Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-04-18
B8-THE HIsroRY OF oApT A1puo5Isso7r,

HEBsTER.-Mostfot our readers have ,hearl
of the recent execution ia Richmond. o
Capt. Alphonso Webster, .of,he Sd Yireini.
cavalry, QoyalJ AS this has become.
matter of National interest, We deem. i
important to give asSrisf account Of Cant
Webster, which we yesterday obtained a
the office of Adjutant General Samuels.-
\ On the 9Th of November, 1862, AlphonsS
G. Webster, came to this city, with lettel
purportipg to have been written BY Can't
Means OfLoudon county. The letter spok,
in high terms of lobster as a man of abil.
ity and courage, and recommended that
commission be issued to him as Captain OF
cavalry. Capt. Means being well known
to Gov. PierpOint, Webster was at-once
commissioned, and he went back to Lou.
don county, flledup company and wen,
Into the service.
Some time after this, a letter was receiv-
ed from Capt. Means, which disclosed the
fact that he had never written the letter,
which recommended the appointment Of
webster-that he (webster) had forged the
name of Capt. Means. In the .meantime
Webster was taken prisoner by the rebels,
was paroled, and had returned to his com.
PauyI but the fact of the discovery of the
forgery having leaked out, Captain AL
phonsO c. Webster passed within the rebel
lines to escape trial by a Federal court-
martial. 1t is supposed that, under these
circumstances, hewa again arrested byl the
rebels and tried and convicted for violating
his parole. Not much is known here Of
Webster beyond what is above stated. He
was.thrown upto the surface by this re-
bellion from somewhere in Texas or the
West and was regarded as avery ignorant
but daring and reso1ute fellow
He dealt with the rebels without mercy and
without fear and is reported to have killed
a rebel officer, not long before his second
arrest, by cutting his throat from ear to
ear.
The Richmond Why of the 18th of
April contains the following cunt of
Webster's execution:
The execution of a.. Q. Webster, who was
SS0SChSCA " uShAu ny COurC-matIl9l, for
violation of his parole of honor, took place
yesterday at Camp Lee, near this city
The prisoner held commission under the
bogus PeirPoint government, aud when
hrst captured was released upon parole,
bnt again took up arms against the CON-
federate States, and was second time
taken. For this military offence he was
condemned to suffer death by hanging. He
was accompanied from the prison TO the
camp yesterday by his spiritual adviser,
Rev. DR.. Brown, ofthe Presbyterian church,
and by several military officials. The
guard was composed of Warren's company
of cavalry.
The prisoner was dressed in the uniform
of Federal officer. He was extremely
weak from au injury received when he
attempted TO make his escape on a recent
occasion, but otherwise seemed to main.
tain considerable fortitude On arriving
at the ground, II half hour was devoted TO
religious exercise in the carriage, and the
prisoner asked the officer in command to
extend his time until three o'clock, the
latest moment allowed by the terms of his
sentence but 1t was not deemed expedient
to grant the request. He was assisted up
the steps of the galloFs aud seated over
the trap, and being asked If he bad any
thing to say, declined TO make any remarks
He gave the signal himself, by dropping
hat from his baud, and at twenty three
minutes before one O'Clock was launched
into eternity. His death was almost in
stantaneOus.
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