Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-10-13

hollow square iOVmeu oy me soiulery IN
the place of execution, and there,
fall Of resignation, he pronounced the
! following words:
declare myself 10 be member Of the
Roman Catholic Church | declare that
| have injured the people Of Honduras 10
great extent, being led to do so by the
people Of the Island OF Ruatan, after cal
ling me, deceived me and left me TO my
fate. ask pardon for those poor men
that accompanied me, Cor they are not as
guilty az am. lfmy lie can be OF any
benefit to society, | lay i, down with The
greatest readiness. pardoning my Judges.
that may be enabled to obtain my par
don in the next world.
w aIker died with remarkable fortitude.
His remains were received into tomb,
and rest in peace for perpetual exam
Iple.
One day after the execution Of Walker,
the American schooner John T.. Tay Tor,
with rcinforcements and arms for the fill
busters. anchored in the port, but she
soon afterward disappeared, having rec
ognized he forces of the republican pow
er.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
The Delta Of the 29lh gives the follow
ing account OF the execution Of Walker,
obtained from Charles F. Scheffer, an eye
witness Of the scene. Schefler was one
of Walkers party but is charged by
The Delta with having deserted his post as
! Ia of
seen in the ranks of " WaIker's men:
Gen. Walker was led. on the morning
of the 18Th, from the fort in TruXlilo 10
some old Spanish barrack ruins about
three hundred yards from the fort, and
there shot.
The procession from the fort consisted
of two priests bearing church emhems
appropriate to tie occasion, General Wal
ker following, carving a cruclhX and
Ihghted candle, the Hundnrenean local OF
fcers in authority, and the soldiers with
muskeIs who were to perform the deed Of
murder. Gen. Walker was calm and COL
Ilected-soIdierllke stern and dignified
in his bearing, and mid Ihese old ruins
-tood as a hero and brave man only could
stand before The pointed mu0kesS Of his
murderers.
Af,e, the frs, volley Of six muskets vas
6red, the General fell over, in front, in
the agones Of death, when dastardly
wretch rushed towards him, and placing
the muzzle of musket 10 the General s
left ear drew the trigger, ard shattered
the head oi him whom they all feared,
This was done on superstilious grounds,
since they all believed a blue-eyed man
" as destined to be their ruler, and they
had been told by foreigners that General
W alker was thatman, and therefore they
wanted to be sure Of his death
After ,hs an American, an unwilling
spectator. proceeded to act in the burial
Iof the General. His remains, however,
were viewed personally by every Hondu-
renean present, III order to satisfy their
superstitious impressions and barbarous
tastes, A coffin suitable TO the exlgen
cies Of the occasion was obtained, Gen.
! Walkers dead and bullet riddled body
placed within it, and buried with all the
rites of the Catholic church, the two priests
attending. in a lone and un,mely grave in
! tie land he 50 desired to redeem from be-
| jniehted thraIdom. Previous TO his death,
Gen. Walker addressed the natives and
Hondnrenean authorities, and said "he felt
no i'll feeling toward them