The New York herald., 1878-02-26

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followed will here be given AZ nearly verbatim e Ms
the MuRDER EXECUTED
az nut away nv ne aud II then Just struck me 70 do
10; you had had no pssos Of mad 50 long. then
shot him. l don't know whore I shot bin or any
thing else. All 1 know is that shot him"
the result Of the judicial trial which he must undergo
and pensrvey, but with touch Of surpris,ny candor
he replied 1"we know It ,s hsra . .n'ns g. 20 ,on .
then must die know that this woman (meanisl
his 'wifsJ will do all she can to hurt my case shs
the guard house 10 see me last night, ana ~
sne SAID was WELL your bed harder now TO lay on
than IL was last week. Then she bade me geoe
evening and on she went. know 'na' man 81 nss
rHE KrE WITNESSES
In squad the barracks some slight stains
of blood upon Aibors DUNK and the noor were the
sole remaining traces Of tho MURDER rnree soldiers
OF the company were prsssn. N .ne room wnsT sns
come IN ~ SIX IN the morning without observing any
pistol in his hand, and when no hrst saw
ing with the friction primer" Corporal
Ripley Tobin first peep in through the wlndew,
and when ne had satisfied himself that mis- victim was
within no walked win his hand behind bis back
thus coucesIng the pistol Albsrts was calmly
placing the pistol under his right eye nrsu. Alosra
Tell back and robn pulled lne trigger again 70 nre
second shot a. his fallen adversary rns CORPORA
Private Woods, who married daughter OF reoiar
wife. also In the squad room He saw Te6in walk
He also testified to hearing the second snap oi the
pistol, whom II missed hre
Sergeant MarQuart who declared That the company
were deeply shocked ~ the loss ot their murdered
comrads. whom they believed to nave beea un-
justly assalled by robin's brood,nE Jealousy.
sms.lest caibre. No o. The ball which killed
Aberts about the OF an ordinary pea; II did
not appear 10 be over eighth OF an inch IN diane
ter. The hammer rested upon tho thru cartridge
thus proving futile Tooin's attempt 10 nre sccond
bull INTO ms rivals sas IRA ns Scw
ing entry OF the murdered solaisr:-
Peter Aeers, aged 49, 5foe inches. light oempsxics,
light hair blue eyes, born In Cole county m re-snssed
Aibsrs, he said, had seen altogether pine years Of
service In the regular army ana IN the entire COM
pany therc was man more esteemed or liKed. He
was unmarried. and nothing was known Of tho where
abouis Of his family Alber.s fought all through The
war and was sngaseain over = ior'y oass'sa
Yesterday morning Mrs McGrash was discharged
from her position ~ tho kitchen OF the enginesrs'
barracks. At four O'Clock In the afternoon
The murdered soldier was laid ~ mis- Anal
rest in West Point Cemetery. The COMPANY and iss
testify their respect for the memory oil their dead
follow soldier. neat black walnut CONN was pro-
Aner,,s Oldest trends in the company acted as pail
bearers IN the cortege which was quite numerous,
and preceded BY the band playing dead march Over
the grave the COMPANY hrsd parting salute Of thrss
AS Tobln could only be punished by Imprisonment
for his offence against military discipline II he
were courtmartialsd the West Pont authorities will
turn him the United States Courts. Ad1utant
General! Hall mas already odaclaly notified Uni.ea
expects the prisoner TO this city, where
will be tried according 10 the ordinary procedure
In cases of murder The army surgeons who ATTENDED
the post.mortem exam ration OF the murdered soldier
regard it extraordinary fact thai SO dmnutve
ball should aays Siea s;rens man asur.s
II did dagoniay across he brain they believe that ne
might have been saved. Though the ball entered
within quarter OF an inch Oh the rigut eye the eye
itself only cbafred. lN- :.