The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-04-26

and struggled for several seconds
strength and consciousness forsas, "
The pulse of each ceased to = =
about ID minutes u y
The bodies were allowed to ham,.
minutes, when they were taken d1oo
placed in their cofins, which NV . 7
prepared by Robert Evans, UNDER. lOI
Houser's face in death a2pearej Il 4
and placid !; Buser's was violens. i
| torted e
At 130 o'clock, seventy.eigbt -: eie'
after the drop fell, the bodies Vs,a q
veyed to the Catholic cemetery an e
| ried %:
And thus passed away fromOf II.
of the earth, ANONYMOUSLY and unpo,.-
by so much as single tear, DanisR,
and John B. Houser. They were s1.e
~ adjudged by their fellow-men to /
been disgrace to the world and an sDs
to society, and fit only to die
They have died, and the murds, b
Polly Pauland Cassie Munday is ageRy
NO CONFESSION. u
Neither Buser nor Houser made -
NAL statement for the public 1t is
understood, however, that they both s
upon the scaffoli protesting their il ~
cence, Houser declaring he knew not Qn
whatever of the murder up 20 the mlgs,kog
he was taken into custody by the ofesr Il 8
the law, aud Buser admitting his -
only to the extent of acknow hedging N
he knew in advance that the murder u
to be committed, "a
THE DRESS OF DEATH. X
Buser was dressed in black cloth ~ 2
gray pants, white shirt, and well-pohs.
shoes he was cleanly shaven. Hos
was similarly attired, with the exce,i
that he had on pair of soldier pau.
looms. He wore a mustache 2
NO FRIENDS g
Not single relative or friend Of ell fes
of the men was present at the executi9 p {
to shed a tear over their sad fate, or cla; IIHs
their eyes in death. They were buris At
by public charity. =,
THE GALLoWs TAKEN DOWN. /;
A couple of hours after the exeeufa 81
the gal.ows was taken down and the is.
pOrary wall enclosing it removed.
DYING REQUESTS.
Shortly before the execution, Hza
5equeathed set of beads and a crutl1
to SIR. John NJ Mullen, watchman of Il
Jail. He also gave crucifx 10 VI
Beckle Hadse, young lady living III Il
Jail.
JOHN BAPTTsTE HoUSER.
Houser was German by extracti01,
and was about 50 years of age. lie va,
born In Illinois, but his parents removed
to New Jersey while he was yet dn infant
He learned the trade Of glass fatteaer IL
New Jersey. In 1850, he removed
Pitts5urg, which place he called his hon
up to the time of his arrest. Ia 1881. III
married into bad family" lie
himself said. Through the persuasion dhi
his father-in-law, he was induced to CON
nit a ROBBERY shortly after be had mar
ried; he was caught by the police in h
act, and was sent to the penitentia-y-
During this his first term OF imprisonmel
he became acquainted with Buser, VIII
was also an inmate of the peniten;iary So
the time. Shortly after he had seryedvM
his term and had been discharged, be iei
in with Buser, who had sot out first
While taking walk in company, the tF
were arrested by the police of Pittsbuf: I
on charge Of burglary, and again sent u /
the penitentiary. Houser assured US that
he had no hand n this crime. Emerging
from the penitentiary in May last, entirely
penniless, he vent with Buser to MIS-
Miller's, in Allegheny city, where be
stayed week or two He then borrowed
$500, and started on a cupping and eeeh-
ing expedition to Beaver county. HeFa'
in that county The day of the murder, he
stou:ly asserted. He returned to Ale
gheny a couple of days after the murder,
and was shortly after arrested by Hague
and M'Kelvey. He said he had no GnOw
edge whatever of the murder Gnli! after Isl
was committed.
SHARP PRACTICE.
The Pitts5urg Dispa'ch makes the fol-I
lowing mention of bit Of sharp practice
on the part of Houser: He had been
raised a Catholic, but had fallen out of the
pale of the church through his misdeeds
One day he met the pastor of the St. Nj.
chaePs Church, in Birmingham, whis5
structure was then being built, and aftf
narrating pitiful story of how he haa
fallen from grace, expressed willIqs9esS
to reform. But ne desired to do good int,
and if the good priest would accepts chsE-
liable donation towards the Church, Dc
would make one. The priest sigOited hh
readiness to accept the proposed aid, WHERE
upon Houser handed him hundred do!-
lar bill, requesting the clergyman to taA'
half of it. The priest did SO, giving MN
fifty dollars in gold as change. lmaglI'
the astonishment of the unsuspecting pre-
late when he found that ne had been VIC
timized He had but recently landed iroI
Germany, and was blissfuliy Ignorant u
tho oDrranov Of ,ha oOuDfrV EOuSer ua-