The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-05-09

81 have not got bnt a few words
to say to you all before I die. 1t
was another party that Influenced
me to commit this crime; it was an
other party that employed me. /
want this particularly understood,
that I didn't go on my'own account
The party is i1o# lii CincinftHti that
hired me to do this. You willmost
probably find him at the Lone Star
Saloon, on Fifth street. His name
] have before stated, and this is the
fact Of the mattei: .t-.
+ II am ready to appear before the
tribunal of God. our supreme judge
and master in whom now I put all
my hopes. In few minutes the
bell Of death shall ring for me, but
before / leave YOU forever, / am glad
to inform YOU that l have repented
ofall my sins and of that terrible
crime ofwhich have been the leader:
| shall die true Christian. What
is death after all ? 1t is not consider
cd so terrible to the Christian who
has made his peace with God as il
appears to the rest Of mankind. =
You merely leave your imperfect bo-
dy, and BECAME soul, 4 spirit, i'm
mortal in the image of Sod. a soul
well prepared and purified will take
a position Of happiness, which no
4 eye has seen, no ear has heard, and
of which no human heart has con
4 ceived
81 shall give no equalization of my
short life now, and / will not at
tempt to enuihefate any wicked
deeds. My life has been to ME like
a great storm. Still you should re
member that my family is very res
peetable, and if / had not. forgotten
the good lessons taught to me by
my mother. I should not to-day be
on this scahold.
"God hare mercy on Inc, / tIuly
ask pardon of the widow and or
phans of Mr.. Hughes, and of my ia
ther and mother, and of those l have
offended in general, l respectfully
thank the priests who have opened
my eyes to the light, and taught me
good lessons, and [ also thank all
the persons who have treated ne
kindly the time l was in jail
Having concluded his remarks
Goetz took his seat again, and Sam
uel Case came forward. He was
very neatly dressed, in highly pol
ished boots; black sack cost, dark
pants, dark vest, rolling collar and
. black neck tie. Pity for this lad
seemed now to possess every heart
But he evidently did not ask for pity
or sympathy. From his first ap-
pearance on the scaffold he was very
trifiing in his manner Over his del
icate white face and flushed checks,
twinl>ling in his clear, bright eye,
ripping over all those finely cut fea-
lures, so girlish in their real beauty
there played almost constantly a
mischieroWs sm ;le. 1t was wonder
ful to see this; it was pitt lul: it wcs
horrible something that soon en-
sued.
He trod with all his youthful quick
ness over, the fatal trap, as he walked
from his chair to the front of the
flooring, He shook back from his
forehead lock of fine black hair.
and nodded pleasantly to one after
another of half dozen acquaintan-
ces in the crowd, and to some he
|spoke pleasant GLOW are you p
just as he was about to speak the
dark clouds rolled away and permit
ted bright ray Of Gods glorious
sunlight-one Of those rays that
make eafth so beautiful when we are
well and strong and may live-to
play upon the lads handsome face.
It came so suddenly. in it's wealth
Of brightness, as to blind him for the
instant. 1t seemed to please him
very much to see the sun once more.
for the last time, and he almost
laughed aloud in strange eXhilera-
ton. Judging by his appearance
AMI manner at that moment, he
seemed really happy. A low murmul
of surprise passed through the crowd
and more than one strong man turn
ed away his head in a dread of what
might follow. It was feared that
the lads wits were about to desert
him entirely, and that in the next
moment he might howl upon them
in raving madness. But this did not
result.
! His speech was as follows:
81 am not very old, anl can not
talk much before men. If there was
a crowd of boys here I might tell
them how to behave themselves. ]
have not much to say, only that we
have all been we'll treated by the of:
ficers of the Cotinty Jail. We have
had every thing we wanted since we
were arrested first, and put in there
I thank every body for their kind
nes they have shown in praying fol
me and in other ways"
Aulgus having declined to say any
thing, the three murderers were now
motioned to their places on the trap
Aulgus was to stand in the middle
+ Goetz at his right and Case at his
| left. Goetz came forward with
a firm step and carefully toyk his
position.
Alex. Aulg came forward slow
| ly, with weak, uncertain tread
stood on the middle Of the trap, and
for the first time fairly faced the
crowd, so that they could study his
features. A single glance showed
that he was more moved by the hor.
rors of the occasion than either OF
his companions. His broad face
was ashy in its lividness his dull
timid eyes seemed looking into va.
cancy, with no object in view His
lips were as pallid as his check. But
there was about him an appearance
of quiet submission. of gentleness
and perfect propriety, that showed
him full prepared to drop through
that trcp and die with manliness.-