 1
obj* et He bos at times wept freely.aacl uttered
sueb lamentations as showed him to have Uto ,
gallows constantly In view. ' ~
After one of these ootbdrsts on Tuesday’ cven
ing, a gentleman connected with the jirlsd*
.visited thecell, and spoke to the condemned, In'
the hope of reasoning him into a morecomposetf -i
state of mind, and of indnclng him to look ttpOn'M
death more philosophically. “Yon; klMitf#; 1 r.
Geow.” be said, “that all men must' .dw,i an&W
that It is only a question of time; and yon should' ,
v u-w your approachlng end with more' resigns- A , *
lion, and lees of fear.” “I cannot," he said: “tha
thought that lam to die in so short a time is tef~ ;
rlblr; lhave tried to look death In the facts MtH'.'
eonrngp. bnt it Is Impossible.” Here .he paced
bis cell In a manner showing a fearfully distressed .
- I «'c 1 1 mind, and then ho .burst Into tears os, be? ■
fore. Finding that he conld not makeonlmpree*.
ciou opon him, the visitor left him.
Twitcbelf. expressed a wish that hlsfathet"
shonld be taken cafe of, 1 If anything la loft oat of 1
ihq property Id Camden, consisting Of - a ssfr
mill and a patent-right for the manufacture of.
shingles- He had coqtracted to,furnish amitlloa
of shingles to a party, and when the tnnrder wa»
committed two hnhdred thousand bad ' been ' de- ‘
llvired. Besides a chattel mortgage of $l5OO
held by John H. Stafr oa the property, vamed at
$7,000, there are claims against it amouritlogto
$4,000.. The monty invcßted In the shingle fact
lory was fnrnished by the wife. ; . mr
These who saw Twitehell yesterday./feltcon-;
vinced that ihoso In charge of the. esccatlon
would ho compelled to cafry bim to the scaffold. '
The event of this morning, however, relieved tho'
antboriiire of all diQicnlty iri hls case, ’ '„ ■
Gerald Eaton, whooecuplea a cell belOW thaV
of Tnitcbd), was much more cheerful and re-i
aigni d than bjs fellow convict. During vester- ,
day morning he received visits from; his who and
two slMcre-in-Jaw, and bade them farewell id a'
manner which, though cheerfdl,'bad' nothing of'
bravndo about it. A number of bis male friends
also bad interviews with him during the day, all
being careful not to state to him the efforts being
made for his reprieve. Eaton expressed, his belief',
that there was no hope lor him, and that ho r
would undoubtedly.bp executed, and Stated that
be was ready to die. Rev. Father Rlloy waswith -
him during the nf<Prnr> nT '. . : c
And to think that these may last a thousand.
years, lo menace with ugliness the generations;
The Tnrk of to-day, however, Is.a tranquillized
fanatic. The West has Invaded even the seraglio,.
and looks out of shop windows upon betaUorea
pashas who'ride abroad nnder an oppression of '
bnllionrd broadcloth, unheralded by tbe flaunt
ing borse-tails of onr school geographies,' and not
longer .terrible, with cimeter and ataghan. .
In Turkey as well as in China, the . foreigner, .
ambaseadoiially represented, seta np unusntu
pretensions, and maintains, os nearly as may bo, .
on imptrium in'tmpetio. ■ , ,t ~ ..
The Prince of Wales can do better than exist
lobe-drawn pomps from a b&nkrupttreaßury.
Tho reforming saltans are the fruits Of thlsctfm- >
tinned .training—monarchs who fall short, ln- i
detd, of their purposes, because, they find
slaughtered Janizaries in the mosqge . and tho .
bazaar. 'S
FACTS .« NO TAHtCieO, 1
-/Ven-cious paragraphs. L r.'t . >
And presently these corridors .will be left to un-..
frequent feet, and the- languid, zephyrs of the -,
summer solstice. .Then, ,1 thlnk. lho reputable '
ghost's Will come back. tJp and down, they can
glide in the moonlight, and murmur a chords. '
with sedgellke sound, of the frivolonsnesswf nil
earthly pomp'and altoreation; till halting, at tho
epode, within the pallid vastness of- tkedotne.'
they exclaim in the tremblqment of if lean, ;
but lifted utterance: These, when oratory tsUs .
her height, when policy plans her conquests, and.: .
ambition marshals his detainers.'are the stones.of
emptiness, and the lines of cdninsioD 1 .
It might be tho exhaled extravagance of some 1
Congressional debate arrested In Its ascent and
fixed by a malignant transmutation into this dls- .
tressing improbability. There is mitigatloa id .
