Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-05-17

through the city and suspended on glib
bets; after which thev were drawn
asunder by four horses. The Earl of
Athel, though not an actor but an instca-
tor, in the murder, and an old man of
seventy years, was bound to n pillar, and
a red-hot iron crown placed upon his
head He was afterward publicly tortur-
ed Tor three days his heart ut last was
cut out ana burned, and his body hehead-
ed and quartered But the most horrible
punishment was reserved for the chief
conspirator, Sir r Graham. He was
mailed to pole, in state of entire nudity,
his hand cut off and burned before his
face, and then drawn in cart through
the town, with two executioners placed
by him, who continually cut and gashed
his DO 'y with hooked Instruments and
red hot irons, ''the whole musckels of his
body, says the Scottish historian, Sir
James Balfour. being cut in long slitts !"
This excruciating torture excited the pity
OF the behoiders, who turned with disgust
from the appalling sight Covered with
blood and disigured with ghastlv wounds
he was then cast into n nauseous, horrid
dungeon, from which he was brought
forth, on the third day, for final execution.
He was beheaded, his heart cast into a
fire, his body quarted, and sent to four
principal towns in the kingdom while his
head was set over the west post gate of
the city of Edinourg
1t has been generally believed that Ed
ward V. and his brother, the Duke of York
were assassinated in the Tower of Ions
don, III 1889, by order Of Gloucester, af-
terward Richard III, but the whole affair
is shronded in mystery, and, although
we have the authority Of Sir Thomas
/ Moore and Lord Bacon, followed bv
/ Hume for the fact Of the murder, some
doubt has been thrown over it by modern
| historians
/ We pass over several plots for the as
sassination Of English soverei.ns. which
reached no successful issue Babbinc-
tons conspiracy to murder Elizabeth
! Eawkes' plot against James l., and to call
to mind the remarkable assassination of
I William, Prince Of Orange. in the city Of
! Delft, in 1854, So wildly described bv
Motlev, in his Rise Of the Dutch Rcpub-
1 lie
/ Cardinal Granville and Phillip Of Spain
set Il price upon the head of William,
/ Prince of Orange, in the following words:
"1nE BAN.
eve expose the said William of Mas
Sau rs an enemy of the human race, Civ
in@ his property to all who may seize it
And if any of our subjects, or any stranc-
er, should be found sufficiently generous
of heart to RID us of this pest delivering
him to us, alv, or dead. or taking his
/ life, we will cause to he furnished to him,
/ Immediately after the deed shall have been
crowns in gold. IF he have committed
any crime, however henious, we promise
TO pard0n him; and if lie be not already
noble, we will ennoble him for his valor.
In consequence of this infamous offer
five attempts were made to assinate Will
liam, Prince Of Orange, within the period
of two years, Sal>eda and Baza sought
/ to poison him in 1882, but were detected
Baza committed suicide in prison, and the
| wretched Salseda was condemned and
! torn to pieces bv four hourses hitched to
his limbs In 1858 Pietro Dordogno was
executed for seeking to ass@ssinatc the
/ Prince
I In 1884 Hans IIanzoon was executed
for attempting TO destroy the Prince By
means of gunpowder concealed urder his
house and under his seat in church "He
confirmed" SAYS Motley the historian,
that he had discussed the details of the
enterprise with the Spanish Ambassador
! N Paris. lie Goth, French Officer was
also bribcd to poison the Prince, but af-
forwards revealed the plot to him, and
remained his faithful friend Thus the
Spanish Government had made five unsuc-
cesslGl attempt, to assassinate It's great
: adversary, and the greatest statesman and
purest patriot who ever lived in Europe
4 sixth, and too successful. attempt speed;
J ~ InllOWel. 1'a!tn1E1r bernrG, Z native
of burgundy, had introduced himself to
the Prince rs the son Of n man who had
been put to death fer his devotion tn the
Princes cause ami church. lie told the
guard who stood before the Princes
door that he needed some money to par-
chase some shoes and stockings The
guard communicated the fact TO his mas
ter, who instantly ssnt Balthazar purse
TIE assassin took the money and purchas-
ed pair of pistols from soldier-who,
on hearing of the horrid use to which the
pistols had been applied, stabbed himself
to the heart.
On Tuesday, the 10th of July, 1884, the
Prince, with his wife on his arm, followed
bv the member, IF his family, were going
to dinner when Gerard presented himself
at the doorway and demanded I pas,ror.
The Princess. struck with the pale and