New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-03

Els AdoN1Es OF NIFD.
lFrora A. PhIIadsIphla gandar TImsz.l


From the Phladsphta snnday Times.I
We have seen the murderer Probst in his cell in
before the inquest held over the
remains Of his Victims before the court Of the
quarter sessions, where he was arraIgned upon the
charge Of murder.
Probst said at his last interview with Chief
Franklin, that ne would welcome the hour that
brought his execution. He is dragging out hours
of unltterable misery. and looks forward to death
as 2 2 welcome relief He is imprisoned in the same
ceH n which the murderer Berger died Of apo
pisy q ~ neavy bolt j. fastened into the center
Vi we Aoor and chain fastened to this clasps the
HaEuefer's leg. Its length allows him lust guff-
cient room 70 he upon mattress which il his bed,
which he receives his food
He still adheres to his original statement that he
mad an aecomphce IN the murders. Chief Frank
lin has not only secured Philadelphia but New
York also in pursuit of the man he desarihaq
The search has proved wholly in vain; and rom
the christian gentleman who administers to him.
the pastor Of the Roman Catholic church at the
corner Of Fourth and Reed Streets to the chief Of
police and mayor of the city, no one having cog
zance of the case credits one word that the mur-
derer uttefs.
And yet he puts the question shrewdly. "I
know he says, that must be hung. would
gladly step out of this cell, shake off these gives,
and be hung tomorrow. / killed the boy Corne-
lius Carey and held Deering's horse while Jake
killed him and his wife's niece. Of course must
be hung; but he insists, " didn't touch hair
| of the children's heads, and Jake promised me
that the baby and the elder children should suffer
no harm
sin, g haunt me at night ! can see them all
| lying within coffins.'
The physician of the prison has administered 70
| the wretch the most powerful anodynes and
opiates. He seldom sleeps for one full hour
during the night, and then endures the pangs Of
eternal perdition, and sees the phantoms Of his
murdered victims. The miserable man wrote yes
terday letter to his parents in Germany, bidding
| them a final adieu, confessing the crime Of muir
| der, and begging their forgiveness. The letter
will be forwarded according to the directions
bat the contents, except as far as the confession
goes, are evidently q tissue of falsehoods. Chief
Franklin and his detectives have the entire history
| of the man from the time he was mustered
/ out Of the army up to the day ne was engaged by
Mr., Deering: They find that he has six times
/ Jumped the bounty, that he entered the army
three weeks after landing in the country; and
that each time he cheated the government; he
made his headquarters and spent his money at
| German brothel in New York. Every movement
that he made is now known. The people with
whom he associated in these dens of infamy, whe-
theE males or females, have testified to what they
knew concerning him.
The seal of Cain on his forehead has been many
times exhibited since Chief Franklin undertook
the task of learning his history. The coroneris 9
Jury rendered a verdict charging him with the
whole of the eight murders. When we remember
that Mrs. Deering, in two months more, would
again have been mother, the eight murders arc
increased TO nine. The grand jury indicted him as
solely guilty of the entire massacre. The district
ab.uFusy, EelsCthS dS Iaiss te eIeiES SUI VA nO
prisoner, will try him for the entire butchery.
There was put into his cell the other day mar
:. with manacles upon his wrists. He played the
: part of q sentenced murderer To him Prohst ad
u mitted that he had got thousand dollars froB
. the murdered family. He did not say what ha'
a become of the money. What has become of wha
4 he did obtain viii probably be never known. Per
a. niless and miserable il was supposed that Pr0hs
on the night that he was arrested, was wendin
:, his way to the almshouse OF which he he'd befor
y been an inmate. He was a Yagabond by nature
and the commission of murder in no case altered
+ his Instincts.