, 1873-03-17
Court, eouthern Ohio, will tako place here In
tho Seventh Presbyterian Church, Tomorrow, at
q In tho afternoon.
Tho Protestant Episcopal Churches Of thia
city woro drapod In mourning to-day, III n1omory
Of Bishop Mplynien,
ElcHMULLER'S FATE,

a New Yor1kcr Executed In sEbcrin--
Ninc Ycnrs OF Exilo--Trtal by n Mill
tnrT Oonlniasior1, and speedy Donth.
H.. From , t1s fsts Ns' t's1 yerk snnt Mars1 q -:
anw, in Poland. to this country, = young Jewiah
oabinot.1nakor iaamod Ignatius Efohn1uller WHO
Hottloa in this city, and opened n sllop III Sixth
avonuo; He was energetic md ontorprlsing, aud
!asoa M IN threo OF four years about $4,000, and
IN 1860 he boeamo actizon Of tho United States.
10 married young actrosa named Leah Robocca
ThannLemor, who was attaclled to tho
1862 Eichmullor because honesIck, and
returned with his wifc to his nativo city in Po-
land, whore he purchased an intorost In large
In tho following year tho Polish insurrootlon of
1868 broko out, and among tho numerous per-
sonB WHO were arrested In Warsaw, As accom-
Eichmu11or. II tho doad Of night, on tho nth
Of February, 1868, ho was dragged from hta bed,
and, amid tile hoartrendfng lamentations OF his
young wife, takon in irons to tho citadel. Next
morning le waa taken boforo Tie military tribtt,
the o1andoatine meetings Of tho conBpirators.
1lo donied 1t atronuouH1y, and did not wayer, in
lis statements ovon when tho Court ordered tho
lash to bo applied to him. He manfully bore
tho sixty laelcH that inIliuted upon him by
q stnlvnrt Cosaaok, and, when on tito following
Gay lie wan confronted with police spy who pro-
tended to haye aoon him among the conHpira-
eithor mistaken or willful liar. Notwithstnnd-
Ing his psotestations Of Innocence, tho court-
martial found him guilty of high treaaon, with
extenuating circumstances, md aontencod him
to transportation for 1ifo to Siboria, without
hard labor, however, and with permission to Gu
gage In w1.as haaneBa he pleased ut tho place OF
residence TUG doyernmoHt would assign to him
~ It's 7ass a AslaL1o sorrsory; Maa'anior @ pro-
appealed for protection to tho United stntes
Ambassador at st. Petersburg, but without
avail. 80, almost with despair III his hoart, and
accompauted by lila faithful young vito and
another convict, set out on foot on the I'd Of
March, 1868, for 1rkutsk, whore ho WIS to reside
subject to tho surveillance Of the police. After
long and weary march, during which Eich-
aud during which his youngeat child died, they.
arrived in tho middle Of Juno at their placo Of
destination. log cabin was given to them to
live In, and Eichmullor was told he could do
every day ut noon to tho military Governor OF
the city, and must be at homo at 7 o'clock In tho
evening, and not leave his house after TINT hour
undor any protext whateyor.
Being nn excellont cabinet mnlior, tho convict
exile was not long III finding lucrative employ
mont. Tho military Governor Of Irkutek at That
timo WIS an intelligent and human man, Con.
1steyinoR, who gradually took considerable in-
several important Government contracts, which
tho Israolita filled to bis entire satisfaction.
Thus Eichmillor lived nine years at !rl1utek,
and In 1872 ho had accumulated considerable
ror Alexander IT,, aud Gen. 1atevinofr, his patron
promised to intercedo warmly III hia behalf
Unfortunately for Eichmuller, tho General died
very suddenly On April 2 In that year, and
ornor Of Irkutsl, was widely different man.
Ho troatod tho Polish exiles with the utmost
/ harshneBs, and caused aovoral OF them to be
cruelty floggod for slight infracions Of the regu-
his predecessor. Eiohmuller had at TINT timo o
contract for tho carpenter work Oh tho new thoa-
tre then IN course Of construction, and one
evening in November last he camo to tho official
Of tho dishonesty of some Of the Government
officials who had to furnish him with lumber
den. 8onefnikoff, upon seeing the Jew, flow into
passion. "Unolean gcoundrol, how dare you
to he out after tho usual hour Of tho night 7" ho
called out to him in voice Of thunder. Efch-
muller wanted to explain, but tho Governor
not on1y, refused to listen to him, but seizng.
hSSyy y '1fsn fs t to 1sa1og S soyefa s%
terrible blowa in tho face. aud Eiclmullor, stung
by thn pain and tho brutality OF the puniellment
snatohed tho ceno from tho hand Of the General,
and, breaking it in several pecos, slung them In
his face Uttering howl Of rngo at this uuox-
pectod resistance, senolnikofr rang Ills bell.
Two Cossacks made their appearance, md at a
hint from the tyrant drnggoa tho victim Of hia
cruelty to prison. Next day bonelnikoT toie-
gruphetl his version Of tho occurrence to the
Minister of War for instructions. He wanted to
know whether he was to punish the offender ma
matter OF discipline or whotlor he WIS to hnvo
him tried by military commission. The Gov
course, and Oh tho 18th Of December, Eichnuter.
who had boen treated In prison with tho utmost
rigor, nnd whose food, despite tho iuclomency Of
tho weathor, lad consisted coucluBvoly Of bread
1.1f1
sion, composed Of four army, officers OF low
| grade. The proceedings lasted only III hour, at
| tho onl Of Which tho prisoner uAs foutd guilty,
| ind sentenced to Buddan death at daybrcak on
| tho following morning. Tho unfortunate man
threw hImsoit in IN agony Of terror and despair
on his knoes, and inlplorcd flis harsh Judges, in
heartrsndiug tones, for mercy, but, OF course,
without avail. He was dragged back to his dun
| geon, whore his wife mud cliidron had most at
| footing interviow with him.
During the night gallowa was erected on the
parade ground in front Of the military guhed
house, 1t was rouGh-lown structure, tha rope
with which the doomed n3au was t.? DO s1rangled @ &C?
tic orosaboam. At 7 o'clock Il. N. the garrison
Of Irkusss formed a hollow aquaro around tho
gallows. Fifteen minutes aftorward the oxecu:
fionor, lis two assistants, and tho wfetched
prlsonor ] mado their appearance. Eichmullor
very picture OF boundlosa terror. Ho shed tcars
coponsly and uttered lnesssanly 10y noans; ao1an
his Chains to heaven and broke into loud dshriols.
The oxocutioner pushed linn r,doly toward the
instrument OF doath md placed him underneath
tic rope, Alter taking tho chains from the
| prisoner he nut tho moose round his mock; then
| fo stopped behind Elclmullor, aud, Biezin6 tho
othor oud Of tho ropo, jorked It up. violently. In
Tie % next moment tic culprit danglod Ave or ak
foet from tho ground in tho MIR. The e1ocn-
tionor thon suddenly lowered him throo or four
foot. Thereupon ono Of tho aesistauts hung
himHolf to tho logs Of tho sufferer, who was
arnin RULED up hy the e1ecutiouor. This pull
ing up and lowering was repeated four timos,
! whereupon tho prisoner was examined BY s'tr-
| geon and PRONOUNCED daad. Ills remains were
yiously oncloBed In coffin The whole exeou-
| tion was over at quarter to 8.
l. Tho Rook Island Arsenal Inns cost 81, ,2o9 b0o,
and will cont s4,000;00O moro, according to t1o
| ,,1ana