Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-06-04

EXECUTION AT LISBON. April ls.-on Sat.
urday AiattOs Lobo. who in August last murdered a
whole family. consisting OF three females and a boy
ms own near relatives paid the penalty OF hr crimes
Inc spectacle OF criminal led the scatijld must
be every where appalling. In Portugal its peculiar
forms render still more terrific; but the circum.
Slnces attendant upon the execution Of the unUr-
iunaie victim II offended Justice in tins instance
iormed climax ofhorror such rs has seldom been
seen. The wretched young man. barefoot, clothed
IN n loose white robe. his hands and feet bound with
cord, wa. conveyed m a chaircarred by two gal
leyslaves. to the place Of execution, by rOadwhich
led pas; the very house where his crime was com
muted. Strong bodies Of horse aud foot opened and
closed the mourniul procession. which consisted of
the magistrates, the eNccutoncrs the brotherhood
OF Mercy, calling aloud upon the assembled throng
To pray for the soul Of our poor brother who - GO
ing TO sutcr' and ia the ccn,re OF all the unhappy
creature himself pale and iv ID a corpse, his head
dropping on his breast, and his eyes closed
Two priesis,who have years past devoted them
selves 10 the piOus and craiuitous lat our Of admins
iering religious consolation and advice to the prs-
oners confined m the ias Of this city. attended him
/ on his way to the sCatIud The crowd congregat-
ed on the occasion was such as never was be-
fore IN Lisbon; II was literally compact mass OF liy-
ing beings. Every face seemed 10 bear the expires
SION Of pity, though for the notorious Diego Aves.
who was hung las year for murder, not the least
administration evinced rs he passed 10 the
gallows. The cause Of this indifference IN public
feeling that Mauos Lobo had oil along NANTES
ted the greatest for his crime hich the 9TH
er never did. On arriving opposite the house where
the murders were committed. the procession stopped
and the sentence, preceded by the alton Of the
crime was read aloud. The sufferer looked up once
and then with conclusive shudder closed his eyes
and bowed his head again.
| What a train OF narrowing recollecions that one
| glance must have aroused, There was the door
nj which he entered that fatal night; the window
through which he had escaped the blood stains
ef by his hands, as he let himself down. yet unaf.
iectcd; IN his minds eye. the smiling faces that had
| welcomed their relatNe-their destroyer! The
most awful part ofthis sod tory remains to be told
Arrived at the place Of execution the criminal
led to the foot Of The galows where he kne for some
minutes in PRAYER.
The elder Of the two priests then came forward
and commenced the usual cShortaiion. lie encour
aged hun 20 hope for mercy AT the Divine tribunal
nc babe hun reflect that he had the precious moment
when death which 10 many others camc like a
thief IN the night, would come to hIm. and then
and then he dropped dorm deal hiBSclC The hea,
| oi the sun, under which no stood bareheaded, and
The painful excitement OF this occasion, il is suppo
sed, brought on a ft ofapOplc1yio which it appears
he was prcdisPosed. Surgical assistance was soon
procured, but unfortunately life was extinct. Ia q
few minutes ai,er the scenes Of tins world had clio
| sed for over upon Matlos LobO himself