The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-03-10
FATE OF TWO MURDERERS.
HASSIS0 or BouNBH AVID VAN BRO-
DENBUR0 AT HUNTINGDON, IA.

van B1dcuburr and GOttiicb bOhuer AIMS Dn'ch
Charley were hanged IN the jail yard VI Huntingdon
Pa. great multitude witnessed the execution
All tho neigboring bousttops covered plat
'orms lad becu erected BY private either overlook
ing tho yard, on which standing room could not oe
ound: and In various ways, remarkable ingenuity
and persistence were displayed In seeking gooi
Wow ~ he final scene. Fair positions ~ero worm
~ md 20 Zach. Even anger holes In the Hio OF
sable that above the wall n the jail yard com
nanded good price. The crowd was intensely ex-
cited hut iet pity for the brutal murderers VINO
were about to expate their cri,ue That crime had
been too barborous to allow Of sympathy Tor s pcr-
octrRtors. The story Of the murder vas given In
full IN yesterdays FUN, hut
rHG DESCRIPTION OF THE WANDERERS.
their natures and cbaracteriscs hus been reserved
for TO- lay Both were repusivc IT. appearance, bat
The abandoned reckless, and cruel o. the two
was Bonner The resemblance that this man bore
10 Anton Probs, was striking Il had been remarked
even before the murder OF the Pei1htas. lie was one
OF those men against whom society has no rrotec'
ton but death. What he would have demo had he
been condemned 20 lifelong confinement las been
shown ny the desr crate attempt at escape witch he
| has recently made. lie was not man TO have
cared for lis owo life OF that OF any human being
in struggle for freeiom ITO Vas regarded az aper-
iCet dend by those who were about him He neither
s''mcn 10 KNOW What ett was, nhI htu ne my iue'
Of moral responsibility NJ future reihuion. Ho had
received good educatior md had plenty Of argu.
men,s 20 prove that tho Bible Il not divine AVID that
there i'nn Col. he had tttop: t1ou "a perverted
mind, wen E n stronz e. ano, aud delisloI iu de
playing his strength.
WAY norpErBrFo
vac not, perhaps, as brutal AZ Bohner but was
mean, oowardy wretch. II Is not improbable lLt, 1s
We claims. tie thought Of murder originated With
Botne-, and that Boinr's moro power al viii Jed linn
| on TO pay ne rait in ~ But u Il certain ihni
humane leeIln.s but entirely to his dread
| Of the punis' mont Tint the law might
might infict uron him IN reiuru Tho vurions con
LESSONS and statements which he has made ani
which he has naturally 81 csnstruc ed that they
| mignt sprear - favorable AZ possible TO himself,
show this Ia every Inc 1hroushout HE confessions
u ore are arguments TO show that tho law has M
right to hang a man who a. not nctuay committed
mui Ter " itb his own hands. abd rcrcatod a~sevcra
tions TINT he remained on the outside OF the house
While Bohner murdered aud butcherod within u.
NOT had le dny know clge whatever OF the dread
| iul work he repeatedlv Affirmed He denied that ne
ad oven Leard the pistols fred, statement wnich
alone makes all his con 'essious unreitbe. When
brst arrested lie made several desperate attenpts at
the vault of the pryy, md attempting & dle -: ~.
| way with his hands But al er he hsi o,en LODGED
In the jail OF Huntingdon, and ssi given up all hope
| Of escape, l.
CHANGED MS rAcrIcs,
| and became repep tsnt. Ho made numerous cEhor'-
| atoms to BoLner taring rood care that his iuuS
| work should lave . wines o. lie called mn n
BOhner 10 look after tue interests OF his soul
cod Of every warning and every uravor ne ciliod
paihoiicallv upou Buhnor 10 confess snd not TO drag
| an uuiol tuuaie and innocent eoIniade 10 the gal
lows There were some who really beloved the
wretch 10 have hld no hand IN the murder. and they
rave ! Is uious emissions lie circulation In the
B'hner-desperae, brutal being piou4h ne Was
Nith more re- ect or rather tolcranre, than the
mean and oow1rdy Bordcnbuig.
BoHSER's CAREER
=. . ~.
| eNTec ed. lie Was concerned an the Kill ~ OF
less n an seven uorsons du,ing his esine, aud on
tnult should ha~e cusaod upon the muricr thee
Incl rdcant person., who we're ~ no use to the
eonmunity.' lie soou cd To be quito Indifferent A.
70 what was going on arOunl hin amer his several
attemots AZ eso'pe had proved abortiro. on ore
occasion. hove ier, manifested some liue acita.
ion stories told oI many rrea criuinas AMI or
some Illus nous uasyrs VINO remained serene dur.