Us altitude. If it were at the same level with the,,
frantic ball-hnrler it would press upon tho,
icßlbetic'sensibility of the countrv liko a horrid '
vision of ictbyosaurus upon an ulderman'ufter
too much turtle and punch.
I passed from tbeporta), whence bereavement
and infirm despair’ biul.so often Issued upon o'
street where the .blown poplar blossoms Jay In.
swaths, and turned front the serenity of, the ,
H-puichres to the selfish stir, of tho metropolis,
and the daily toll of JntirnaiiSm.
bale of the i alincntoclr Library.
The books of the late George W. Fahnestock..
Esq , Inelndlng some carious works rotating to;
Amirican history, were sold yesterday and the
day before at .the Auction Rooms of M. Thomas
&Bons. Some of the prices Wero of a fancy
character. The Loyalist Poetry of tholsQVOlu- .
Mod, with the Carton and Prospectus, one of
ninoiT-nme copies printed, brought $7O, Joel
Barlow’s Columblaa, plates, $l2. Neville B.
Craig’s The Olden Time, a monthly publication:
relating to the settlement of regions around the
bead of the Ohio itiver, 2 yols., reached ®2() por
volume. Buccaniers of America, .(account .of
Vlorgan. front, a .Dutch narrative),, brought-SiC.
Henry D. Rogers’s Pebfieylvaola Geology, slf.
La Florida del'lnCß,Madrid,i722, sB(soi Nnttails’
Ornithology, 2 vols., $6 50 per volume. History
of Frlnting ln America, by Isaiah'Thomas, Wor
cester, Mass., in two volumes; $lO per volume.
Btllle*s Memorial of the Central Fair of 1861,
wjth photographs, $lO 50. Tho library was a
considerable one, making 1.188 lots.
AMCSKIUrtIMTS.
-Miriam's Crime and tile bnrlcsqno Cm ion will be
giv<*D at tbo Walnut this evening, by tbo Misses Jennie
and Li/.zle Willinore ttnd Mr. Felix Rogers and their
company. Mr. Rogerr. a cuipadlan of very remark
able powers,,will have a benotlt to-morrow night.
—Robertson’s comedy of School trU be iepeafdtl at
the Arch this evening. It is said that Mrs. Drow will
produce Robertson'sttbme shortly.
.—At the Chestnut Street Theatre, this evening, 'The
Field of the Cloth of (laid will bo reposted.
L-Profcssor St. Jean, the magiciaD, will give a pen- ,
foimonc© at the Theatre OoiDltiutJ ibid ovonlu^.
—Gran’s French Comic Opera Company will begin a
; season at tbo death ruy of Music on Wednesday next.
Tickers can bo eecnred at the Academy and at Boner, s, ,
IIOS Ohcstmit,street. i i.t. L'
L Tbo "Illustrated Tour of Ireland" vvdl lie exhibited,, ~
at the Aseemb y Buildings this evening. ..
rids evening Mr. James K. MtirdoMt will gtvo
readings in Olivet Chnreb, Twenty-second andAlunhS ■ '
Vernon rtrWt? ■■ : ■ ' -
\ rmtsica! entertainment will be given In tho Mdi b
r U viun Church. at Franklin and Wood Btreets,' thl9; .
evening. ~ , - ,
—The third performance of The Prophet took, .plfttip ■"
last evening, at the Academy, and yrag'mosv heartily l
erjoved. More. La Grange has hover; donm tuxvthluSr.' '
so improssivo os her performance or '‘Fldos.V ( - It; is.a
noble creation, worthy of u great actrossas wbtlas of
a ..rest sinner.' 'i he other artlsts'dld weil,"ttnd the
■ml « en »ic‘ne was uißgnlflro.ot.. ...This, evopiug., tile
merrv opera or Crtrpim « wilt he plaTCil,
In which Missßollogg a; pears uTgrmtL advantage;
while Ronconi. ae ibe cobbler, islrresistlbly dtOlL' Fop ■■
to-morrow, evenimr Von Glocann i ls announced,caec to.
the fall etryngih of the company.
Dickens as a Gkiwan tJonoRAK.— To find ont °
whetber Charies Dickens really waa-intimutely
funililar wlth tbo lanenage aud llteraturn of.Gor- .
many, Robert Wnldmttliqr, the Germau poot. ro- i
ccntly wfoip to him.Mr: Dickens, replied «h »t
he’ read Gt rmau, anil hnd studied 1 the master- - >
pieces of German literature, but-that ho .had
great dUUculty lu reading Gorman manuscript*-
lift