Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-11-24

pres .s enemy. Their fate may be read inI
10 W. a,,a.;po sentences Of Gen. Scott:
'Ds s,a,enees :. The court find that the above
.nsd prisoners. 1.-THE names are given
n PAIN below. are seyerally guilty as char
asa md sentenced each 1.-TWO thirds of the
go n,hers of the Court in every instance
occurring in the sentence) ito be hanged
~ the neck until he is dead"
The General-in-Chief approves the
e.aao;op proceedings and sentences, with
, ,bs following exceptions: the cases Of
Tbos. Riley. company l,3d Infantry, Jas
Mills, company H, same regiment, and
I Iahr Rile,, company K, 5th Infantry.
'or Thsse three prisoners severally commit
.dthe crime Of desertion as charged, inI
the early part Of April, 1876. AT that
' aats The United States were at peace With
Msx;co and all the world; for the present
war did not break cut, in fact. until later
aa,s and was not recognised to exist, by
the Congress of The United States, until
the 18Th ofthe following month.
No higher punishment can, therefore,
he legally Inflicted upon these attrocious
offenders, Riley, Mills and Reilly, than
that prescribed for state Of peace: Fifty
iashes with 4 rawhide whip, well laid on
The bare back Of each; and their punish
,nent is committed accordingly the
addition that each be branded ON cheek
with the letter ID, kept close prisoner as
long as this army remains in Mexico, and
then be drumlned out of the service.
So much Of the punishment in the case
of Henry Newer, company d, 4th Artil-
lery, as relates 10 hanging, is, on The rec
concentration Of many Of the court, remit
ted; and like remission is made in the
case of Edward McHerron, company G,
same regiment, out Of consideration for
son, private in The same company, who
has remained faithful to his colors,
There being some slight circumstances
of mitigation in the cases Of FL zekiah Ak
les, John Barley, Alexander Mckee and
John Bowers, all of company II, Sd Ar
tillery, their sentences are committed as
in the cases OF Riley, Mills and Reilly, as
above.
The remainder ofihe prisoners tried BY
the same court and for the same crime, VIZ.
Henry Venator. cen. D, 81 Dragoons;
r, Rhode, comp l. I'd Dragons; ". A.
Wallace, comp.C 81 Infantry; Lawrence
Macky, comp. X, ID Infantry; Patrick
Dalton, comp. B. % Infantry; John shee
han, comp G. 9th Infantry; John A. My
ers, comp. G, 9th Infantry; Henry Whist
Ter, comp E. 4th Artillery; Elizier T.
Lusk, comp. c, Sd Infantry; James Spears
comp. D, 7lh Infantry; JAS. Mcdowell,
comp. X. It'll Infantry; Martin L, don,
comp. D, 7th Inantry; lfm H. keech,
comp. F, / h Arii cry; Wm Oathonse,
comp. /, ,. nian ~: Henry oct'ser, comp.
d 4th Artillery: ssm O'Cnnner, comp.
X, lst Artillery, Andrew Nolan, comp.
q, 4lh Arliiler, Herman Slnidt, comp. d,
Sd Infantry; R. W. Garreison, comp. H,
Sd Artillery,
Wsll he hung according to their sever
al sentences, between the hours OF six and
eleven ':I1ck, ii The forenoon next after
the receip, Of this order, as may be arran
ged by the commander ofthe post or camp
where the said prisoners may respectively
be found. Inc above named men, ex-
cepting II. Vanator, F. Rhode. j A. My
ers and J. Sheehan, were executed al San
Angel, Sept. 10, lS47
BY command of Mai, Gen. Scott.
~. L. SCOTT, A A. a. G.
Two days subsequently,, We have further
orders, from which we learn that the four
men named above, were not hung oil the
10Th, as they were passing at that time
from Tucubaya to Mexicoac. They were
ordered to be hung Oh the lth Of Septem
bef, and the sentence was executed at
Mexicoac.
Thirly-six other prisoners were tried
by court marital, over which Col. Gar
land presided. Their fate may be read in
The following sentences, dated The 10Th of
September, alter their conviction for des-
ertlon
And the court accordingly sentenced the
prisoners (two-thirds of the members In
every instance concurring in the sentence
each to be hung by the neck till heis dead
Their names are given below.
Before the same court, Martin Miles.
of company A, Sth Infantry, and Abraham
Fitzpatrick ,oi same company and regimen,
were duly tried and convicted on charge
Of desertion, and the court sentenced eacl,
to be shot.
Before the same court, We're duly tried
and convicted Of deser,oin, the following
Banned prisoners John Kelley, comp. c,
Sd Infantry; John Murphy, comp. c, sth
Infantry; John Little, comp. c, End ORA
goons. And the court accordingly SEN
fenced each to receive "fifty lashes well
laid on with rawhide on his bare back,
TO forfeit all pay and allowances that are
and may become due him; to be indeliblv
marked on the right hip with the letter D,
two inches in length; to wear on mon yoke
weighing eight pounds, with three prongs.
each one foot in length, about his neck to
&c confined at hard labor, in charge Of the
guard, during the time the army remains
IN Mexico, and then to have his head
shaved and to be drummed out of the SER
vice."
:, Before the same court, was tried upon
the charge of desertion, Lewis Prefer, Of
company Z. 18th Infantry, whom the court
found to be not guilty Of desertion, but