New Orleans Republican., 1873-02-23
4 WOMAN BEEEADED.
Twenty thousand People look q,


WOMAN BEEEADED.
Twenty Thousand People look On.
Although the third ui D-caiUhrr last was
> bitter cold day. from the earliest hour in
the morning vast crowds %. people filed
the streets of the little ii y of S.ade. on the
bank Of the Elbe river, nearly opposite the
great North German seaport of Hamburg.
Bs nine o'clock ut lcas: 10000 people. had
arrived in Staie. and the police. had The Ut
most difficulty in keeping order 10 the surg
ing multitude. h. occasion which had
caused al. these thousands to flock to Stade
was the btLeadirg of a woman. refined. at.
:ract:ve and intelug nn'.
The name of the d"o:nei woman was Vii.
Iclmini Wultman. and the career Of this
eXtra0rdinary woman, almost from her
earliest youth. had been ina ked hs al un.
contro4lable and wicked temper. When at
school she had knocked ont the eye of cae
of her young companions. a few years
after. she became the governess OF the chit.
dren Of wealthy landed proprietor. who
had fallen il love with her and made her
his mistress. Her lovers wite having dis
covered the laiSon. the girl poisoned the
woman, and here il also suspicion that she
caused the death of her own child She
buried hCvsel: thereupOn for time in th.
whiri of fashionable dissipation in Ham
tracted numerous admirers. But becoming
very reckless. the police expelled her
from the city. and she went TO Brunswick,
" here an officer of the dI.Cal army !,i in
love with and ultimately married her. She
returned his devotion by poisoning him
She next turned up III Hanover. where she
hrcame acquainted with Il merchant named
WacItrr, who married her. WiIhelmina
rrvenged herself upon the opposing parenta
T. =
the time. and. in Consequence. it rem ilnet I.
secret for wears. Wac.trr soon after be
cams Is bankrupt and deserted Eis wife,
who went to StaGc and married a WlGnw.r
named Woltman. who had TWO children.
These also became tlIr victims nf the inur-
Gc;0Us passions of their strpmother, and
then her criminal career was Drought - q
close. She was arrested. hrs ant, cedeuts
closely examined into. ANA her vicGi.n. eX-
humet. Her trial too, ?,.ce ar StaAe ol
Octuber". AMI the result was that she Was
convicted and Scnt..nccd 70 DEATH
Pastor Decker m#Gc. on the morning of
the diy-"n which she "a, t" be executed, .
determined eilor. 20 move her -.bny het.:.
The woman gaS fa-:.Htd ~ the v all by :.
cia!H ten !ecG long. which WI, attached 20
li'r lr!t wrist. After listening - the rev
'rend gentleman f"v two or tllr.c minutes,
eh. made a sudHeu attdua On hlu, con.
prIIns him tn beat = Iasty retreat R,-!r-
e:.berg. the cxecutiorer. Si'utcd Iii. victim
respectfully. and informed her who H.. was.
what 10 you wan: Ut me-" ste said 10
tic headsman. fixing her large. lustrous
eyes inquiringly upon him. Il want 20
prepare you for the -criTold," be answered:
"Oh." she said careiessly, II am pre-
pared" Not quite. he :,iuined. Ii tt.n
unclaimed her hand and :cstn to Gu.
oH her hair. Then he threw a heavy fur
cape over her shoulders, ard T.. TOLL:
for tho scafold was finished. ife there
upon left her ,eli. ard the :.cXt visitor was
the warden Of the prison. who asked her If
she wished anything. "Only a .iass Of
water" she said, dryIy. II Wa. then a1ou.
h.lf-past one o'clock. .,nd her las: moment
rapidly drawing Iish. Ten minutes after
ward the judge anu clerk of The 4! !:!u!.,a!
court appeared before her. ana the death
warrant was read {" h.. a las. ti.c The
presidip, .judg" asked her ia feeling vo,.!.
T. confess Der c:inl" 4rd make her r.ac"
with Gcd. She responded hv si!ak. N. ..y
head imrati-utly. They 'ett h.r. ar,. ti-r
the l@as.sman ar' his assistant. tnal. her
70 the scatfoId. When she app"arr: in ;ha
open a:r the bling cold riu~ed mr. 80
shiv"i: hut she bore the @lanc" % Il.
thousands of eyes which the multitude
vivefcd upor her w.thOu. inchin,
Tie scatf"id WIS q coarse. wosden struc
:urr. about eight fee: III diana Ter. Wi
hclmini W.ltman asc'nicI i ,it!, :. trm
st"p. an! walked - "A" ia:al 'irci4 1T l.,
nrdd!c. without be ~. inc a:v u.,~atis
ness. The warden % the prisoI asked l,a-
j! -he iI.s auyihin. t. say. ~. no." ~.
answered. ansriiy: 'mak" i.-t-. r.Ee
HGsfr:' Ia" next nirIH"rt 'yo ..e.:-ti:fs
- the csccutioHcr CEASED, hgr 20 .n.ri IL
from her shoulders. and pressed her nc..
tils ION II ',iprL 1n u lHf I'l..-