Evening star., 1870-03-10
DOUBLE EXECUTION.
HANGING Of BOllenbePg and ROh


At Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, Albert Won
Bodenberg and Gotleib Bohner were hung yes
ferday for the murder of John Peightal, his
wife Sarah and Scott Garner, an --phan boy
who resided with them, on the evening of We'd
nesday, November Tth, 1869. At II O'Clock
Deputy Sheriff Touse and assistants proceeded
to the cell of the prisoners and marched them to
the scaffold. At T. 80 they ascended the scafold
with a firm step. After taking their positions
prayer offered by Rev. VI. n. Sykes, after
which BOdenberg read a statement in reference
10 the murder. Bohner turned to him when he
finished and denied its truth. After a few ex-
changes of words, Rev. Mr.. Clark delivered
prayer in English. The rope was then placed
around their necks and the ministers and officers
bade the prisoners farewell. B0denberg, in a
clear, loud voice, then committed his soul to
God, and the black caps were drawn over their
faces Bohner then commenced to say some
thing in German, during which the Sheriff gave
the signal and the prop was pulled. Their necks
are supposed to have been broken, no strug-
gle made.
BDhner is represented As having been a per
feet fend- Bodenberg was OF more tractable
temperament, and persisted that he did not
commit either OF the murders, but went with
Bohner Tor the purpose Of robbing the old peo-
pie Tuesday morning the Rev. Mr.. Stoecke,
spent some time with the prisoners. Bonner ut
terly refused To see anybody, and is reported /,
have said 70 the minister that he had heard
a.. enough of God, and therefore did not want to
hear any thing more about him.
The victims of the murderers were John
Peightal, aged sixty live years; his wife, Sarah
. sged sixty, and Scott Garner, an orphan boy,
who made his home with the family. The
Peightals lived about half mile from Pleasant
Grove station, on the huntington and Broad
Top railroad, which is seven miles distant from
the county seat They resided on q farm COM
Irising about one hundred acres of land. which
like all in the neighborhoOd, is as poor as IL
could well be- Their house was a plain two
story log cabin, piastered over on the exterior,
and fully on a par with the unproductive soil
Yet old Mr.. feightal was industrious and saving,
and as he never made any deposits in the bank
when he came to Huntington to sell his pro-
uuce, NJ was generally known that he had con-
siderable money in the house.
The triple tragedy took place on the evening
OF Wednesday, November 1lth, Just as the sim
Ple-minded people had sat down 10 their supper
Zach one was shot through the head and the
murderers attempted TO conceal their crime BY
covering the bodies with straw and firing it.
with the view of burning the building with
them The ire was discovered by some neigh
bOrs who happened to be passing shortly after,
and this part OF the design was frustrated. The
muTderers were arrested on the following day.
AT Altoona The plunder obtained by the mur-
derers Is supposed To have amounted to about
S2,OOo, three-fourths of which was in gold and
silver; but only portion OF IL was ever recoy-
cred On the person OF Bonner was found Si25
nearly all in greenbacks, and $40 were recoy-
cred from his companion In their search for IL
the murderers had broken open a chest, which
was found in the kitchen, where the crime was
committed, and afterwards ransacked the bu-
Ieau In the parlor, In which they had found
their booty.