The evening world., 1894-09-06

which he said he wished to be handed
10 Sheriff Toffey after the execution;
the thought OF killing Katie Rupp did not
enter his mind until they came TO Jer-
sey City. Then 1t was that he began
to think over matters. and concluded that
he had not money enough to marry and
rear q family. He told Katie this, and
proposed that they should live together as
husband and wife without the formality
Of q marriage ceremony.
On the girls refusal to do this. Alien
berger said, he made up his mind TO XII
her The trip to Snake ss,,r HIil ana the the
try to excuse himself.
The death procession vas formed at
1901 o'clock. sheriff Toffey had a mo,
had come to lead him to the ,gallows.
The doomed man simply nodded that he
was ready. The black cap and Moose
were adjusted by Hangman van fllse.
who had just finished fixing the 300
pound weight in the corridor below
which was to jerk Altenberger into
Two minutes later the procession en-
tered the west corridor, where the gal
lows had been erected First came Sheriff
dsrer followed close behind him, between
scharff., He was clad in neat gray
suit, white tnrntd9 SIn 6 eolar IN WIN
Although very pale Atlenberger did not
falter. His step was firm, and 1t was
evident that he had made up his mind
to die game. The procession moved down
the corridor between the two lines of
witnesses. of which there were forty
three ,
circle which Van Hise had chalked
upon the floor directly underneath the
dangling rope. He stood there without
being pinioned. Then Sheriff Toffey
stepped before the murderer and asked
In q voice which trembled slightly:
"Aitenberger, have you anything to
say before you die?
The answer came loud and firm:
mo, sir"
Those two words were Altenberger's
last. Van Hise stepped forward and
quickly pulled down the black cap The
rope was snapped onto the moose about
reached FOR the trigger-rope, which he
xs instant later the murderers body
shot up into the air until his head a
gallows. Then the body fell back and
hung motionless for the space of ten
seconds After that the only, movement
of the body was an occasional spasmodic
heaving of the shoulders
-Four minutes after the weight was
ciently to allow the doctors to note the
pulse and heart action. When the body
was cut down at 1890 o'clock, DR.. Bur
dette announced that Altenberg's eek
had been broken. and that he died
\ painless death.
This opinion was not concurred in by
some Of the other physicians, who
10 death. The following physicians were
Burdet i CHARLES k. Law, William Pyle
and George 2; Mc I MI who acted cited
Wilkinson, George w. King, John J.
Nevin and W. ". Varrick. who con-
stituted the sherir..s Jury.
In Flower Hill Cemetery. The funeral
Gf sa1y and Ts sheriff Toffey The judges
y An examination Of the body by the
physicians disclosed the fact that AL
tenberger's neck had not been broken.
and that he died slow death by stran-
For hours before the execution took
place a morbidly curious crowd hung
around the street opposite the jail. In
on hand to keep the crowd back, and
there was no disorder.
Lawyer Max Salinger. Altenberger'
seve his client until the last moment
About o. clock Mr. Salinger went to the
house OF Judge Lippincott and applied
would act as a stay OF execution. The
Judge Lippincott refused to grant the
writ.
Lawyer Peshal. of Hallinger notoriety,
= was also at the Jail this morning. hint
ing that something might happen" be-
fore 70 oeiSSk the hour set for the
referred to, it evidently did not hap
pen.
during which he played upon her affec-
tons and succeeded in obtaining most
of her earnings, Bernhard Altenberger
shot and killed Katie Rupp, a young
Snake Hill, a short distance from Jersey
City. on the evening OF May l3. last.
Atenberger had been planning the
crime for some time. He prepared for
Il calmly and deliberately, executed it
with the same GOODNESS and never after
wards seemed to regret II.
He met Katie Rupp in Rome n. Y.
last Summer, at the StanwiX Hotel,
where she was employed as a chamber.
maid. He was eight years her junior.
She was not prepossessing In appear
y 'Altenberger made violent love to her.
In short time they were engaged to
be married. She gave, him her, money
to save, and exchanged her gold watch
ried.
About a month before the final act in
the tragedy Altenberger began complain
duced Katie to go to Jersey City. where
he said he would marry her He was
careful not to accompany her on tn.
the house at which they stopped II
Jersey City he told the landlady the,
were married. When Katie remonStrat tee
= with him for lying he suggested tina
they take a walk.
Arriving at Snake Hill. Altenberger OBJ
>. tained from the girl a photograph o.
). himself which she always carried il
Z her pocket. He then called her atten
ton to a bunch of flowers growing oil
a bush behind her, She surned an,
plucked them. Altenberger drew re
volver. and as she faced him, pulled tn
trigger, shooting her in the right breast
He then rah away, but returned almos
immediatel and fired at her again, tn
bullet striking her In the neck.
After robbing her of watch and wha
money. she had, Altenberger left Kali
Rupp for dead.
The dying girl was found the followIn
morning and removed to the Snake Hi
Almshouse, where she revived SUIT
cientiy 70 tell the story Of the shootin,
She died two days later
y Atenterger was captured on a Oh
NSago limited train at Utica, n. Y, abou
aNweek after the shooting His tria
conviction and sentence speedily 70