Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-12-10
Execution of MurdererJ

| Sanders, MAS huhS Tor me mu!d'r VI ieiiow
servant ''med ohork. Inc MURDER was commit
| tel NJ iarh' mouse near uoshen, ana theohuf-
dcrer wounded IL female servant; jealousy beng
the cause oil me assault Inc g'ri recovered, the
| man Hhofk uiei anu 'cnwiizer was huhs' -" ME III
jail be wrote confession ~ the German language
1t is long, hut c,ner'nt; lie gives the following
account 1 himself; l. william ochwitzer was porn
ihe h d'y "' February, 1885, NJ Wiebeek; IN
hniiurnsteh'h"h, county o1 ochoVmbore lies
sen. VI, mother u'ed young; . sf"ce's remember
hrr. NJ. 'h'i'r was sent 20 america on account
OF his cyl conduct AFTER which i"und mn a,siom
nm"ng >'rhhHe's. H'''ais ""'.ne MY s'"""'""ss
h"a propensity Tor e,ii which soon grew upon
'u' pu' II WIS "", u''' iei' s''''' anu 91e"'''e
my own MASTER nat my sin ief'"'eu' hr 'aieneS
Is the root "' MI oV'i: Alter my continuation
was P", 10 an hllIc'''cesh,P' u rear" 'r"oe ""t
s'"'h '''t ~ L'''c ny it'e pe""" W s'ea', All"
| com'mi'tea "'hrr a'r"c,oos SINS connected 'here
wh"; f"r 'nese was "'h'"h'shed' an" was pun,
l,i'a '''h ny l"s'n'e an" ny 'he manu- "i ""'. nu,
'",S was ., no l"''' sometimes i,eS''sea 10 .e'.o
/ "e''e' ny "'' WIS arh@ge" p''k ny an INV
'h' same si''S' because was t'" weak "' mysca ="
r'siN, Nun anu ! "''ea ~" 'mpn"e Tue aia VI Tue
ANN ",hou' "h'eh no one can resis' INC IL
cry ""r', u 'ne enemy: c.,,c
""S e""''h"'' ','S N'''"' i''', ""''i !" year
ana 'i '''l ago "heh arrived !" we SUBURBS "'
,'''""',s' wy where many F'n"G men nav
pee" seaue'a mo Tue West wckeuhess' "i "hirh
oonnl'''cu VIC ','oro oene "''e"oF ere',. ~,
ncr l found employment there AT first dldnt
fn'' 'or 'n' society Oh strangers VI ny uesrees'as
oe."'n' hho"n' anu was "'hen ~ my 'onp"i''-
",'s 10 '"e'r s'c'"' s"'"er'n2- '''' ""ek mo my
o." ways al. my former shS were mere renewed
IN me meantime my brother ana sister had let Tor
Amt,''a my SISTER having previously married
N'h"''zer n"rratr' that ne le't iiampnrG iast
June stopped awhile IN Ensiand,nnd then came to
New York inning ''S brother ana SISTER mere
'r''o 10 WORK on farm near iiermoht' le'' mat
pace anu "''""e'eo "oo"' NEW iwrN' ti'er",1uS
,''ur''eu W w" country anu ioi.oW'u "'e !"'o
i.''''"aa 10 "oS"en' "hefe ar Meier receive"
MN kindly Hcnwi'1er says ne t"lI snamr'1'
ne 10 tins gen'i"man' pat ADDS 'pear hr' heI-
'rf DO not put TINS SIN t. my account. lou as
sisted me III Surh friendly way TO employment
WIN muse Pe"n''' 'n II ! .hd ohiy 'om'hehcea
thea another ii'' praying ',oa to come To my as
.','"n'e ~ my Meet ANA deliver me from my SINS
h,,l YET tlmr I" become better man, Tor ! was
| H,i'l N'unE' but 'h'S aid not no. ana satan
G'dcA at that m"mcat INTO my heart 30 mat
lrrame worse, a"d greater n'aciactor thah De-
Tore.
Thus II was with me. The uncean SPIRIT songht
Tor otherE and became more wicked than ever
before. The Evil Spirit whose servant | had be;
come, seized upon me with red"ublcd power, anu
PROMISED me freedom II would obey nm. 30 u
happened. that irr VIE ana worldly mamhioh
became an assaSs'n--yea, nearly 1" double ass"s-
s'n, had not the mana "i iva shakeh ht'ie my
hand. -
The confession ends as follows: Oh merciiul
God, who desIreth not the death 81 thy Son, put
that he may repent and i've look INT" my crush,
ed and deetied heart and take my soul. when
now recommend to thee. from TINS vale oi misery
! through Jesus Christ our Master aud Savlonr.-
| Amen. The Grace OF God the Father, the love "f
Jesus Christ the peace ol the Holy Ghost, I've es-
| f,r the Grace of Gol in Jesus Christ Amen
| The execution took place at the iail-yard in
Goshen. tine rome was cut at noon
pxrcrTioX AT a,Ieu \ y
| At Salem. n. Y. Dec l. Martin Wallace was
| executed for the murder of Barney McEntce The
| rarties had been friends and Wallace committc |
! the murder for money. After n paiuful scene in
which hi4 wifc WAS deenly affected he himself
| compnratiyrly unm,yed the condemned man was
lc up the scaf,old hv Sheriff Cownn and his depu-
| ty. where he cugaged in PRAYER and the peculiar
ceremonies Of his Church in conpany with his
| Spiritual adviser. a Catholic Priest The Troy
VIVA says. ale seemed truly feryent in his de-
| y,,tious Tho Priest then took leave of Wallace
"hn ~, 'n' i' ~ ct..;T i IT," ava ,hs
h,.t ~, ,i'"I 'o. h;s o,.as A. ,i;a ,,n-
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| h''" etrn's. O"''S ~ MS P"s,.i"' ''o "'''''
| dislarotpd he died hy straD,tula,ion hut very
| coll, rhora ,or, - ,L,,t lilo s,,..o of elovan
e"'"s' i"o'o WIZ .'' "oou. ''o el"'o . V.
| minutes, movements IN the arms ana apparent NJ
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