The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-15

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Excsution % . Dying Man ia new Orleans.
HANGING OF wILHrIn JUNG pom rus scKpss 90 a
cnILD.
[From the New Orleans Bce, Feb
Yesterday forenoon, aboat 10 ~o'eloes, Wilhelm Jssx
WAS hanged In the inner court Of the Parish prison, for
the guardian, and whom his inhumsa srssi,y soasixssd
70 an untimely grave. Long before the hoo, s~rpofntsl
for the murderer. execution, . l.rys ere.d. shi.sy co..
the gaes Of the jail. None, however, we're admitted, On.
ceptins the representative Of the press, ofeisis All
Three days ago he attempted suicide, cutting hi. sbao-
men open, sltting his throat from ear 70 ear 10 tvo
vain effort to dash out his brains. Jung would have
died, in the ordinary course Of nature, IN about sny
hours-so say the officials who had visited him. 10 hsss
him II was necessary 10 bridge across the wounds In hs
throat with lint 40 a. TO give the rope . substantial essis
SHORTY after 10 O'Clock. the massive door Of the inner
court was unlocled and the s~psctstors admitted 10 the
ecene OF the sternly solemn ceremony. About one hus.
are a1sd pe5s1 ms r ryI.oI present; .os snosuy s s,s, ,ssy . sssssS
Immediately above the drop, and brought forward ana
seated on . cane bottomed stool on the scanoid. The
Sheriff then advanced and read the fatal warrant.
The prisoner was led forward by . negro and the ere
cutionsr. His step was firm; his face shs.tly pale; bat
no outward sign Of emotion was visible. He APPEARED,
indeed, to be utterly unconscious Of the terrible doom
awaiting him. He never opened either his lips or his
eyes, even for an instant. his face indicated : nature
with . white shirt and . cap Of Che sams color. The ~.
tended hapgman was grotssquely dressed. The face Of
ribls looking black mask, which gave TO the ghastly cere.
monial an altogether unnecessarily r~evsiting aspect.
was drawn over the face Of the cuiprit, the hsasn.s
stepped from the seafoh to the platform, the rspe that
sustained it was severed, and the body OF the murderer
dansled in the air. His fan was partly broken bL por.
ton Of the scahold, which was not released until the
head Of the unhappy man was in contact with II.
1t will be remembered that the culprlt endeavored TO
evade the penalty annexed TO his crime by an act OF sui
eide. He succeeded in cutting his throat In q most
frishtful manner; so much so, that had the execution
have been hanged at all. In order TO render An execution
possible the wounds were bound with lint and Linen.
Such Il the tender mercy Of the Law to tho violators Of
Partly, in consequence Of the obstruction already
knot of the rope having caught Immediately beneath his
chin, as soon as the bolt was withdrawn these CHASTITY
entirely seyered-the blood flowed copiou,ly from his
'hroat and mouth, staining his white neckerchief and
cap, and the wind rushed through the bleeding opeaing
with . %frightful, most uneurthly loud report, which
aused every spectator in the yard to shuddsr and turn
away his face In horror. The agony Of the sufferer i.t
firmly tied behind his baci-writhsd about for at least
ten minutes. The veins Of his hands increased IN size.
1t was the most revolving spectacle that We have ever
At about twenty minutes from the moment in which
the rope Of the scsfold was severed, the body vas
gradually lowered. DR.. Sabatier, the city physician In
attendance, mounted on q stool-the same on which
wilhelm Jung but . few moments before had safe listen.
lDR 10 DIE 0eat0 W8rTanL ana n 60erlu9 VOICE OF DOOM
and rs soon as the body was within his reach, placed his
ear IL. proximity to the heart. and pronounced the pen
dant form q corpse.
1t twas then tai en- down and placed in . rude implanted
pine coffin, which had been placed-we thought with I'M
becoming and unnecessary haste-immedla.ely under
The Lid was instantly nailed down, and the body, We be-
lieve, was soon after taken to the pottsr's Field and
buried.
while the negro was mailing Down the lid Of the CONN,
We visited the cell in which the unfortunate culprt had
been confined. A mattress, part Of which was stained
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near the opposite corner, was also similarly discolored.
On the wall on the right side Of the cell, these words
were written In the Prussian language:
Farewell my brothers and sisters.
The left side wall was covered with peneilinss, In the
same language ana several crosses Of different dinsn-
sions. The sentences were written In the form OF verse,
but every inscription was In prose. We subjoin
a translation Of as many as were kgibe. The penaan.
and the sentences were nearly ali unsramnaacaliy con
structed:
what can : man give to get hi, soul backs
Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
God gives us al that makes the soul happy-health
and every thing that honors and blssses.
Man proposes, God disposes.
During life ! had but q. friends. and I am ready to
received BY Col through Jesus Christ.
On Ii. blessing q Cod depends all, and who 50 believes
In God he builds his house well.
God with us. Written arou'd a cross)
The blood Of Jesus Christ, the son OF God, makes us
Who lnsw that / had to end my Life in such a bar
barous vayS
What Ia life and all it's pleasures It gives us what is
ws~nted-bope in God. God makes the righteous happy.
With our own strength we can do nothing-you are
very soon lost by it. But We have . right Gus man
whom God appointed. Do you ask who he Isl Jesus
Christ.
What does = man make, II he gains the whole world,
and loses his own soul2
Dear Emmanuel Befriend my soul .
. How can I get TO you
IL will be seen from thssc sentences that the deceased
did not cover the walls OF his cell, with the debris Of
wild German sptculations."
ton Of the venerable Richard Baxter's "Call 20 thu I'm
converted to Turn and Live, " which undoubtedly had
been given TO the culprit by tbs Reverend gentleman
who daily visited and conversed with him on religious
~subjects.
or Testimony, y which we translate from the original.
now before US, emitting only the grammatical errors
As surely as have. received the holy sacrament from
my prize st, ] declare that I am inn oesrt Of the murder Of
the boy. have been prosecuted BY bad men the wit.
my case with conscience, but overlooked different things
that we're the very causes OF the boys death. had no
money, and could not get anybody to defend me. ! sot
a%,enienee Of murder, and / WIS sentenced 70 death
without reason. Now, | ask Of the Court and false wit
mes es TO answer for that imneasurable misfortune they
lam thankful to the priest for all tho good lessons
and prayers he gave me, with The greatest, pains; and !
only wish that he may pray for me with all bis power, in
order that my poor soul may receive pardon from God.
This ! wish with all my heart. W. JUNG.
Inc oeceateu was oorh ear Hhiiert frurss, m WAS
45 years OF age. His parents, four brothers and two
sisters. stiil live. He had lived In the United States for
the last eighteen months.
jung made no speech on the scaaold; all he had 10 say
was 10 his spiritual advisers, two reverend German gen
tlemen, who have been almost constantly In company
with him during the last week. He told them he used
TO drink a good deal, and when he got drunk he WAS Ia
the habit Of Furnishing the little child, but cid not know
what the means Of punishment wee that he was accus.
very hungry and thirsty, IL had come across . bottle OF
vhiskey in the house, and drank the whole OF II, which
4 rnnsrd fta Seatb Hia last request Was that thu reya-
rend gentlemen should pray for him..
On the day previous 70 his death he entreated the
TAILOR TO shoot him.
thus died william Jun "a man who, II hs early
education bad been properly attended to, might have