New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-09
TIE HANGING OF PROBST,
LAST HOURS OF TIE CONDEMNED.
A QUIET EXECUTION.



piulu.IrmA June r, ls0o.
Ncar me old Point House n the First Ward OF
PHILADELPHIA oght murders che 1th Of ApriI are com
fed lonely flrm BOZ Joncsf.arc On the llih ine
rcfrsof discovered ftc l2 he nlrdorcr arrested
o. tto qih ms uial BE- begun The verdict "gaiy ln The
o., degree 10 brought tte .-th BE- BE- sentenced May
b, s hanged taaes Mine weeks nclldc DIE crime con
tlotIor. and punishment
Teh.iort of most murders s e history Of long previous
snuinay part Of o destroyer Of intense and un
sliufatc tlnfaton Che of che victim IN tbs nui
iufs ~ secret guilt th torture 81 centennial rrovocnion
uetue found 90 'he hlyrth uai ends 30 mqri'r Hul
Che meagcr Incident. Which can be- cleaned from career Of
Anton rfot.t have he narrowly scrunnled b. fore s
ssut motive b. discovered or vast crime fow as these
irfdrrs arc fhcy prove that d. aspendtri and th"
Of money che root Of ado tho evil y" hns done
Nhsnevtf bel had money lt epel To- Ahor Dol discharged
non tlc rnh Pennsylvania Cavalry be spent al hs bounty
uonev ia two weeks brutal Anton rrobs had been
80 spoiled of wealthy 20 could no have shown
greater prelsroson toward reckless expenditure for the
means Of afffr 0Ymcrt Hc Rad touch o sardtapus ~
Am scrsua. pleasure tic aim 81 Die existence lie
void have made lie lager beer saloon and AID be- duties
endless games Of bagaiene Rom In uehngen, Baden In
its he was among nnuelecs not remarkable fo Their
morality.
~ father although q carpenter never had him taught
trade 900 tcff Dim hone engaged in doing whatever
a. ouut farming fho nocofcs ~ tAe household required
Ttcarhoui sl hs this country Anton hf never
shown any propensity Gf Nolk Two hours AFTER having
LANDED he allowed himself be- enlisted The 18th New YORK
sasort aod tte ong time he heard ofosa abore when
after orc or two descors lo discovered pckns peaches
MARYLAND o. bic monty exhausted be- iraups down toward
~ No,k and bess work q the family whom be subsequently
nudor Evcy incident of ls ne becomes absorbing when
remembers may. BOZ remote degree be nn antecc'
cent bio of che peeur mnrdor b. horrible polvru
roots end no one Knows where rdseyo view Of TIE
tnown part % Die Die tckeuinr. Oue degraded figure
moves through from tte army. an inmate 81 an
sssiosso pcnnics oafs around bow rfofgcros sWcicr
irg peach picker Maryland with ho dreadful hands Of The
fgcf selling on him De- w0fk foot sore. mnortunltc
iiampcr around o ouland o. The Neck monsous phan
iom suddenly arss che midst n loving households fear
end loy With hat rame'ess Something about him
o. rtch te good and .hudde aud pale with bru
a. past behind bin in which single lovely flower Of mem
sry blooms be- Gs solitary fgurc across the lonely moors
finds comfort and welcome whore be has e IN requtal
tutelery and blood And intervals between deserton and
reach picking and road mcndiug aud che confaesceuce ~
spends che nights n haguios and The days
at tarnieo Hc las good deti o. th' youpnls love Of
Isasare wholesale Is ue patchwork Of enforced labor.
And Vulgar dobauoteres he hoard proceeds Of that
lshof procure Ia this Anton rrobst much q an enigma
after ala lie IL only an unrsfned brute wnen
he deceived into NJ Deerug house In st5 he re-
mains only bot long enough to know taat his
employer Keeps money IN tie house.
Interval u probable tehanoh be returns 70 MI
peering and mporiuues 10 be taken back again With
ulai obectf Ia tie hs confession. made up
flouv Ike an evil spirit In a dream gdes into bis imagina
ton TIE ndsinct shadow Of distant murder It's features
are hidden and NJ form dim bu; its shadow seen and its
presence felt Ike that Of Infinite Being maevoier and
Even Anton pays long before be does is oddng
Then cones appalling history Of bis lying wait dsy by
Say Al In hand In the early morning when natures parted
Ire are touched with the beuedcon Of the dawn be lies in
wait and shudder and walks out Of the hearing Of the
shdrers head AT length morning comes that
10 dark raining and cold" II lie the morning Of saur-
oftrr al ia
The master Of the house goes the city Anton to the
fed lie crosses the threshold Man be viii Teeross 1t
Murderer The sardanapaus within him strong for
ain 70 remain less. II 3 ignorant mind wealth and
pleasure and safety money Of which murder will open
me lock that early pr morning DARK raining and
cold AZ he scans the solitary fmands which at this very
lour being talked about by millions TO the ends Of
the earth very little faterng in bis ere II strike
rsc boy who slept With him unshrinEogy the hight
before-ere by he uutaes the bodies Of young
children and Stakes them with blood from the stu warm
breast fher who bore and nourished them.
Tie true exposition Of crime is found after al in
she last words Of bis confession;
Amer killed the fs boy did hundred
al without caring do not know why felt that way bad
feeling against the family only wanted the money; they
hoeed when killed them do not know whether Of the
boys TIRE. ~ be band g9e:, M Dee1g 60, her S,b Sand
did bOt leave the baby because afraid IL would
BABY md So looi and s, vas tie reason cut in tie
shoulder"
Then comes the story Of the dismal incidents he quits
the lonely and his back upon the rPenDg
ned which changed seeldamA the rObbog and
examination Of the pocket books the lonely and ieisurey
past rainy evening setting the boiling Of the
and windows the sacDg and pundeng Of the house,
The feeding Of the chickens and the cattle and the buryng
away in the black night to the unnatural dbaucheres Of
horrible brothes and groggeries.
AN AAIABLE sHRRITF.
So munihcent were the arrangements made by Sheriff
Howell thu, with the utmost difficulty any reporters
PTsop Ifse Sheriff had good reasons for placing
way Of the press they VIII ch
public should be fully informed in regard to
the circumstances under which Proos was erecnted snd
The public receiving Information He bad had letters ad
dressed to him from all parts Of the co9nry-etters which
~. asty e' 10 answer by reiSsss He had been i'm
poruned for sI weeks numberess parties representing
thss he sheriff suffering headache and sntcipa
tOR Of fever Another thing which determined him
upon stringent the fact that the last execution
hsd been witnessed BY 500 people and that after was
over than 50 empty whisky bottles had been found
s,reWn around the prison yard Sheriff Howells mind is
probably Of the logical and demonsratve order and thus
able between whisky bottles and newspaper CORE
spondsn an affinity which Of people with bis
ihis may Sheriff Howell has exercised considerable
nHus and Of the Which,
frOest LEFT this world and went into sn' next.
day in the yard Of the Jail and the
company down to the smallest possible number BY
the Sheriff himself The quantity OF whisky bottles et IN ,ne
sBce.
While these preiminsries going the time had ap
preached when the gaows wait no longer for It's sacr
s6 i tSe ss Of tn. Jail ordinary had been built he
Of one Of the wings IN the western part OF the yard
ss ss5s I and Wam s@ns in sight q many Of the
prisoners Armstrong II remember right was hung near
.ie nylem rmcd