The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-11-27
TWO DEATHS ON rHE GALLows.
Strange Coptrast.


enet ayouns man In the bloom Of youth Of te.p.ets
BILE connections and one who had toush, sa.n,,v q,
the country during the late war for tho Union. p.a
epcnslty ofhis crimo In the si vsra a, Buffalo Tn.
crime Tor which the unfortunate man VA eteeuted,
vss the brutal murder of . soldier n.m.s uepnins.
saoi IN INC evening OF Friday. Sept 2pth vA found
IN That eitv, With hi, tody terribly battered and
ns The pcrpotr,,oy ON on" Iolnnns TO ksrchener
uronsht 10 trial and convicted From the tim. of IN.
m,s d W. 70 une very moment when he stood upon tho
a uIvh hieiehener exhibited = cheerfu meas and
.awrcrard for the terrihl. tate which sraited him
~ 'cIntahe, and, scarcely tquaed IN The history
nun ftepueniy sudins, even in a iocoss n,.nner.
hunss shoS' which was about TO take place. and IN
Nhlch no .n 10 act the leading part On m. morn
ing Of the day preceding The eIecu,ion. The con.
uenlhed man was visited by several member, Of the
go" shn Hhoin he eonvered freely upon the sub
II W MS coming execution, betrayins not tho
slshtest SYMPTOM Of -eakne... ON beins nted by a
'ro,lst nov he felt he answered, Oh pretty -c
nottmen w the yard, he jocorely remarked, Well
,eem, ,hey are setting that old mast ready" and
sigro onea III, head forward, /. II eager TO eet's
.eoly remarkins thn he had known Tor several dsys
,h.n Rne4Natlons we're soins on TO hang him, aud
S9menced to take out the pieces Of the old "a saow,
70 n,o informed those present that he -as "eoins
good puff In the papers," that IL would probably
N printed Y al thc pepors In the tinted State, aud
els,.n , ,enld ,S mske the pape- sell we'll" lie de-
be no more Killed that man tIIenninri thsn
IN enid thTre year old" lie said he would
that dafk cell Who could Si,ep a. .oundIV
,ha ~" eat eat with a. rood an specific as he did
"sood honest t.t on tho s"slos nroDide NV I Tho
suihcIito- would admit his brother. sister-in-iaw
aua ne sirl Elizabeth Weaver, to whom ho was Gu
would stand like .,ict, and not saw q word -
MonSh .tct ne ne could tsh f9I two hours, and make
TO his trial, he sad that the auihofite, had rushed
ever thing through from the time Of hi. arrest and
hurried nm along a. Grant did At Five Fort., when
he loid hh soldiers W tecp on ti they rot thorc"
le suprcscd he said, that they would five hi. body
70 ms iolss after he sn dead, and they would lury
would so hack N Dutch Td,sn once NOR. /" ON
Thur'day evening the father, brother, si.ter and
pIhoher all OF vhou were deeply ahected, and
sep, bitterly, kierchensr, however, attn
maintaining his remarkable hrmne,s and
uFcd TO confess his suit, he ,esdfnstiy refused 10
make any confession, and tclcntcdr reiterated hIs
him aud said Michael Michael my .on gIg s",,
kll that nnn - he replied, have i,ld va, a Jovc,
times that did not kl the man, aud tell you 30
execution, tho relatives and afiancrd of The con-
demned man tosethet with his ,piritu.l siylsor.,
The prisoner The eifl 10 whom he had bee a engaged
-epi bitterly Curing the interview aud beeoue hi him
70 comics hs sniii he we're guity; His reply was
cannot quit this world with lie on my lir-"
ON taking leave Of the prisoner the gr cried a. n
her heart would brcs. but be told her mot to cry,
S u would do no good" and his we're the only dry
eyes In the room. When the oiicor approached With
The blsck gon u, he arose oheerfnlly ani put ID on
olrervlng "lt i-s good looking thing 10 20 10 lie
coal collar in. and said he thoush he would pas, Tor
priest now, llo said he wanted his undor,hirt IN.
