Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-11-27
From the London Worair- C51oaicic.


From the london Wornir- C6Toaicie.
Execution tu Faace We h AL an execu,i,,
here last Monday. IIonore Francis IJlbacb
waiter in wine shop, had murdered sliepher dess
Aimee Nillot, last May: hs wa, tried, found
guilty; anu sentenced to death in July in August
ne Appealed Hom the sentence of the Court OF
Assfze to The Cont of Cessation; his appeal wa.
rejected; the sentence of the court below wa,
hrmed, and the day of bis execution finally 6x
ell Ter The 10Th of September Ulbacb was a
young man, only twenty one years of age and had
committed the murder through resentment at the
gfls rejection OF his Court ship. The exposure of
her person at the Morgue, and her extreme beau.
ty and youh (she was scarcely fifteen wears OILY
bad given extensive publicity and much interest,"
70 the ui'i ana ultimate fate of the murderer, pa.-
ucuiarly among the women On the DAY Of exc
cution, the fatal spot, the Place de Ga eve ,v,s
iiiied at an early hour with groups Of the popu.
lace
AS the time approached, four o'clock Cthe hour
Of execuon) the popuace locked towards IN.
sRoi' through every avenue, and when every place
from which glimpse OF the guiIlotine could be
caught was 20 thfonged that il could contain mo
more, the surplus of the crowd moved tn Tie p,
lace OF Justice, whence the criminal was to oro
coed 10 the Place de Greve, after the collar of bi
shirt ~ cut Oft, and after the performance of o,ber
ceremonies OF legal kind. The court yard Of
this building 1.-The Eight of steps to the TslI-tbe
bridge OF 81 Michael and the Quay PelIete
through which the procession was TO pses. were
literally covered (every foot of eround) with
the populace \ few minutes before four bod
Ui mounted police moved from the yard oftbs Pa
lace of Justice, followed by cart, 10 which, 90,
Uibach, by his side priest holdins small cruelty
s. bench behind them, The executioner with his
face uncovered = sword in his hand. UIbacb wa.
a low sized, thin boysh looking man male
faced, black haired, and Of a poor and even
contemplate appearance, his head, on which W as
abundant hair, was bare; over his shoulders nm oil
hfDyy nat wa Huu0 and t,ttr
neck the sleeves hung down empty at each side
lie leaned forward as he sat- and appeared TO give
stention to lie exhortations Of the priest After
the cart came another body of mount ed police and
in this order they moved very slowly through
the streets, which were lined intervals with foo,
police. Just the clock of the Hotel de Vile
s'ruc four. legsi officer of the Court that con
demned the prisoner arrived in a carriage az :he
Place de Greve; for the purpose Of euperinrendirp
and witnessing officially the execution Of the sen
tence. About minute past four, tie cart con-
taining Uibach entered the semcircle space in
font Of tbe scaifoid. lie descended near the lad
der, foliowedby the prizes, and executioDer; the
in eoloured clothes who were s'andinE by the
scaffold awaiting his coming, instantly surround
cd him, and enclosed him for minute from the
public view When be appeared next, his hands
were bound behind his back al the wrists two
assistants helped, rather thrust, him up the
eeps OF The ladder, ard assembled the platform with
him.
After they had mounted the platform, and while
they at he margin, the assistants unbottoned
his coat and threw it aside; they then strinped
from his shoulders his shirt, which appeared to
have been thrown loosely on them. They led
bin forward TO che end OF the bench, and placed
him so that he stood quite close in contact with
the upright board, the upper end of which ~ .chsd
To the bottom OF his throat. They strapped him
the board with two belts that were attached 10
The board; the belts cohfine Ell his arms few inches
below the shoulders and bnCkled to his back In
she course Of this operation he neitber moved vo-
UNFAIRLY nor did be resist but remained quite pas
s.ye, and exhibited altogether the appearance Of
helpless, hopeless, wre'chedness. He was scarce
jy tied 10 the board, when, at a quick AMI suldeo
touch from one Of the execuioners, the board was
Changed Tom ITS upright position 20 an horizontal
and Uibacb, who was standing at the end oil The
bench, lay The mex moment Fat on his face on The
board, and The board on the bench, two OF the ex
ccutio0ers pushed The board along the bench, un
I'll they placed The neck the cavity e the IN
der Transverse board, then lowered tbs CORES
ponding board on The back Of the neck, fastening
II so that it kept the head mmoyabe, The face
looking down into the box into which the brat,
was 10 fall. The principal exscuioner, standing
OF the side Of the gnjntine unwound ffom peg
cord. which by it, fixed tension, held ,he axe
suspended. The crowd stood vHh uncovered
hssds and gent, not word, not a buzz not %
OF pity, not murmur Of horror, such a. attends
he fatal moment Of public executions in Eng
l5ad-
"Uoffot 10 ~ 81 native pony ,.a, hrfc
F1r tnI ragnii' COZ without q teai.1
The exfcutionsr lei ths cofd sIark-- Tie axe ds.
scstled AID sunk into TIE groove of jba board M
% and ibTO' The nsc@ aud the bead fell almost Al
tbe same moment from the board, and ,umblsd into
us box The assistant instantly sptang ior,es,d
end seizog the extended lsgs, held them do.yn o,
The bench, To- prevent the muscular convulsion OF
thg body hat you'd have followed the stroke thai
aepT wed u OF life After a minute they Ioosed tsi
b "a, removed the upper board from the neck
drew out tie plank on which TIE headic5s trunk
~ mouoaless and hfeless, unbuck!ed The straps
ina' bound il to the plank raised one siie Of r.,
"pened ihs basket and let The body slide down
into me ba.ket They then drew on NE box from
uader the bench, ~ cej 81 on the bench, end open
"a The TO- which hsd hole s1fiicea, o. admit the
ialsn hesJi ihs interior Of the box was batheI 10
boodi wlhn II appeared he head and some saw
dlstj me eTscniit neTs threw both bead ami dust
iato lhs basket, on lie uody, closed he BASKET
and lowered il from ths scahold INTO the cart. the
cart moved surrounded b5 Tie moHn'ed police, tie
Dot police 'yoks p -. itf; re --7-d ,N-cae.