The palmetto herald. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-04-21
MILITARY EXECUTION.
TWO SOLDIERS SHOT FOX
DESERTlON.
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ond military execution that has taken
place at this post since our occupation Ol
1t. 1t was made the occasion OF an i'm
posing military display All the troops
ut the Post were ordered to be in At
tendance, that the example made of these
two erring and unfortunate men mighl
have general influence throughout lhI.
command. 1t is hoped that the painful
scene may leave lasting impression OH
the minds OF all who witnessed it. ana
that the purpose for which this extreme
punishment is designed-the warning OF
the living-was attained
THE CULPRITs
Were Private Henry Schumacher, of Co.
c, and Private Henry Stark, of Co, +.
9th Regiment Conn. Vols. They were
both Germans by birth, and came out in
detachment of consFipts and substi-
tutes forwarded to the Regiment.
THEIR OFFENCE.
Some months since they deserted from
the regiment in company with Private
Gustav Hoofan, Of Co. B, and. in stolen
boat started for Nassau. They were
picked up in Ossabaw Sound by NAVY
boat, and returned to this Post A Court
Martial, of which Capt. Tracy, OF the 9th
Conn.,, was President, found them guilty
OF desertion, and sentenced them 10 be
shot to death with musketry.
TWO ESCAPES FROM TIE PROVOST.
During the time of their incarceration
in the Provost Guard-house, they have
twice succeeded in escaping. Their first
escape was in company with Hoofan. OH
the night OF the 10th of March. They
succeeded in detaching the balls and
chains from their legs, saving hole
through the floor, and escaping through
the guard. But, by the vigilance of the
provost officers and the patrol they were
re-captured on the 18th ult They were
then very strongly chained. hand and
foot, their fetterS connected by strong
chains with q post in the provost yard.
On the night of the 4th inst. Schumacher
and Stark again succeeded in escaping
in spite Of all these precautions, and IN
stealing q fisherman's boat, left unguard-
ed near the pier In this they put TO sea,
but while ashore at Wassaw Sounds. ai-
ter food, their boat grounded, and they
were captured by picket-boat of the
gunboat oPatapsco. They We're very
bold, ingenious men, and their skill and
perseverance might have won them ho-
nor, if rightly applied.
THE ORDER FOR THEIR EXECUTION.
On Saturday last Col. Redfeld Duryee.
commanding the Post, issued the follow
inc General Order assigning Yesterday
afternoon for the execution =
GENERAL ORDERS. No. Z. HEApouAR-
TIERS, Huron HEAD, HILroS HEAD. s. c..
April l6. lS64.-In obedience TO General
Orders, No. so, Department of the South.
Hilton Head. S. c., April 18th, 1864.
the sentence of Private Henry Schu-
maker. Co. SC" and Private Henry
Stark. Co. "E. 9th Regt. Conn Vols,
who were tried before a Court Martial
assembled at Hilton Head, S. c., March
4. 1864. for the crime Of desertion, and
were sentenced to be shot to death with
musketry, will be carried into execution
at this Post on Sunday, the 18th day Of
April. 1854. at 8 o'clock ?. NJ, on the
field beyond the Causeway, and in the
presence of all the troops Of this CON-
mand.
All fatigue work within the line OF in
trenchments will be suspended on that
day during the afternoon, and every
officer and man not upon the sick list, or
coNTIyTEp OF FOURTH PACE