, 1866-01-13
EUROPE.
Reported Peace Be-
tween Spain and
Chill.
SPAIN ALARMED AT GILLIAN
!. PRlVATEERS.
Maximilian Snubbed by
the Pope.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
An Important Postal Bill.
| EXCITING DEBATE ON THE
NEGRO SUFFRAGE
BILL.
THE ICE-BREAK AT
! ST. LOUIS.
Eight Steamers Sunk~~Loss,
S225,000. j.
Attempted Assassination Of
Senator Wade.
TIE PITTSBURGH EXECU.
Tl0N.
HANGING OF TIE B0YD'S HILL
/ MURDERERS.
Important Order from Gen
| Grant.
UNION SOLDIERS AND LOYAL
CITIZENS In the SOUTH
TO BE PROTECTED.
THE COLORADO QUESTION
; The President Declines to lsSuI
II The Stale Proclamation.
rnE DTnHCnTpTIF TVErII
UNION SOLDIERS AND LOYAL
CITIZENS III the SOUTH
TO BE PROTECTED.
THE COLORADO QUESTION.
The President Declines to Issue
the Stale Proclamation.
THE PITTSBURGH EXECU-
TION.

The EXECUTION OF the HOy0sS Kill m0r.
derers-Narra1fye Of Their Crlsucs-
How They Were Arre~ted-Scene~ nj
tbc GAIlosgA-Protessatto Of lnno-
cence-Thc Final ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
t1on Of the BodtcA-Ete., Etc.
lspectu Despatch to the Chicago 7ttbunel
PH7sBUB6a, Jan. II.
To-day at five 1nfnuteH past one O'clock Ben3A-
min Barnhardt. MatnhaA End August Ffecke,
the notorious BoydHs Hin uu-derers. were e4ecu1-
ed IN the jail 5art in thit city The crime for which
they were executed var probably the most afro
caous that WIS ever committed in this vicinity and
hss become u0toEious everywhere, eyeu amid the
hood Of crime thnt IL weeping oser all psrts ot
the country. A brief sketch Of the cdrcuuastances
ay 20: he a. Inappropriate preface to the dese.p-
Early On the mo1nire Of the e4th Of Ausnst last.
4sa workman Eas czns=iug bo5d's 1ill N the
oi 1 Murdered msn lying By deserted brick yard.
sone ftt1}e distance from The rpad- An eIRuatna.
don khowed tia, the murder Ind been a brutal as
beavy ns.rusnent hsd been delivered ac7oes he
he urpu jsw, md breaking to he cheek sbones:
horrible vonnds hid been inflicted In two
n naas 9e 9e ss b M n,sis esow Wss Or sac
sna7ecief ihat it would Of ttselt prove ea.al Il
uss evident that The deed had been done fos The
n1l hIs pockets turned inside ont. and had been
rifed Of hit hat Fboes and stockings. Further than
tbie, however, noth,ng could be iearned The man
Was 10TH stranger here, md 10 trace either of his
idcn'1y nr OF the petpetsstor Of the murder could
The clue wns furnished most proyiaent,a1y and
Unexpectedly. On the morning Of the 90th Of Sep
timber burglar WIS caught eeespinS from house
hc had rubbed. On being before Mayor Lowry he
bis name q T. pla b nph.,ds M,r.hs
| IN robbeytcs and butEaa13cs. nnd II e1antn-
/ ing lot of stolen goods " biz bo1se there
found s%s elepd{ Is o3 sohae sR Wis., Whsn
shall leaned Of these dftcoVcries be sent fot
Tie Mayor and declared hsmee!t one OF the murder
Of ne Eoya ~ I'd hs oa ts.t BE-
tiiscovered that be had money and agreed to mur
5s ess At ,au ey Seyyd
End there Elaughie1ed btm in the hasbarous manae'
described lnt1ead Of making their escape troa ths
Of robbey, ahich resal,ed ii thesl maj apprehen
| Tie a,1c*t Of Frecke followed soon alter Mar
shall's confession. and the Two were promptly pm
on tiaL Marshall was admitted ss = wines
! aga1n<t Frecke. sud on bis testimony manly. bot
were convicted OF murder il the nset degree. To
4 gteat portion Of the n1c1t was epent hy botl
the W1etettd men in devotional exeraset, and afte
thetf spiritual advisers had deparsed the two ie1oa
During The evening aafrhAl bad received 4 tzre
well risf IRON his wI3r and children md bad bee1
very much broken down Afterwards, however, b
FFccke. rho until within = week past had ehow1
! coN1Td3y t1ep1dAtion, WIS more calm and eheerfu
thsn ever before since biz ar1ett. In the morning
their spiritual Eu1sa,anz ngain visited them a1s
remained with them TIT The last.
The day vas Fuch day a. CONES only to Londpl
and fittronr:h. dsfk, es.,nal and ratuy. At a y
| Nesr filed With Eroupe Of people. and n the boa
approached the rroupf became crowds. although al
knew that the5 could not Obtain entrance Amoat
down IN s.ate Of abto1ute distinction. Inside ii.
sails o. The jail yard nari' f" ePsSts,.o['
upr1Fh,s a VIII e5ots.besm to which the rope
were attached ard fcaGold abou. three leet iron
The os 31 TAP sa aeos gt ;als - sea e. r.
Al a little before o'clock tbe prisoners, escorts
panied BY their cle1symen, tbe ne7. Fathers Wcn
sa1Eed f1m15 and w3phoas r isl'eanr.% M % Marshall ad
ane 'oone ,ne ees !sa nae on
hc "a: Hr ,1en6isd yltiblJ in every limb n b
Freele csme up much more firmly than rsas c1
pcc1ed. not trernhling Of showing any thriuk1u
whatever. some time was spent By she two me-
Msrshan kissed the crslctd1 ana received abeolu
ton Ftecke, as the rope was adjusted shout ht
| neck, turned TO Masrhau, ano eeid In German
Come, Marshall, contefe that | an innocent
Marshall enid nothing. and Frecke turned to tn
epcctatn1A and fnld: :" Alden, friends. die tnnn
cent- hase to tfave1 this road. and dont fear Il
God will be tnereifn1 To ne for I'm tunoeent-"
Marshall had nothing to my. Thef~ had becn a
expectation that one or the other would make fms
cnnlersicn, but nel1her did. The two then shoo
| hands With thc3r cirrgJnrn. the Rhctid and 1h
warden. As the cap Wae drawn over Frecke's htA
he raid afntn: II an innocent"
With = rigid conFcicntfousneee that does biz
hono1, sheriff Sietrnn had determined himself t
touch the fatsl trigger, and ii precisely i've mir
ules after one 0clock be sprung the trap door, au
fbe two guilty wTetchts hsd seen the last Of east
MsErhal'r neck Was hEnkcn by the taI and b
tcarcely struggled at nlt The rope On Frecke'
| neck becane partially dltaUapged In the fall, m
Instead Of harfnr biz neck broken he died By e1tau
gula.son- Be struggled fea1tnHy, and il VA
thirteen ntnutea before he had ceasci
hit eontorsions: Alter aang.pe thirty minutes IL
! coFpees were taken down and placed In the cotans
| AaTthan looked calm End nzsu18l. Fsecke'
naturally repnlslTc features were distorted i
| death. Marthall'* body will. this evening, b
given 10 his vile. Frscke hAving no relatyes ters
will be buried By the apihortties. So has ended
traredy that has excited the most luteuee exeat*
ncnt and The deepest ahhonence here,
ITz7EBGRou, Jan. 12.-MM.h1 Grinder. convitc
Of poisoning several persons, will be executed o.
! EYidar next.