, 1865-11-28
EXECUTION OF A MURDERER.
The End OF \ Hardened CrtuoIunl-He
Dies s*Eame.ss
GfYnrn fhn Rr.fFn1o Cr1-x,s-

Dies t*Game.s,
lFtnm the Bu1alo Express, 18th.
The execution Of Michael Eirrchner 10
the murder OF the soldier Henry uenuiuc. q,
Niagara street, Oh the evening Of Fridav
Sept. e9, took place at the Eric County Jaj
Yesterday. ~
The murder 10, which he suffered tbe ex
1fetnc pena1ty Of the Law, was brutal apj
Prencdltatel one During the afternoon .
nc :@Hh Of september last, Kerchncr fell Ii
saloon, and after seeing that be had d SO;
rrecnhack, deliberately nccomranird lin
from saloon to satoon, plying him with 1iauor
and at Inst got him intoxicated. The nur
detcr and bis victim weee last seen tosrthe,
between end o'clock in the evening nt i
saloon few feet from where the body wa!
found on Niagara street. shortly gftcr tic tTt
hnd lefi tho saloon together.
hietcl,ncr was 2; years old. Under tue
draft OF lsG3 hc cntcred the army as substI.
20 the 18th rcgt., \. Y. v, and was afteTwnrd
transferred 10 the l41th and ylst Regiments,
During his army seryitI be cooked tor the
colonel's mess, in each regiment With which
he Eas connected, it seems, but look his place
10 tie ranks In action, nevertheless. Iii was
ho1nrubly discharged from Tue army In july
LAST, aae home to this city. and boarded for
'fl.c nt the house OF Ms. tolk. the principal
so' HON he had served. lie docs not seem
70 lave eueagcd In my employment after Lis
1eLtfO.
During the last Interview with Ills sweet
AeaFt, the young woman wcpt BITTERLY md
'1cpcatedly urged him to confess il he was
guilty, telling him that she Ind prayed 10
God TINT he would open his heart to make .
confession. His answer 10 her was the same
Us before, that he was innocent, and could not
meet his God with lie on his Inns. A :eI
minutes before II O'Clock s1c was requested
to withdraw from the room, and tue parting
was IN injecting scene. The younr woman
wcpt bitterly, but kerchncr appeared to be
very little Affected, nnd remarked TO ler that
n.,sas It. sns no ~ crying, Us it could moi be
1t eleven o'clock the preparations for the
execution were made. MIR. Picrrs cntered
the room with black gown, cap, dc. As
room as herclneF saw lilu lie orosc and pro-
ceeded to give what assi.tuncc he could il
putting tlcIu on. Willis this was helnc doue
keschneE rclnarked, Iii you ever saw
Dutclmnn die game you will see ons t.
day." Looltug At the gown, he said be
would pass 1or I: paicst nov, &c, and request
ed 10 have lis undtrslirt uubuttoncd to ems
bic him to get some tobacco. which Eas dong.
Nhcu tue rope WIS plac.ed about Ills neck he
examined II somewhat closely, and usked whT
they did not give him ak rope, and desired
them not to Tie his hands, Which request was
granted.
Meanwhile some seventy persons had as-
semblcd IL tho yard. and as :hr procession
emerged from the prison the hum Of convcr-
sation subsidized into profound silence,
The pTisoncr walked with firm step to the
gallows, end on reaching the loot oi it sal
= 1t il not cvrry one who could walk up stairs
like met Aflcr resting moment OF two he
roec and said A. Gentlemen and ladics,-no
ladies here-l drew good crowd both inside
and outside, before and behind nc. and
larger than Dan Rice with Ills great show ever
drew in this city. Therefore when I an
dead aud In my gTnyc and all my bones
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