luttoned nnd wished to set some tobacco Of his
TO- k"t before he went down, ~ he could not at
!, then. When the ropo was placed about hi. necI,
he said III was apie,ty good wstch-ohsin," and uked
Why the county couldn't Give lln silk rope" The
time appointed Tor the execution having arrived the
gailor nov approached the prisoner, aud gave him
SfS dl TO oT g vi S S 10 81: p' aud sd
tion, said, II am Te,iy, | have been ready these
tSo hour ON reaching tho salloss he said, 1T
thlE'' aud on toiching the top, said, "tentemrn
and LAdie, though believe thore are no ladies
here am drawing hig crowd today ostside aud
lnaide before me and behind me, lAfser than ian
Rlco's cIrCuf ever did when I'm In my grave, and
roiton and forgotten, you'll Tememler me-. / have
name. Atter long paue he continued We have
a got 70 leave ihi. World" aud ~e can't tell when
ni tno TO prepare for death, aud have done 20. l
have but little time to llvoyIhe trap, took ng al i'll
poct 70 he In the other world In ie. mInutes" lie
detailed the case Of suppo'ct murder, similar In
tome Icspcol~ 10 that ioI uhieh he had 10 suffer,
committed on lime In Charleston, South Carolina |
md m which the convicted ma. was shown TO bc
and afterwards rcprieysd. lie stopped |
here and said, " should io 10 get chew OF tobacco
/ ! can" and sat down u chair which stood upon |
he ,canof win the expression, excuse me genle.
men" with such and other similar uverancos |
me prisoner occupied the slime uutil IL O'Clock, |
shen alter a prayer BY the attendant Clergyman |
me blrek esp was drawn over tho prisoners eyes, |
shu the ROPE adjusted, during which procedure |
kiefcAner remarked 10 those present that they |
tould |" Now see hov a hold nutchnan can die" |
eteied tho rope, aud tho body OF Michael Klefchner
lung dansling In the air. Tho neck WAS not broken
ly he ia and Tor several minutes be strut red and
TRAPPED IN the most feaTfu. manner A. II suffering |
no inien-fst agony, now drawing the knees upward |
mn ihey nearly touched the chin ami agsln twipt.
nf and wrenehing the body until IL swAyed yioenty
leneAth the oieaking jibbe'. For full thirteen mi |
in.e' after the sprnsins Of he trap these conyul.
nesetc at he eIpraiop Of sh1s c S's TO- SaS .es
eAsed to leat The body was cut down and delivered
o the members OF his family.
CRIMINAL AFRAID TO ma
In striking contrast with the strange incidents and
liter reckle'sness displayed by young Kierchener
Turing his last moments were those accompanying
no execution, At Mortisosn, n. j., on the ZANE day
u feter Cucuel frenchman, who, on the 23d Of
november last, stabbed hs aged wife TO the heart for
10 other reason than fAncied conspiracy b.tvcen
eiself and neighbor 10 dofraud him Of some az
olafs. since his condemnation, tho prisoner bns
huiDlWd weakness seldom observed ia those con-
Aecu ION as som ,thnr go honibe that suicide was
AZ preferable. lie even tired to staTvo himself To
'hh ~ AbstAInlng fIOm iOOd for several da,s at a
lme At times during his long imprisonment hopes
lIeprieve we're entertained by the cOndomnCi man.
t oh 'nn aly preceding that appointed for che exec
uNpY' All nope was given up, aud for the hist
me be requested that his children might be alow,d
,S1 S,sm ni'a Ihey came, and th' sccn' may bo
nh-.hel' was al all 'lnr one. AA the hour sppout-
u y iyt hs execution dieE near, tho oGcitetaClt aud
'pualioh OF the mis- ;abe old man b,cau.e more
pa more intense, until At ii O'Clock, when the
oaii en- cred the cell to pTtpgit he prilOler lor
~, A,L,ution ne became 90 completely overcome with |
o,n hi. 70 be unable TO stand, but lAI gIoyelling
p pDn hls boo, crying lto chiid, aud Ihrieking In
m va aeOny so completely pgos,ra cd WA he that
M gS1en n1noi OF speech finally erttd him, aud hs
Iiou apoul and wrung his hands ike ono bereft on
~ ,onee OF Ieason. Tho time for leading iurth the
sS" ,o nor r execution having ani'ed. o1ols weIo
''eHeu lie still lay upon he cot pow less, and
WI Iouhd heccsSAry to br hln into u char |
WIS helpless conii on his arms were |