The New York herald., 1866-04-29
Conviction OF Prebst Of Murder In
lhe First Degree.
= @ E N Es IN COURT
Popular Demonstration Against the
Prisoner.

ment Of his arress-indeed from the moment Of the
discovery O, tho dreadful crime. with all its
~ ~ ' ~
ettenoah, and roVouhg ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, almost
strong as Holy Writ pointed to Probst as the perpetyator
or tho hor,d 1ood >r,a r,,,d.rs uo,o com,u,ad
VI '"' i"'i'U uoou' mo niu'u''S "''' Noi''N
on saturday the 7h day OF April just three weeks from
,,,,, o,d 90, aar,,, ,- r,oso. ox, oxo, ,r ,,,s ,a,
amy w " '' '' '' ' ~ ~ ~
tence-a sentence which VIII consgn him TO mnr-
derers grave aud stamp his name and his crime as
.r, a.. -, ,,.,.,.a a.. ,o.,.u. a., r., s,, a.,
"o"s siio ''o'' '"'a"'ue "i' "'io''olS " w ' VA
the criminal annals of any country. The whole Of
the evidence In the case was circlmsant,al but
80 s,o., n,,,n ,o,. a.. ,,t
.'' '10uo' NA'oA N"N
irg, that no positive evidence could be more
convincing or have greater weight with a iirv
The couns,l assigned Tor his defence called no
harg doubt on and though they addressed the jury
eIoqueny and at length the only Ioin they could pre-
sent for the consideration Of the Jury was the probability
that the murders might have been committed on The
SUNDAY or the Monday upon which days Probs. was
not at the farm and therefore on tat theory could not
have been the murderer. But such theory could
be Tor moment en.euaind IN opposton 10 tha dedu.
uo's v. Euis "hi1n All w N,iOun,"""S a'io'u
ca Una. Ir9os' aionc unaa.a anu un"etteut
Ia" ,s ns .a y, Psea, ~, none, anu w.,n
MS own manu- consisncu an 's Inmates even W t,e nno
cen paDe 70 pioody sIaves. one only o .le Desrins
ls'nny 70 'oi asoua M aeu !" ''e aoo,s ssn yc.'s
little sisters by his fortunate absence from home on the
ia' ia Jay VI .ue nuucis IN an 's uees .'e E
.. o. tne o, ns rng m ia'y y, p,rnap wuous pe, "
presented 10 froDst wncn usually tempt men 70 inoue
tner nanus III cue piooa vi tieii Ieo"s. uwR an mum
received kindly and treated we receiving far wages for
ME services on tne fi t'ere vert no stn's OF au's
or Injuries 70 a'engei tnere was no aaeqau,e lenp',oh
"a .ue shape VI monoy !" po aPPvpfiatsu no cohcvW
spie onect 70 oe itIaneu hat couu innuehce any pa'
one whose instincts anu passions goaded him TO the COM
mission OF some diapohcai CRIME IL was no wonder
then, when the murdered victims OF this crimlnas
crime ~erc IounaLwhch 'he hssng man anu us ia'y
were oiscosefea oy .he nesnpotS % De,sIt OF lie oy
poin'eo a, riops. as tno assassin 'n.t tne iee,
,hss ,s % wno'u Te.y on,a ,ha ,ha
minus ol many mar ane ~ preasua I'M MN, 'nc % I'LL.
Jussce VIII ue saSnea ~ ,ne eSpaon ~ncn ~" % 's~
a1anSs n 40 , anu rda JuSy N rev M @ o,na ,
quie OF .he mutuero, ies.cruay ne w iouhu gu',y
ana on ruesday nc WIZ oe nrough up 20 IeseVe the as
sentence OF tne iaw ana from that day ti the orlei
perod that VIII pe aiiottca niin ne "i no more % re-
qured 10 CONFRONT the CROWDS OF lniufiscu peie-no
more De suD)ec, 70 'ner Muhs-ho noc DC .ons''hhed
~ h1a k or asornd h, nno, Tho S,re n, n.,,,c iii
ne stands unasr h .ne sa"o"s"e uoo" "e n'' 30 iay
Drought upon h'n''o'i
Te scene at the court room in philadelphia Yesterday
was one which would not be in hs city under
any circumstances As early nine O'Clock the parties
provided with tickets of admission began 20 arrye at the
entrance OF tho court on sixth street Tho rst arrival
after our reporter was an AGED ouakcress whose hed
auaked with age who perssteniy pressed her calm
for admission upon the ofncer OF the cour and who.
