The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-09-12

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r., 4 no such thing could ever say;q biiE j
a ~ saai sa ssis s,pats{ taas grew .nsins41qs'
! o.ll On too much So GAR which youdql biuods
lsiGi7 F9IE77 $40 577'ss'frff7I BAL I :. 1fssYl
BR0ellKlssEs.S OK ~ on T1sHH THE VIII WHEEL, aEsII
ii 3siiI bsw-TZ TaidN 10 4gifseo
| Sefvian JusficerHOrfibleF Pun
ish hment for q Horrible Crime.
ffoI- 10 ff4le1f3t3 = 25JtHAW l oIffs
E9sThere is NO statein EHropesin which
the barbarops, punishment of break
ing on the wheel is Inflicted on crilni-
mails except Sefvfa, qof the seInf-t1e-
pend dehGies of, Tark6y.o g4lisS SefFia
they have three methods of pnnislling
mafderers,l highway robbers, aud in
peeAdiaries.- In most aggravated cases,
execution by breaking on the Wheel
is Inflicted. In other cases the eul-
prits iaFetied teS chairs, and fhe heads
man 5runs a sharp knife across, their
thfoats and then breaks their spine.
iIfthefe are peculiar cifcumsfahces OF
mitigation, the leulpfifs are Shot by d
file sofssoldiersasiitu tsoq Ta4SwtA aail
Cine of the most revolving crimes
ever committed in Seryias was, the as
sassination of the whole, family OF. a
wealthy farmer named Detrestisty, IN
BBiali district, aboutg2O mites sfr0m
Belgrada,l the capital of ,Sergias IL On
the 4 4th of April, Detrestisy, q man of
40 years of age, his wife Snsannah, 90
years old, and his three Children,
Frances, KathinIta, saad al Aadfeas, aged
respectively IL, 8, TaRd 4eyears,l were
found in the house murdered. iItWas
also discovered that the mother and
two daughters Had been Outraged. !.
All the victims had been beaten with
blndgeons and stabbed. xfaa
.se m active search, was at ONCE, made
foi the perpetrators Two days after
ward they were elfscovered in forest
about four miles from where the
aeri me had beeni conmitted. = They
were Sebastulos AleKiry,, formerly .,
non non-cQmmissioned officer in the army
of the Sultan Of Turkey. and Moses
Jew. ''i.''''"' s'''s''''l - s''''''s . %
When they were arrested the off,
GERS fodhd several l.ilsuntzrea se4lfinsl
and the MhtcIi6f the mlifl7ercd FARM
ef in theit ossession. They were ta-.
keh. in irons TO Bucharest lssi ID pom bel
ing tbroaghf .befered the sexaminingi
m agistrate they denied any knoWl4s
edge of the crime ). butithel llaslIy which
is there still used upohe the snenda-
cious criminals, was notdong In clio
itihgssa 0onfessiDns from the forturedI
-Werthstein.iO After sreceivingii fifNY
lashes onlthe bare back, die confessed
that Alexiart and he shad ekroken into
the house ofithe aarmerGih 6rder5to
rob HIM of 300 lquinsa They sile6eefls,
led in forcing theirsway into the house.
but byn him awhere.i
upohla desperate dsseaf1ie enshedsiGTh The
farmer fought Fa1iaalt Tia, but they club
bed him, and then finished iliur with
their dirk knives. .si9nsiEf SIT .39afi9 y
q Alekifyrefused to c0hfessy and reg
maineao firm even. under the torture
of the lash, freely administeredi BY
order of the eamagistrate, Il; Both ,Alexr,
iry,, Werthstein were fullEacenamitted.,
Their trial before o full bench. fprims
iinal judgesscameg off Nni the 18th of,
3 hhes inIt laste but one hour, Both
Were found guilty of muFdersYithout
extenuatiag circumstances and sem
tenced stoi8he brOkenls0n the wheel,
There's was,i load napp plausesl Lin egqgt
when the Jsentence dWass spr0nepnced
Alexiry listenednto lit without emO-i
tion. i iWerthstein,l however, broke
int0.lo loud sGfeams--toneJ his hair,I and
yelled for rmercgodE The officers of the,
court had Ito drag himba toihis cello
Theu 18th of July WAS fixed for the
execution. . They 0wefe glad TO oexpi-
ate their odOOm 2an1 the old selaeisT of
the fortressoofi Belgrade, ani,eR which
Prince sEngene, of Savoys made once,
his . lannon's uassanl6e7 Thenexeeption;
wase to take place Eat 8.a. m!s and an
norm0usseonconrse assembled tDfWik-g
nesslit. Tile seaffold was .eigeplar, Of
wood, andithei only distinctive feature,
about it lwasi 8 ST. AndgeW'sic cross,
slightly elevated abovethe, platform. {,
Abouts hall past n the texecgtio ioHers
arniNedaJ One was ~ 1heavV bnilt man,s
and the oLher .almos ost3a9 giante a Both
were dressed in GREEN flannel Jackets
andshadt their arms bare, siIaaT AZ q q
When dhe clock on StsaMary'ssstee-
pie at Belgrade struek {, there. emerGr,
edfronl the gate. .ofythesfortresssa a. pro-s
cession headedl bYi four Is horsemen
Next followed the carriage in which
the Judges and priest were seated.
AS the procession emerged from the
gate lond shrieks, iWAre heard, They,
were thosei of lWerthstein, who,
chained as he was, hand and foot
screamed to Heaven for help. s. Under
ordinary cifcnmstances,c = his. appeals
might have had some effect upon The
people. =, But knowing, i the, fearful
crime, which he and his, ,accomplice
had committed, There was not a Voice
raised in his, favor, and the soldiers
were rather, encouraged to punch him
with, the, bptt ends OF, their muskets, !,
| 9.When the Isl criminals had been
hrought on, the platform every stitch
of clothing sleft.ppon Ale4iry, was torn
off, and he was firmly y, !, lied to the ST..
ApdreY q Gross. q Until this moment,
he had preserved his eqaapimify. But
now the executioners drew from a
green bag a,dsort of iron club, with q
knob atits head The fastened crim-
inal looked wistfully at the nan who
was to- torture him, and, put him to
death. The executioner raised the
iron, club and crushed Alexiry,s right
shoulder. The murd eref gave d Shrek
and made d desperate effort to free
himself, He struggled desperaieiy'ih
his agony, but the next blow which
the eYecdtioner gave him on knee
PAN ---elicited from the cnlpfit d scream
of pain that eaused the blood of the
spectators to freeze. After this In
Fiction he seemed ifisehsfbIe, and the
other, blows that crushed liisi Joints,
and the flhishing strokes OH his belly,
were given asl to q dead d--niaii.N ladW
Meanwhile, :" Wetherstein, = I'm bhis
chains, had to look ON. He rent the
hair'with his,tlamentations,s and came
near .faipting away, when the execn-
toner dealt Alexiry the first blow.
He flung himself to the door, and beg
ged pitteotisly for his silife but, after