Mower County transcript., 1869-12-30

ken of throughout as counsel for Don Car
los, but who was really one of the judges)
repeats his defence, and asks at Nil events
milder panishmsnt,ssA Antonio Perez and
! .Escovedo take their seats at the table, at the
right and left of the President. They con-
for. The President pronounces the sentence
of death and condscation of all property
against the Prince Don Carlos of Austria.
(The sentence, dated 21st Of February, is
verbatim inserted The sitting concluded
at daybreak. The judges and the friars
went, however, to see the King: They
fund him saying prayers. Vargas informed
7 linn that the sentence was pronounced.
The King read all the proceedings with
great; attention; and especially the anal
judgment. he asked, ''Is ell conformed
to law r yes, sire, " answered Vargas
Have Alllnsa1s Of accusation and defence
beepexhausted r yes sire, " repeated
Vargas; eve Have CO nducted the case 90
though the Prince wete hcomnadn subject,
and thisis the result" /, II observe here an
! omission ID the question:" ," said the King;
''the Prince hss not been asked how many
sccomplices he has, and who they are. -
Vargas excused himself; The King was
not angry, and said if the prince should
confess be would not sign the sent.
ence. u We ALL were Siastonishad at the
frnness Of mitd, j; lentereza)} of the
King, for, according to our manner Of un-
derstandins "a saeastfolimodoI dc entender),
he should have shown g sorrey: sorre :for the fate
| thatwas prepared for his son. He, with a
seren Gface, and without betsaying the least
sign Of grief, serenely and calmly signed
the sentence Of his son." {. The King re.
moro at leisure. The judges and Witnesses
went to ask the Prince about his accom-
plces. The Prince said he had none, and
ifhe had he would not betray them. Vargas
admopished him, but to no purpose. When
they returned to the King. and informed
him Of the answer Of the Prince, he OBJ
| served, ''He is very generous, but wish
he were less so." The King delivered the
sentence to Vargas. -,..r .-ras-.s
The next night the judges and witnesses
went to the room of the Prince, whom they
found IN bed, and who seemed to be sur
lprised. Az there was no clerk, Vargas read
to him the sentence. The Prince was
frightened, and exclaimed, lis there no
help?' ':No,"s answered Vargas, f'tlhs
KING has already Ssiened." The Prince
broke out in lamentations. 1T is impos-
! siblew he exclaimed, .'that my father
pushes things to such ext, emes., want
I'to see him! Go and ask, him to come he
! WA pCAu0po uuuA1N tu0 -B0UteuCe. Inc
Prince broke out in tears Those who
were present were moved. Escovedo
went to inform Philip of the wishes
Of his son. Philip answered that he
would not see him. because lie had alfeady
delivered him into the hands of justice, and
the Judgment was just Althoug gh the SEN
tence must be executed, he forgive him
When -Escovedo came back with this an
swer! r!the Prince was in despair. Those
who were present comforted him, and the
Prince, being young man of high spirits,
became calmer. when am to be execu-
ted?" he asked. Vargas answered, "Iu
three days." The Princa begged to be ex-
! ecutsd on the spot, or next day, at latest.
AS he wis. to be left alone, all, with the
exception Of the confessor, went to in
form the King Of his demand. The King
granted it.
| The conversations of the confessor with
Prince are next given, the Prince declaring
his only desire being to, do justice to the
Flemish. who against Oil reason and justice
were oppressed; and that the Queen was
enterely innocent. Then the narrative de-
scribes the preparations for death:sn, :: :.
| A. chapel is prepared in contiguous
| room, into which the sacred vessels. &C.,
from the Royal Chapel are brought. The
Prince confesses. Mass is said. The
Prince prays with his confessor until Var
gas. Perez and Escovedo enter thesroom.
The Prince takes O, crqcifx from the hands
OF the confessor, and put IL On his mouth,
for it wasclear that he still bore very ill.,
will towards his judges. The Prince for
gives his father. The confessor exhorts
him to forgive also his judges, leading him
slowly to the room where the execution is
70 take place. The Prince says: Il for.
| They enter a room where a large arm.
chair is placed. surrounded by great
quantity OF saw-dust.S The sexecutioner
10 not frightened By that sight. He is seat
ed on the chair. = Tho executioner bepehia
pardon, and the Prince in gracious man
ner gives him his hand to kiss. q The exc
cutioner ties his legs and arms with tantas'
lido know that word, says Bergenroth] of
Cologne to the legs and arms Of the chair;
ties a bandage of black silk round his eyes;
and places himself with the knife in his
hand behind the Prince. The
| Prince says to the confessor, "Pray for my
SOUL" The confessor says the Credo, and
the Prince responds in q clear and firm
voice. When he pronounced the words
t,unico 6jo" only fson-the executioner
put his knife to his throat, and stream
Of blood rushes down On the snwduet. The
Prince struggles little; the knife being.
very sharp. had cut WE'LL The exc
cutioner takes the bandage from the
eyes, which are closed. The face is
pale, like that cf q corpse, but has preserv-
ed it's natural expression. The executioner
mites the corpse. wraps it in q
black baize cloth, and puts it in corner
Of the room. That done, Antonio Perez
flies all ut once at the executioner, accusing
him of having stolen the diamonds of the
Prince. The executioner denies, is search
ed, Perez finds, in one of the folds of his