The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-01-14
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lows Yesterday.
Sr. LOUIS, January l3.-Thaddeus Barber
and William Ware, colored, were executed
in the Jail yard this morning. Both men
retired about II o'clock last night, Ware
desiring to be called at o'clock. At that
hour he arose, and shortly afterwards Bar
Der awoke and dressed. They then walked
up and down in the Court yard for some
time, after which they retired to cell
together and alternately read aloud from
the Bible, and Ware also occasionally sing
ing hymns They eat fairly hearty break
fast and said they were ready to die. The
Rev. DR.. Boyd and Rev. Clagget visited
the, men shortly before o'clock and re-
mained in the cell praying and exhorting
them. Ware was buoyed up with reli-
gious fervor, and believed he would go di-
rect to heaven. Barber was more apathetic,
but professed to believe also. He told one
Of the guards who rendered him some little
kindness, "Fll give you lift at the other
end, in heaven"
The death warrant was read to Ware MS
he satin front OF the cell by Sheriff Mason.
During the reading Ware paid no atten.
ton, but read from n Bible held in front Of
him by Rev. DR.. Boyd. He WIS reading
the account OF the crucitixion from St
Matthew. Barber also fixed his eyes on a
Bible held by Rev. Clogget while the
Deputy Sheriff read the warrant. The
arms Of the doomed men were then fas.
tened, and the procession TO the scafTuld
began. When the prisoners reached the
gallows Rev. DR.. Boyd made an eloSuent
prayer in their behalf The men were
then asked II they had ANYTHING to say:
Wareshook his head and Barberresponded,
mo, sir; l have nothing to say" Up to
the last moment both men kept their eyes
on the Bible. The black caps were put on
them and the nooses adjusted, and at S:2l
the bolt was drawn and Barber and Ware
were hurled into eternity. Ware died in
6 minutes and Barber in II minutes.
Fifteen minutes were allowed to elapse be-
fore the bodies were cut down. They were
then taken to the Morgue.
Thaddeus Barber shot and killed Lizzie
Schuenter, his mistress, and Frederica
Schuenter, her mother, August 10, 1878.
Barber went to their rooms in the evening
Of that date and shot the old woman as she
sat in a chair, and Lizzie as she came out
OF the room. Lizzie survived two days,
but her mother died Immediately. Barber
was arrested as he was leaving the house.
He admitted the shooting saying, | am
ready to hang tomorrow il the old woman
is dead, but am sorry hurt Lizzie. Bar
ber was plumber and had lived with Liz.
zie for six years. She had left him at the
solicitation OF her mother and led disre.
putable life, her mother living on her earn.
ings. This embittered Barber, especially
against the old woman, whom he blamed
for Lizzie's conduct. As the latter refused
to return and live with him, he shot them
both.
VIM. Ware was river man and shot and
killed his sweetheart, Annie Lewis, pretty
colored girl, on August 81, 1878. Annie
hadrefused to marry Ware, having bestowed
her affections on another. This made him
Jealous, and late on Saturday night he
went to her house and called for her. She
came out and he asked her to walk with
him, She refused, and he said: "If you
don't so you will never see daylight again. y
Immediately he drew n revolver and fired
The wound proved fatal, the girl dying the
next day. Ware was arrested while walk.
ing from the scene OF the shooting.
RIMousEl, oSr, January iS.9Moreau,
the French Canadian who killed his wife
in September last, was hanged in the jail
yard this morning. He mounted the scai.
fold and knelt apd arose again without any
help. He made no reference TO his crime,
but his lips continually moved in prayer
The fall was nine feet and death instanta,
neous, the neck being broken and the
head nearly severed from the trunk. The
body was cut down 2! minutes after the
fall, bleeding profusely.