Ing an the term Of thoir confinement previous to
iclih' Tut who became troubled for moment on
bearing a great namuenGg Ia the srisou yard nd
being TO thai their scnlods soro tsr1 e. uro,ss-
erection Bnhnor, too. heard tue construction ~
| u" EilluW- on which he was tO suffer doatl. lie
qSlr0d ~sa, 'h, noise was and s became troubled
WIS ~ defiant aud reoN'ess - ever. BuhneTs
LAST ArrLKPT AT ESCAPE
most dosf crate and determined. Amer heir
| eh'ction tho pri-ouers we're not allowed TO lo.vo
tieir Gel :, AND u y erefore became necessary ,hat
| the accumulated slOps, sc, should be emptl,d
every morhns. This work Wa assigned 10 a
loune man, WAC was Iil-oner 10 the INSTITUTION,
cy the name Of Sylvester Butler who executed his
sk under the surveillance Of ne p ison ruard Mr.
| David Young. On Friday morning last Mr. Young
! and tho Butler visited I e cells to- ether a.
| usual and CONNIE ced removing the Dail- Al TN.
| time Bonner was lyiug 90 bis led. ana nothing
particular was noticed, eN'eIt that he an eaied
| In somewhat better spirits than he had heen Tor
,he past week or two; but as the sequel shows, his
lishtness o. heart arose from a lar different sotrre
than either Young or Bnller imagined After rass.
Ing tho c"mu'in ents Of tire NOR Ing, Butler took M
| tho stairs, while Ynung took un a broom and com.
nenced 10 sweep the cell. Al the wahe Bohncr Law
upon TIE bed with eyes half closed yet watching Ills
chance to murder the guard and escape from tho
prison and the gallons,
rHB ATTACH.
| Al lenSth the favorable moment came; the Guard
turned his back upon the prisoner for = moment
| and no sooner had We done so than Bohner spr.ng
hmiW It'll the fore, and ierocit, Of ler knock
ing hln against the wall ard readerng hin nrmen.
tarily sensele-s. No sooner had he done th. than
be bounded from the cell aud made sor the cot here
he knew t.e Deputy sheriff USUALLY sleni, and where
loaded pistol was KEPT beneath the pillow lie lad
scA.cey reached tue cot which l. situated at The
top OF the stairs snd Just outside "f tfo prisoners
corridor, before Mr. Young was upon him, ana then
ensued most desuerate vat. IL appears hat BoI.
| err had succeeded In taking screw rom his Lod.
stead aud with that had Dried tie Lnndcnn ram ls
lot wrist, and then gathering tie durbes" into l.
right hand o made 'hem an, wcr most cloctually Ia
| de pace Of "s.sel knueke~."
rnT GUARD DOwS.
| Bonor being much lar or aud moro povcrf,I
nan than Young, soon dtsiel the gard to the
or. lat H. dong 50 TIPPED aud fell lin SELF In
n9mont Young was uoon him, and then commenced
~Ou d no doubt have cheated the galloW. Of me of
L. victims, since IL - vel known that nothilc Mould
have prevented the unOners escape ron the prison
hid &c tucceedei m siiencng the guard Bounrr
fought WITH tpe despe alton Of a madm.n. II.
cked thumped scr tchei, and bit and Nh I'is ut.
n,ost o. bind Mr. Young by splitting 10 his e.. o.
But iouna vas pluck', and nell his hold uutu tLe
arrival OF Butler on tie scene armed With
LAEus IRON Poker,
Witch he LILO over lie head " BohHer until the lat
ter gave up tla iglit from sheer eAhau.l,on ~,
large Glshcs crossed and laid nis Uranium oren h,
Jigeteut places aud The blood flowed doNu II non
his iaCc iu stream, almost binding him 'Vtiie
Young gathered himself up ant rrg.ino his bre,ta
Builder Stood over tie prisouci With the puher
rus STRUGGLE At TuR CELL
Al length he was put upon Gs feet and forced into
his cell No sooner had an Httemnt beer made 20
close the door upon him than his amer again broke
out pfresh, dnd phcinR one hand upon The door and
bis foot between the door and the lamb he defe1
his keepers 10 shut him Butter once more cane
to Il Iescu""iih the poker, and pounded tfe pris
oners foo seYei oily vita tlat insTumout thai he
withdrew IL the door was slammed shut anil Rnh.
neT lost the end OF one Of his fingers by having IL
caught IN tie Jamb Boomers wounds WIS nressod
ana he remained heavily ironed after that untl tie
execution.