The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-05-04


limbs and pulling of their flesh 10 greet
pieces. After two hours of this torture,
they were carried through the city ed
suspended on gibbe,s; after which they
were drawn asunder by four horses. The
Earl Of Athel, though not ~ actor, b.
an instigator in the murder, end 40 old
man of seventy years, was bound to .
pillar, and a red hot iron crown plsced
upon his head He was sfterwsrd pub.
llcly tortured for three days; his heart
a. last wac cut out and burned, and lie
body beheaded aud quartersd. But the
most horrible punishment was reserved
for the chief conspirator, Sir r Grshsu.
He was nailed to pole, in . state Of %.
tire nudity, his hand cut of aud burpsd
before his face, and thea drawn Ia . cert
through the town, with two executionsss
placed by him, who cou,inuslly cut sd
gashed his body with hooked instru.
msuts and red hot irons, "hs whole
nusckells of his body" says the Scottish
historian, Sir James Belfour, "beipg cut
in long Sits" This excrueis,iog tor
turc excited the pity OF the beholdsrs,
who turned with disgust from the sppsll-
ing sight. Covered with blood and dis
figured with CHASTITY wounds he wss then
cast into q nsuseous. horrid dungeon,
from which he was brought forth, on the
third day, for fnal execution. He wss
beheaded, his heart cast into q Ere, his
body quartered, and sent to the four
principal towns in the kingdom, While
his head was set over tho west post gate
Of the city Of Edinburg.
1t has been generally believed that Ed.
ward Y and his brother. the Duke Of
York, were sssassinated in the Tower Of
London, in 1888, by order of Gloucester,
afterward Richard Ill, but the whole
affair is shrouded in mystery, and, II.
though VIC have the authority Of Sir
Thomas Moore and Lord Bacon, followed
by Hume, for the fact Of the murder,
some doubt has been thrown over it BY
modern historians.
We pass over several plots for the -.
sassination Of English sovercigns, which
reached no successful insue Babbing-
tons conspiracy to murder Elizabeth,
Fawkes' plot against James l., and to
call to mind the remarkable sssassi nation
Of William, Prince Of Orange. in the city
of Delft, in 1884, so vividly described
by Motley, in his rise of the Dutch Re.
public.
Cardinal Granville and Philip Of Spain
set price upon the head Of Willism,
Prince of Orange, in the following words:
"THE BAN
"Wc expose the said William Of Mas.
sau as an enemy to tho human race, Civ.
ing his property to all who may seize it.
And If any Of our subjects, or any strau.
ger, should be found sufficiently gcner.
Gus Of heart to rid us Of this pest, deliv.
ering him to US, alive or dead, or taking
his life, we will cause to be furnished to
him, immediately sfter the deed shsn
have been done, the sum of twenty five
thousand crowns in gold. If he have
committed any crime, however brnious,
we promise to pardon him; and if he be
not already noble, We will ennoble him
for his vrlor."
Ia consequence Of thi. iofamou. offer
FIVE attempts were made to ssssssinote
William, Prince of Orange, within tho
period Of two years Sslseda and Bsza
sought to poison him in 1882, but were
detected. Baza committed suicide in
prison, aud tho wrctched Salseda vas
condemned and torn to pieces by four
horses hitched to his limbs. In 1888
Pictro Dordogno was executed for seek
ing to assassinatc the Prince.
In 1884 Haas IIaDzoon VS. executed
for attempting to destroy the Prince BY
means Of gunpowder concealed under his
house and under his seat in the church.
"He confirmed" says Motley the histo-
riap, "that he had discussed the details
of the enterprise with the Spanish Am
hassador iD Paris" lie Goth, a French
officer, was also bribed to poison the
Prince, but afterwards revealed tho plot
to him, aud remained his faithful friend.
Thus the Spanish Government had made
five unsuccessful attempts to assinate its
great adversary, and the greatest states.
man and purest patriot who ever lived 10
Europe. A sixth, and two successful,
attempt speedily followed. Bathszsr
Gerard, rative of Burgundy, had 10.
troduccd himself to the Prince as the
son Of man who had been put to death
for his devotion to the Princes cause
and church He told the guard who
stood before the Princes that he needed
some money to purchase some shoes and
stockings The guard communicated the
fact to his master, who instantly sent
Balthazer purse 1he assassin took tho
money and purchased a pair of pistols
from a soldicr-who, on hearing of the
hnrrid use to which the pistols hsd been
applied, stabbed himself to the heart
On Tuesday, the 10th of July, 1854,
the Prince, with his wife on his arm,
followed by the members Of his family,
were going TO- dinner when Gerard pre-.
.en,ed himself at thesdoorway and de.
manded passport The Princess, struck
with the pale and agita.cd countenance
of the man, anxiously questioned her
husband concerning the stranger. The
Prince carelessly observed that "it was