New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

EXECUTION AT CoNsTAHTISoPLK.-On Sunday morn
isg the wife and paramount the murderer of the late
Ferk IbrRhim Pasha suffered "the last penalty Of the
law at the STEAMBOAT end of Ksrakeui bridge. AS the
sentence Of the condemned couple had been confirmed
several days before by the Sultan ii would have been
immediately carried into effect bat for the difficulty OF
finding an executioner the popular feeling to such
services being widely different from what IT was
in the good old times" when the bowstrng aud the
seimetaT were seldom day unused. Al last, how-
ever the considered high wages Of 500 piastree In
duced gypsy TO undertake the job, and on Sunday
morning, accordingly, this now unusual tragedy was
performed in the In front of the lshops be-
yond the bridge. Shortly after clock lFrank
1ime, the prisoners were brought from the Zaptieh
prison, under a guard of soldiers and cavasses-the
foot, with his hands tied behind him, and the
woman in sedan chair, On arriving az the end OF the
bridge, the guard formed into hasrcle shutting out
the crowd Of 50 60 people who had gathered behind
them on the way from the Zapteh. Inc woman was
then handed out of the chair, and from the sudden
tremor which seized her, after catching sight OF the
1wo UPRIGHT poles with their grim crossbeam, and the
movements of preparation among the guard, 1t was
evident that what could at most have been only sus-
picon in her mind before then flashed INTO terrible
certainty. She moAned piteousy at first, then broke
into a low CRY Of " GMdn, dmdR' tmercy, meroy and
asked what they were going to DO with her, one
was told, 4" merely 10 exile her, ana thus party
uuieted though still moaning and quivering with ter
ror was led into the old black wooden knan al TIE
corner of the street. There she was Immediately
seLed and pnoned, screaming and struggling ieafinl-
~ the while, tll the moose, rapidly slipped over ner
ouiet;no work. The body was then carried out and
hung up on the frai galows for It, While tns nali Oh
the tragedy had been IN course OF accompaniment
within the khaR the male cuprn had suffered mS pun,
ishpent out1lde, AS soon as the woman was removed
into the buildipg officer read aloud statement OF
the prisoners crime and sentence-announced to the
wrelched man for the first time lie was tnen .olo 70
knee down. which he did, stretching forward his neck
without hesitation resistance, but LOOKING as Dy
Islander remarked, like mEn who had died yesterday
The gpsy then drew hs yatsshan "a heavy, inwaiy'
curvng blade) and struck single handed blow close
10 the shoulder end of the neck the criminal fell oyel
his face and made few convulsive struggles, but
three additional hacks frsm the sword of cavass al
length severed the head entirely from the trunk, and
completed the judicial butehery. The head was then
placed up by the side of the body, which with that OF
Sbe woman remained exposed to view throughout the
day with pacards announcing their crime st tched to
the front OF both Since lat week. we have been in
formed that jealousy and not criminal intrigue with
the male murderer, was the impellng motive OF the
womans share IN her husbands death. The latter, 1t
appears, had taken to himself young slave, and,
maddened by his refusal TO turn away this trepasser
on the coDugal domain the wretched wife planned
anu accomplished the old mans death we have re-
lated. Levant Herald, March Z.
An CASTERS MURDER.-Another domestic tragedy
OF even greater arocty than that whose punishment
we record IN smother column is reported TO hav
ing occurred in StambOul during the past week The
facts shortly told, these The kayaia kadn Ia sort
of goHreraante of wealthy Turkish family had gone
70 pass the evening with her daughter the wife Of a
captain in the army at the house Of the latter IN the
quarter of the Sultan Bayazid. One Of the ladies' Of
the family TO which she belonged mad intrusted her
with easket Of valuable jewels for the purpose of
returning them TO another harem, from which the
former had borrowed them for special occasions
as is usual among Turkish ladies. On arriving at her
daughters house. the kayaiakadn begged her to Iace
xhe casket in safe place for the night This the
former did and shortly after left the room, leaving her
mother engaged ct her additions In preparation for
PRAYER. In few minutes she called TO her 10 come
down stairs on some pretense. aud on her doing so
threw cord round her mothers neck and stranged
her. The wretched woman then dragged the body
into a charcoal shed and covered it up. On the arrival
Of her husband shortly after she communicated to him
what she had done, and showed him the jewels. He
pretended TO approve of the act but soon ter slipped
out and appraised the aum and muchtar of the quarter
They accompanied him back TO the house, and were
secreted in whence they could hear the murder
ess az sp describe the details Of her crime. She was
tbeTeupon arrested and TO the Zaptsh prison.
where she now lies awaiting trial and punishment
[Leysnt Herald.