The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-07

70 Hon. Gideon Weiiss sepTetary Of the SaSy:,'
The Death Sentence OF Probst, the nI;ul4r nIul4r-
. ,!1'i = " ri: deferI: Sn's o i si!. y,'r
OnTuesdgy,I in the Court of Oyer and Term:.
hertG in PhiIadelphia- ALLnoN, LUDLOW,
and PrkntE on the bench when PRopsT, the mur-
derer Of the DEERINa family, vac arraigned for
eantenoe, his coupsel moved an arrest Of judg-
ment: and q new, trial. certain technical
grounds. The. motion, however, was oyerruled,
and Judge ALLIsoN, IN the presence ofna crowded
court room, ana amid totonnd silence, proceeded
To pronounce the aelitencs Of death. nAddr ressirg
the prisoner, the Judge Ishdarked ; '''"' = u
~ none other but sy legal evidence notin the
dence from which therS was NO escspe, most CON;
elusive In ,ita charaoter,h you have been fonnd
guilty Of the cpmmisgGn Of one Of the m9st ap;
3ufisprudence make any mention. A felony 6f
murder unparalleled your heart conceived and
yans hands, executed; m plan most So@pfeheeh-
eoution feleat!ess, brutal, ssvsge beyond pre-
khuaband and father, returning oyhis home,
"a ossE ss5snsh toasg snS gss 5 oSss ss
Whom God had given 70 her-toiHng at Her DO
mestio atar-eher humble freside; ~ companion, or
sSy. sp as Dsss @ Ssd
fourth Hctim, an inofensive visitof, whose sex
won would have not In Vein appealed to Your c6mPas;
Who ssse You sG 5ift Ans
| four helpless! children Of these slaughtefed pa
harm: Of, three Of these, 10 Innocent aud happy
fchildhoodp you had been the daily vitness; isten
cd to heiryodng and merry voices, and perhaps
you; and the fourth . smiling;u tender, gentle
babe, who had not yet learned tolfsp your neme,
Of To- know You as sstranger M thai ihoubehpld;
hsh gas5%sf sESshs ssg 1s by
the monster, In the shape OF man, who d1t and
hacked its young life away. - j
fghristophSf DeeTtng,a hut one relaaius-a little.
tlongly solitssy Boy saved not BY your MERCY, foE
mercy yo4 Had nons But BY in interpoainss Provi-
ap.d ds1is sassss z Ell ,ss aaS
another It matters not which, fer as, the legal
Eby you iB concerned; and niuoh more that human
ye hath not aeep yop did, With malice ihfoneeiv4
Almost without motive yoa d vent at yoar work
not suddenly, not ia a: tempest OF rcsistless pas
sion, but In the coolnees Of n premedithted de-
by Sne wish soiena pause
thirst for blood, you ceased not until an that you
sst ont to do was fully ended and yon found your
self alone with the dead.z Your triumph ,yas then
Thia 10 but q poor picture Of your work; and Of
| this here remlnd you, that you may .esen now,
at this dread hour for ron, realize II decd be
deeds Of blood, and before, God seek for pardon
for you crime. No one may limit bia power to for
love. Hen cannot, will not, dare not pass by IN.
avenged q crime 40 fearful as to he almost name
less. Society demands prosecution and violated
said. "Whosover viii, fies him ,conao.n To His
.Bss yhst You Rsye 70 do, do speedily !; sof the
you. The avenger OF blood has followed steadily
after you, and in the darkness Of the night the
invisible finger Of the Almighty pointed you ont to
own. And thst which it requires TO be done shall
not long be delayed You had your euccess in the
4; execution Of your fell purpose But II demands
viction and promptest and aeverest punishment
OF the criminal, who hiss defed alike the laws oI
God and man and outraged all the nobler gym.
II only remaina FOR me to pass on yon the iudg.
ment OF the law, which is that you (here the four
Il jpdgss rose and amid O. breatheas silence, CON!
cuded the sentence)y Anton Probst, the prisoner
at the bar bs token from thence to the jail Of the
i county of Philadelphia, from whence you came
and from thence tq the place of eexeSution, and
are dead And may God: have mercy on you,
soul -. f'r!r' i.ne' .=,i .lsi .eREsas.4r
II Judge AIIIses's remarks wers delivered Will
much emphasis, and in very impressive man
nar, and amid the most profound silence, not
withstanding the crowded condition OF the cour
room p. 'm %';t..!' 80 f'' ~: ,.,
The prisoner atood erect, and kept his eyes xei
on the Judge. He did not move muscle durinf
the entire time OF the. delivery Of the sentence
and at It's close quietly took his seat.
4 . Directly after the sentence he was asked by Mr.
Eben, the COURT interpreter, whether he under
stood the sentence. Probst replied, 81 understood
all the Judge said, bnt he did not say when wai
going to be hung.a, 1.-THE Governor designatss
the dsy.] Tho removal of the prison,r from th,
Il Court room was the signal for the most afeninf
and vooiferous ahouts on the part Of the immenst
multitude asen1bled on Sixth: h:stteet, and as the
van drove rapidly of to the prison, followed by
i BODY Of policemen on he run, the iBroans and
misses were at their height ...s. g, i, t!ar
Itseems that in ia Belle France" as weil q,
in 4lfree America, newspapers have their troubles
JoaT mitchell, in recent letter to the Ns,os
says: .".Ths optntop Naltonale has just receiyet
q second auerHssenaens. 1t ia for sayng, in q lead
ing srticle, that Liberty has been due TO Frsnc,
fer fifteen years; that she 10 tired waiting for he,
n A rn.