New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-09

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h.nd in advance Theee arrangements beng COM
nia,ed the Sheriff and bic aide took their poeihon on
The night and in this order they proceeaed win sow
and nlournful tread 10 the place OF execution, wnn
- short one mile northwest Of the town, in valley
ed by large snow-clsd hills. The galows was
what i termed the trigger-gauo"s, inc u"P o.ms
nered Inv the seyering of rope attached 70 the trg
ger. -, .aor ,to mill;
II was reached at 1875 o'clock, and amer the mn,
,arv had formed around IL and pressed oaoA w. ~
crowd which was esimated TO number at least e,O01
ner.ons the convict was taken from the wagon anu
With firm step assembled the, 20 hln' la.a. ~
where heswith more camness OF ieeHns 'uai voc
bihted by those officiating, took seat ana eh1erSu
into converse with bis spiritual adviser, TO "hoih NC
FL WINS then aSked by the Sheriff if be had anything
10 say before the fatal moment arrived, WEN nc
clined 20 address the audience as he had previously
dcsired but requested Mr. Shutz TO say Tor nun th' nc
rlt assured that though they might destroy the ue'h'
God would take care of his soul: ,....-.
The Rev Mr. Clernm then addressed the spectators
1lor-irg them 10 reflect upon the mourufu spectacle
,sr,.d and take warning by the condition IN which
this wretched man was placed, thdt they might TOT
allow that fell destroyer, sin, 10 bring them 10 Sii'
fate. =, ,,..-1
in rrayer at the close Of which Miller also delivered
fervent PRAYER in which be again protested his lnho
cence declaring that in meeting bis victims IN hes'sn
be would be acquitted by them. tie also prayer lor
the relatives Of his victims His prayer, when was IN
German was represented by those who could under
stand il as being most eloquent and powerful appeal
70 his God in whose presence he SAID he soon eN-
pected to stand, and TO whom Ne let assuieG i Nc
rras reconciled-that He, in hts wisdom, had wisely
annouted this the last hour of his earthly existence as
Je Rad heretofore been too vile sinner to hve anu
that through His intercessOn his supposed gult was
made 10 appear in order 10 prepare nm ior DEATH nc
also forrave and prayed for witnesses and jurors trust
nq, that he might meet them all in Heaven that they
might there repent them of the injustice they had done
him here. ,gI, A.
The clergy officers and others upon the scanod then
took leave of him, he assuring Mr. haer. IN hls as'
words that he could meet his God with clear con-
Sheriff Everett now pinioned his hands, placed
the moose about his neck, and drawing cap over
his face descended, and at Il minutes to o CLOCK
severed the cord which supported the trap. Inc
fall was two feet six inches, and did not break MS
neck and the slipping OF the Knot 700 lar HqI o
rendered his death an unusually paihiW one nc
struggled very hard, and for some seven minutes alter
the contortions of his limbs were Violent WINE tue
stranguation taking place could be distinctly heard Tor
five PAGES from where he hung and his hahds oecoui'
ing partly loosed he made desperate enoIt 10 Ieao
the ropeEfailing in which, he with much violence
heat them against his breast. After hanging twenty
minutes the body examined by the County Phy-
sician. Dr. Patrick Healy, and life pronounced eA-
tinct when he was cut down and placed IN CONN ior
burial upon the Aims House property.
Thus ended the existence of this bold and q all ac-
ouainted with the particulars believe, bad man. no
doubt appearing before his Maker with the double sin
of murder and perjury on ms SOUL
Considering the vast cOncourse, good Oruer was on
served but was indeed painful sight to there Wit
ness parents with children in their arms. old men whose
heads were frosted with time, and, indeed all ages
sizes and compilations and We blush ior the sex 10 say
IT, that at least third OF the spectators were ie-
males-three of whom had are credlDiy informed,
walked fifteen miles TO witness this revolving spectace'
The following, a portion of the repnted confession,
ur yous TO the execution, Miller admitted 10
be correct. He was born Sept. 5, 1880, in Wckers-
dorf HerZagthuln, Sachsen-M einlngen HIS luther,
Henry Miller was a farmer and born IN France MS
mother whose name was Elizabeth died when Fred
erck was but three years DID, and his father two years
later He was then taken care of by his grandmother
until he was fourteen, when he lett home ana went 10
Bayern Ia kingdom in Germany, and there was
hired by farmer, with whom he lived SIX years
after which he left and was employed by another
farmer for three years and halt. During his stay
with this man he became acquainted with gentle
man who recommended him TO a count as coachman,
who employed him, and in this capacity he Travelled
with his lOrdship through France Austria, SPAN anu
Italy. Tie Count finally died. and short time after
Miller came to America He arrived at New-fork in
June, 1855 where he remained short time aud then
came to Philadelphia, then TO Cumberland, then TO
Somerset County Pa, then to Pittsburgh and finally
back to Cumberland, where the double murder for
which he was executed was committed.
ANOTHER MURDER.
The citizens were thrown into an additional state
of excitement about o'clock in the morning. by
the report that another murder had been committed
in their midst, execution and a murder thus oc-
curing at almost the time and in the same
place. 1t appears that two boatmen, Thomas Sypoe
and Thomas Fisher, had an alteration at an oyster
saloon, on the corner of Baltimore and Mechanic
streets, which resulted in the former drawing Il
knife and INJECTING several s;abs in the left
side and breast of the latter which he survived but
few heurs. Sypole was Immediately arrested and
committed to jail, being taken in as Miller was prepar
ing to 90 to the gaows be being then shrouded. AS
Sypoe entered lie observed Miller, and gazed upon him
with n demoniacal upon his face. He then COM
menced to whistle lively air, and passed into his cell
in manner which showed the utmost callousness of
feeling.
A 1rr,s THRnAr CIR BY HER HrsRANn-Yes.