Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-23
Chopping off Heads.
A LACK OF NEcKs TO SEVER SENDS PRUSSIA
HBADsMAN TO THIS COUNTRY.

Among the passengers recently anived
Germany was Mr. William Francis Charles Schar-
nenburg formerly headSman OF his Majesty the
kIng oil Prussia. This renowned cx-ofliciai is
now hity-ilVe years OF age, and during his career
as an eNeculioner IN Prussis, he cut Of, iuIty.sx
heads.
To Il reporter of the New York Sunday Mercu-
ry, who called upon hlm lhe other day, he said
" liatd tunes anu ridiculous obloHuy caused nie
aud my three daughters 10 leave the old country
i'y hard times | mean the new criminal code OF
Germany. Nothing could be more iil-a,lyised
than that and my four colleagues tof the head
cutting OH fraternIy) thought SO as soon as the
Herman Parliament was foolish enough to pass II.
What have been the consequences Why, oil, iii
the past twelve months there have been mole
murders committed in Bcllin alone than iormei-
ly were perpetraled in the whole'monatchy. But,
Sr, he added sorrowiully, 'al this is pruciJaiiy
| the iault OF his Majesty the Emperor. Old WI
liam diaikes to sigu death warrants He studies
over Them too long, the worst ot ALL he neyei
| wants woman 60 be behcaded. Two years ago,
| had an old girl, who had poisoned her husband
Just where wanted her went with my i'm
pements to Culeu to III. patch her. and lust when
| arrived there a telegram arrived fIom Beth
| committing her sentence TO penal servitude !ol
hfe and had already cut oil her hair"
| 1he reporter then ventured to question how
many heads MI SchaItieuterg haa cut oil uIlu-
gether.
- Let me see, said the ex-he1dnan, counting
h's victims OIL ON his lngers, "iorty-hye-no ior,y
slN,
How many Of them were women = asked tie
reporter.
About dozen, aud wish there Lad been less
OF them. They gave me more ttoudla than all OF
tha men. lhu last person ut that Kind L had was
an old lady and her sou. ILcy had poisoned tic
father 1 thought the mother ought 10 have Lel
head cut oil hfst but the CLERK OF the court dircC
ted me Otherwise and So had to cut (Schnetdty,)
the young man hIst His mother took it ven,
badly. could hardly GET her III good shape Gu
the block
"N hat we've your emOlUmo MIS- IN Fruss.af.
"Ihrec hundred thlleI7 Tor every lie ID, aud
boste, had nmy distract all the sAuulng OF
fallen cattle. had, however, money OF my ow H.
both my grandfather and 1ather havInG L,eu Ia
the business Ca, they had good uuy OF 1t NY
grandfather alone had over Two hundred exeru.
I tIons "
q Two hundred executions ''
" y es, and about halt OF them lie tiuke on III.
wheel
did You ever break ANYBODY On tLa wheel -
mo the worst did Wa cutting with sword
and little did like II, ior 1t Is an uncertain Wa,
e OF doing II. Give NE the ~, and The head III.
d oil like nothing"
| The reporter lIskod hin Lis Victims vera
II | generally afraid Of HIM
:" had but two TINT dltd game, and they Nsr,
old soldiers. In ISL cut nine fellows In IN,
u | MalIen Wrider dIstritt and We never Lad mut
| der since They do things better ia Poland Tht
) whip the fellows there ~ bad tat thew do no
know where they are.
: But they do not kGl thtm;"
"po not LII them wv exclaimed the old heads
man, scorutnlly lew of them do survive lndees
l- The Russian lash Is as good an ak. Bu, hald
ol ~ anybody hears OF the cuIplts death"