Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-04-18
NO. 93.
MISCELLANEOUS READING.
AN EXECUTION IN STAMBOUI
TnE BowsrRIyG AND scINErAR.

TIE B0wSTRlSG AND SCIBETAR.
On Sunday morning the wife and her pa
ramour the murderer OF the late FerIk lbra-
him Pasha, suffered the "last penalty 81 the
law" at the Stamboul eud Of karakeui
bridge. Friday morning had been fixed tUr
the execution. and then Saturday; but tyr
some reason, not ascertaiaabIe, it was still
further delayed till Sunday. As the sen
tence Of the condemned couple bad been
confirmed several days before by the Sui
tan, il would have been Immediately carried
into effect but for the difficulty Of finding an
executiouer-the popular feeling as to such
services being now widely different from
what it was IN the good old times" when
the bowstriDg and scimetar were seldom q
day unused AT last however, the (consid-
cred high wages Of FIVE hundred piastres
induced gipsey to undertake the job, and
on Sunday morning, accordingly, this now
uuusual tragedy was performed in the area
in the front Of the fowl shops beyond the
bridge Shortly after 5 o'clock Frank
time, the prisoners were brought before the
Zaptierh prison, under guard Of soldiers
and cayasses--the man on FOOT with lis
hands tied benlnd him, the woman in a sed
an chair On arriving at the end Of the
bridge the guard formed into a half-crclc.
shutting out be crowd Of fifty Or sixty peO-
ple who had gradually gathered behind
them On the way from the Zaptieth.
The woman was then handed out ol tho
chair, and, from the sudden tremyr which
seized on her after catching sight Of the two
upright poles with their grim cross beams,
and the movement Of preparation among
the guard ii was evident that what could
at most have been only suspicion III her
mind before. then flashed into terrible Ger
tainty. She moaned piteau>iy az first, then
broke into a low cry of "dnsaH, omG,L'
lmercy, mercy and asked what they were
going to DO with her. She was told, mere
IN III exile her." and thus partly quieted
her, though still moaning and quIvering
with terror, was led into the old black wood
en- khan IT the corner Of the street There
She was Immediately seized and pinloned,
screaming and struggling fesrfuIly the while,
till the moose rapidly slipped over her head
and pulled at either end by cayass, had
done its quieting work. The body was then
carried cut and hung up on the irall galloWs
prepared for it. While this half Of the ira
gedy had been in course Of accomplishment
within the khan, the male culprlt had sui
fered his punishment outside. a. soon as
the woman was removed into the building
an officer read aloud statement 0t the prs-
oner's crime and senteuce-then announced
to the wretched man for the first time. lie
was then told ID kneel down, which he DID,
stretching forward his neck without hesl,a-
ton or resistance, but lookingas q bystau
der remarked, ike man who had died yes
terdav. The gipsey then drew his yataghan
Ia heavy inwardly ly-curying bladel and struck
4 sing!e-handed blow close to the shoulder
end of the neck; the criminal fell over on
his face and made few conyul,lye strug
gles, bat three additional hacks from me
sword If 4 cayass at length severed the
head entirely from the trunk, and completed
the judicial butchery.
The head was then placed, face up, by the
side of the body which, with that Of the W.
man, remained exposed to view through
the day, wIrh placards announcing Their
crime stitched t0 the front Of both. The
man was ia rags, and barefooted, but the
woman was dressed in fine ydshmaek.
claret cuored teridjee and wide yellow
leather boots-in the ordinary style q .
Turkish lady. To Judge from her face,
which was plainly visible, on near inspec-
ton, through the thin yashmdck she was
about thirty.six or thirty-eight years ot age.
with features which still retained much ot
their former beauty. These last were but
slightly distorted, the chief token Of the ago
M which had passed over them being few
drops of blood round the nostriis, and !
contraction of the lower muscles ~ che iDre
head. The man appeared y be about t"en
weight or thirty years 81 age, and though
bespatterel with blood, his face bone All 'Ao
calm and seemingly painless composure y 4
handsome painted mask Since last week
We have been informed that jcaIousiy, aud
not 4 criminal intrigue with the male mur
derer had been the impelIiag motive ~ the
womans share Ill her husbands death ~
The latter, il appears, had taken T. himseL I
Young slave, and, maddencd By his refusal
to turn away this tre,passer on the conjugA,
domain. the wretched wife planned and AS
compIished tie o!d mans death Leraas
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