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sxFEloHE's EXECUTION. |
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A Gloomy Episode In the Reign Of
King Frederick William w., of |
Prussia A Death Warrant Sign
Cd byea Crowned Madman--The
Toilet fer the Scaffold--A Revolt
ing Execution.
The jaifer 0f the Moabit Prison in Ber.
lin entered sfg the "a b of September,
1850, dark cell, in which tall man,
with long black hair, and pair Of rest
less black, eyes in face by no means
unprepossessing, was chained to the wall.
asSefelogeT said the jailer in ttemu-
lous voice, "Will you be man p
The prisoner looked at him with an 4
expression.of terror; he muttered few
incoherent words.
Tomorrow gat dsybreak," said the
jailer, "aH will be over"
The. prisoner sprang to his feet: the
clankIng Of the chains caused the jaiier
to shndder. i
"You mean that / shall not be among
the living tomorrow morning at day
break :" be gaaped, stepping close up to-
Che jailer.
The latter nodded his head.
sYou will now be prepared for the
scsfold, Sefeloge," be said to the priso
Seleloge uttered a cry of terror and
staggered back to his couch.
81 am not prepared to die" he moan
ed, bursting, into tears. "Is there no
Is.None. He will be here directly"
"Who2' %
"The headsman. He will cut of your
hair." 80 as >
a coNvuLsIvE rREMoR
Passed ,thfough the prisoners frame.
Helbeean to utter heart-rending cries for
mercy.
At this moment, the door OF the cell
opened "a middle-sged man Of very res
0luteinlien stepped in.
"You can leave us alone," said the
newcomer to the jailer, who quietly with
drew. - III
asAnd now commenced a truly revolving
scene.
The prisoner shrank from the stranger
In mute terror anddespair.
"You had better be as docile as possi-
Bile. Fam the headsman," said the stran.
ger. "Sitdown by my side."
aNoI 7 Nor shrieked the ill-fated pris.
oner. 81 am not ready to die yet! r.
"You shall not die yet" rejoined the
hsadsman., sYou will be decapitated to-
morrow"
80 elgo! nor
The hesdsman dragged him bv his
chsin toward bim. The prisoner endeav
ored ffantically to resist him, but tht
headsman's great strength enabled hin
20 overcome the resistance Of
rae srRuaGLtse WRETCH.
While ths latsee was wildly clankin,
Ais chains, the headsnan cut of the col
las Of bis coat With small, but yer,
sharp knife, =
The shirt collar was removed and will
pairs ofssharp scissors the hair of th
prisoner was removed, the whole opera
stioh occupying only few minutes.
In the meantime the prisoner, whom
the touch Of the cold steel caused Il
shudder again and again, uttered lou
yslls. groans and imprecations.
"Ohl that my bullet had not misse
the heart Of that cruel king" he 6nall
exclaimed. 81
.Silence " thundered the headsmai
aAnother such remark and shall hav
TO gag you" 50
"Dowh with King Frederick Willial
Ivr' cried the prisoner defantly. %
s, The next second the headsman ha
fastened small iron gag in the mout
of his Victim. .fsst
The latter tried TO cry out, bat vi
liable to produce only sort Of a low GU
Cling sound. 81
The 6eadsman then began TO examil
the prisohef's neck with his hands. Z
nodded his head with an air OF satisfa
tion. ~ Vt sfsI i9sl
fs saThat is good neck" he murmure
10 Then be left the CELL
The, doomed man was no other th
8 etlie would be regicide, Sefeloge, Who b.
deliberately fred. OF ths breast Of Xii
AIFssdsrink William Nv. ..of Prussia. B
yahies lhullet had rebounded, the king hs
ling worn q mail l-clad vest.
s.i What .Sefeloge's motive. was in :,
ossempting to. shoot the king has ney
bsen definitely ascertained. He seem
Ito be- ....,-,-.,s. s........ sg...5,.
Is "a SORT OF, ,cRAcK-BRAIsED UTopIsr,
And q number OF eminent physicia
lproncunced him insane.
c9 Efforts were made to induce the ri
to commute hthe serite Gee zof ideath q
had been passed upon Sefeloge. I
Frederick William turned deaf ear
these. remons,rancss. THb yeasop
been unsefsled by the fevolutnnafy co
motions ef-IS48, and there can be
little doubt that in 1850 hs-was aires
'''rhs Thus, A1arowassd ad iS5admas signed
death Nprrspt Of apother lunaticl
bis Seh A{dshy lrcSsa md gagged. n
bis festers were remoyedyand as7ml
ous tfpSst Ras served upsto him.
Cnfhe eve of their execution Pruss
culprits are treated with great liberal
They Rsse BIN also 8 bottle Of I
vine, which he drank. 40 rapidly ethal
WAS soon completely intoxicated. 4
nos the doomed rsgicide became
HORRIBLY HILARIoUs. !
He made fni of himself, ana 10
about his impending death. he dsml
Cd more vine, and i was. given to
Atiast he feil into aasort Of 1stupof,
passed few hours in fitful slumber.
AT -ilvs O'Clock n the morning
beadsmsn shook him by the shoulde
yaGnfnluRs atEevea e.cry Of valasms1
raoogniEing fthex headsman he tul
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