yielding thereto opened the doors and permicd tho
cient dame 70 cntcr stating our ouse aitcr inns eve
dence OF xinoy sanmssvenes tne aoors aga Opened
and wo entered tie smpe OF justice. bowling our ac-
acknowledgements 70 tnepmcer Ihe court room has
very dngy and diIapidsted scraoly fur.
many places; most mcagre In accommodation except
SO iar as numerous usy aiu-oo'oleu .uaHs,
on i,h p,1c v"n,aon "r ar but Slsp,5, SUNNY
OF s'ove pipe u, arounu no 'no oour. o'n ,"e cr,
GUS 10 '1ais o. muruer began 70 assemo'e ana soon
required al the exeruon OF couple OF onoers, VINO
acted on tne occasion a.ei tne manner o' ushers IN
snsa.ss 70 Keep .1 n,s' .oe,s % % ..o, ~, o, ~ h ho
had Sron, sa sornna ,Ss nn,. ha
prepona renee, nao front seats aorund 'ne outer oa,
ana these were al soon hIed. someumes .
male attendnnt "ouid tSAe hcn. s"" o,
ring forth, THOSE seats are reserved ior the ades
now gcntiemen PROVIDE ourselves WIN seats AZ once
Don take any o. tnese ,hey are lor the iaaes NOT
any OF thesei tney are Ior tne n"ycrs Locne your,
selves In time, or there VIII be no room iet ior yol
eourtcous'y auehans 70 sno ia wn9 oon,,nueu M ~. ~
were kept busy up 20 .he no.. o. zen oolook IneS ~
thero was no more soo e, ~ ~, nv se ne ,pp,s ~ m
crowds o pi.''" who o'' followed The ~ van, and which
were soon .akcn uP V ,s.. an ' os
VINO haa asemuca tr',e, ,na tom h
Hoots and yciis wshii'n the uniofuha,e hhn "nen W
made ms appearance ana ne nhass o p."ic o,.snsa .
,owarus nm uu' sDn9 III" ~, % ~ @ u @ ~,
were agog with expectation ana suppressed exelams,
tons OF ihere heh, ine'e "e s"e'' "e'o ","" MI
around
THE APPEARANCE OF rROBsT.
The portrait OF Probst In Of the illustrated wcehca
s very good Likeness. lie has fair and open foro-
head hui slightly lower snail.
expressionless eyes close together and thst sdo
open 10 look around Il would seem a. n he was nc.
pabe of TAX ng wide or extended glance without
moving his beai for the prrpcse rrom the forehead
down the contour Of the lace - mister the cycs csp~-
cialy; the nose ~ miss"spen, wtnolt rekulat '"'",
short ana the Iowsr laI' srndns oa' aorup.y ss, =,
hor.ontany rom W" ,. ~, psk w pIo.s'uns :,
the day ne heifoin hlcu NY ne" pu' heP' aoons.n'
Dgaze upon inc iedge OF the no,A ociore hu he eh D
ited iittie leeng ocyona hushea p.us Wv
eyes, ant an occasional Out hiho-. npc'ocptpe ueho'
or Wingc, a. tne eyes ol inc 'o"p.e Ne.r
turned on MN ~hen ue Jury oane ,h'o .V".s p
and anSy pronounced we NeIoc. Mhiou Hley
had come TO- Thus he st thronghon, ,he proceealngs
taxing no ho,e ana maniesunR 20 leelns NntesN' m ~
VIVA, 70 nearly oonesineu hlai ~ . "u M.la' nhs
surmisen' thht ~" WISH INV whVe ahhf Nt "f,f 'nu
tha ne wa one ino'e saie li M .s su.n ~ itVps
anu ~ ,ueu ni'nh'' "' 'ohPo'''e "ns'' "' Ni''"s"
the uiaL
THE PRocErDISGs N THE cAsE.
niue after Ten O'Clock duhRe lnRer'h soh nis
seat on the Dench, ana ~ He Juh',, counsel lvi ,he
commonwealth nnd opened ior th. prosecution
on the previous day, The argument IN dei'nce o' the