Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-10-10
Fall Account Of the Execution Of General
Walkef-by m Eye Witneas


The New Orleans Della of the 5th inst. saws:
Several false reports having been published re-
speeding the circumstances of Gen. Walkers exc
cution at Truxillo. we have melanc holy satsfac-
tion In being enabled, from the statement Of an
eve witness, to give an authentic and reliable
narrative Of the transaction.
Mr.. VIM. 8. Elton, an intelligent Young man,
q native Of Philadelphia, who has been for some
time in the employ 81 the Panama Railroad Com.
pany a. an engineer. happehed to be in Tnxillo
when General Walker and bis command were
brought back to that place, snd was an attentive
observer Of all that occurred Mr. Elton came
over from Truxillo in a schooner to Charleston.
and thence proceeded to Mobile with letters from
Col. Rudler to MIR. Julius Hesse, Of that place
Mr. Elton was friend Of Gen Walker, and SYM
pathized In bis cause, but was not Of his party.
He witnessed the execution Of the General Of
which he gives In substance this description:
Al the gate Of the Fort the General, having been
led from his cell was relieved of the heavy irens
be had borne ever since his surrender He had on
| the clothes which he had worn throug h the ex.
| pedition. force Of two hundred men with
bayonen received him at the fort. He was placed
troops forming In column, the melanc holy cor.
| tege proceeded to the place appointed for the
| tragical deed The Generals carriage was erect
and resolute, his expression calm and even smil-
ing, and his whole air that of man Of earnest de-
| votion and conscious rectitude. The consultations
OF religion, which were whispered to him by the
priests who accompanied him this his last
| march, Were received and responded to by him
with fervid piety and Christian hopefnlness
These responses we are assured by our informant
were all that proceeded from him during the
march from the Foft to the scene of the ution
The military cortege followed by a great
crowd Of people, and number of the sailors and
marines Of the British ship Icarus, wearing their
s sac arms: AS The procession passed the streets,
pie, whose countenances and now and then their
language, indicated their views and feelings in
regard to General WALKER Among the natives
there was general feeling Of exultation at the
downfall Of the ''terrible filibuster', IL.
The Americans and many Of the foreigners on
the other hand, manifested their decided disgust
balf-breed rabble Of this wretched apology for a
State, which had to employ a British man Of war
to capture an invading force Of 20 men. Even the
British marines and sailors, though a reckless and
desperate set OF fogues and rufians, were heartily
| ashamed Of their share in the capture of Walker
As the procession marched by the prison where
the rest of Walkers men were confined, the doors
and windows ofthe prison Were completely closed.
Arriving at an old ruined barracks or fort about
| quarter Of mile outside Of the city, the troops
were formed into three sides of a 90 uare and the
General was led forward and placed near an angle
1 the line Of soldiers
The priests who had accompanied the General
now held a brief colloquy with him, received his
confession, and administered to him the last sad
| rites Of the Church, and retired. section of
four soldiers were then ordered to their post and
taking their position within twenty PAGES, the
| usual military commands were given, and the
gallant American, not feature Of whose face,
not fibre Of whose body betrayed the slightest
| emotion Of fear The command 'fhre'' was given.
| the volley discharged, and the General fell for.
ward on bis face. The body lay quiverinp in
the agonies Of death-the builets OF his execu-
TONERS had passed through his head-wben the
second section was ordered to advance and FIRE
another vollev, which only mutilated the body.
from which the life was fast ebbing Then a
single soldier marched up to the body, and placed
his musket within few inches OF the AHEAD 9
dead man. and fred, horribly defacing his conn.
tenance aud blowing the head nearly from the
body. wv
Then the troops were formed and proceeded at
lively step, back to town, leaving the BODY of
Gen Walker where 1t had fallen. Here IL was
taken charge Of by the priests who had attended
him to the place Of execution, and by two Ameri-
can Citizens whose names are Cornelius Hooper
and Orlando Graves, and after being decentlv
cofined was inferred with the ceremonies of the
catholic Church in cemetery outside of the
town. During the whole time Of the execution
not word escaped General Walker, except his
whispered responses to the spiritual consolation of
the priests. The story that he addressed the spec
tators short time before his execution declaring
his regret for his course, was conceded by the
Honduran authorities, or, perhaps, was fabricated
In Havana, where his name and deeds were hold
In such terror. There is not word of truth in the
statement