The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-03-04

), THE DAILY !. GAZETTE "A e I.
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Details Of The LIST Hsurs and Execution Of the
Assassin II the Archbishop sf faris
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YEasEs, the murderer Of the Arch.
bishop Of Paris, has been executed. -
He expectad 70 have snsw trial. The
only ground of hope for it was that OF
insanity. .Elninent physicians dscid'
ed that he wac not SO insane Is to be
irresponsible Tor his acts, and be was
1t once ordered to execution. He
had not expected to be executed at
a 81 and when called on the morning
that he was to die, would not believe
that he was to be deeapitated so soon.
A correspondent of the New York
Times was in the crowd gathered
about the gnillotine.
Herring the first hour and . half
that we sfood in rank, the condemned
man da was sleeping sonndly in his cell
but fifty yards from ne, perfectly un-
conscious that his appeal had been
rejected by the Court, or that his death
warrant had been signed. The awak
sning to the reality OF his situation
must Lave been terrible! At Y the
abb Of the prison, with the s2ecu-
TONER and several officers ofthe pris.
on and Of the police entered his cell
toccnvey To him the fatal news.
but It is impossible, impossible!
crisd sVerger; Il is . treason not to
have told me sooner, leave me quiet:
Ishall not, nor ought not to finish
thus
"a And when the director Of the prison
had read to him his order of execution
vsEEsr addressing himself to the di-
rector, said Monsieur, you who have
lsen 90 gooi to me, ] demand Of you
IN hosrof two while / can write again
to tho Emperor! You will not refuse
me that n Ia ssi sass s.s-ss
: The director replied that he had
formal orders which must be obeysd.
And as the director renewed mis-
exhortation, Verger, who until then
hsd sbesn nttering inarticulate sounds,
exclaimed, 'Gentlemen, you must not
allow me- to be seized thus, let me
|. alone: If 1 must die, wish to die
as | am; Iwant neither preachers nor
rslics! i have nothing with which to
rsproach myself, and wish nothing
in common With men who honor No
trts Dame de la Salette fthe winking
. virgin. the Miraculous Medal etc.
sGsntlemen, you who are decorated
tsdsmsnd, obtain me permission to
write to him, it lie an STAIR OF two
hours; you can send an express
y Then as all the witnesses Of this
scene kept a guarded silence, Vergsr
few into that state Of violence he had
] 40 often exhibited since his arrest,
and cried out with great vehemence:
twill not 70 to the scaHolda' | will
NOT die thus! You will only tear me
from the bed in pieces, in morsels. =
You may drag me to the scaffold, but
| will not 20; do not wish to go; no
no, will not go
Verger looked about him with a
supplied air, his countenance was
heightened, his eye deadened, his flea.
,urss dscomposed; like almost all
i men in his position, he made great Of
. forts to respire, and torecall saliva
vh;ch had ceased its secretion
- THE order was then given to the
:, .oldiers in attendance to seize and
rsise him from the bed. The hour ap,
preached. ''- The director spoke to
B. Merger in more severe tone, order
- Tim to get up .s
No, a thousand times, no. exclaim
"a the acriminaly seiking the bars of
! sthabed, A soldier seized him around
he body, while four others put on his
g rssntsloons, Verger all the time strug'
y si;ne, Violently. He still had on his
strsisht Jacket, but with one hand at
slibessy. His criss during this time
= essmblsd nothing human, 30 much
had his voice altered. Whenever he
! sdid succeed in uttering an intelligibi
sound. his voice was no longer recogg'
nixshle: he cried Murder! Help! As,
sassin!'
On account ofthe cold, they wishc4
TO pass on to him other clothes; but il
vs impossible" -Four men seized
him aud carried him into the room fol
the last preparations: On the wa,
thew passed before the open door o
the Chapel, and the usage is, to allow
ne condemned to retire here for "a mo
pnent Of prayer. In the situation o
+ the prisoner, the Abbe aHugan wat
the hst to give the order to pass OF
~ without stopping. 80
Arrived at the oAaaabfe do toilette
from the moment the executioner's IS
= sistauss cut the hair on the back o
his neck. and he had felt the cold scis
=. ,ors on the bare skin, yerger wa
seized wsfth-a-siolent chill. The exc
cysioner, intying his arms behind NJ
bsck. said to him. TRY and he calm
20 that ! shall not hurt you =
:. ...,ealmf. replied .Verger, ! should iik
e % zee you calm in my place! 1,
a.s.a YsrEer's face, red with rage, unit
be felt the cold steel on his neck, We
now changed to a frightfal pallor'
fury seemed TO fall suddenly to CIV
place to q profound detection. ID
declared that he would submit VIII
out further resistance. The ADJ
- took advantage OF this moment to II
. commence his exhortations
Vsrger now listened without otfe5
/. ing any interruption. A sudden r
I yoIution seemed to have b: en- oper
/ ted In the mind Of the prisoner In
!. sbice pf COINCIDENCE, which he had
lons ylSnisd, had 1t last made itst