The Express. — 1852-03-23 (London, England)

EXECUTION OF KALABERGO FOR MURDER.  OXFORD, MONDAT. Tho execution of William Kalabergo fur the murder of his uncle took place at 8 o'clock this in,..ming at the Oxford Castle, in the presence of upwards of 10,000 spectators, who conducted themselves with great propriety and decorum. Thu convict wee attended by two Roman catholic priests, Dr. Tandy, of Banbury, and Dr. Faa, of London, and appeared very penitent and resigned to his fate. He was assisted to the scaffold by two turnkeys, and Calcraft, the executioner, lost no time in making the necessary arrangements, so that a few minutes after 8 o'clock the drop fell and the culprit ceased to exist. The following statement made by the prisoner, in which is a full confession of his guilt, has been banded over for publication by Dr. Tandy, to whom it was communicated : "Substance of disclosures made by the convict William Kalabergo, in the county prison, Oxford, at various times, respecting the murder of John Kalabergo, in the interval between his condemnation and execution. " For a long time he, Win. Kalabergo, had desired to come to England, but his uncle would not consent, until his brother-in-law Naafi persuaded him. The uncle then wrote for him to come, but on condition of his being obedient and attentive to his religious duties and careful to avoid bad company. But soon after his arrival in Banbury he began to repent having come to his uncle, for he found him exceedingly strict and often very cross. He used to be always scolding him, and pnr titularly when they sat down to their meals. He even went as far as to threaten to turn him out into the street. This exasperated the nephew, and at length the Devil put it into his head that if he were to kill the old man he should at once get rid of the torment, and obtain noesessieo of his property as his heir. In pursuance of this design he purchased a pistol, with money which be had stolen from his uncle's shop; besides this be stole at other times about lbs. in money. This was found by t'ne police when they searched his pockets and effects. He also stole 2 gold watches, 3 silver ones, some silver spoons, and a few other articles, all of which he hid in a newly made grave in the burial ground attached to the Catholic Church of St. John, at Danbury. Ho next oast bullets when his uncle was from home ; no one assisted him in this, and no one saw him do it. When he and his uncle left home on Friday morning, Jan. 0, he had made up his mind to do the murder on that journey, but he bad not fixed on the spot for that purpose. He committed the murder by quietly coming behind his uncle, patting the muzzle of the pistol close behind his ear, and firing off one of the barrels. The old man fell on the instant, as he supposes, without being in the slightest degree conscious whose hand caused his death. Ile fired the second ' barrel at his victim ea he lay upon the ground. He did not touch the body, but ran away immediately. Ile saw no one near at the time, nor afterwards, till he met the person on the road, whom he described to Mr. Samuelson. Ile got over a hedge into a field, and in doing so lost his hat ; he did not return to pick it up, but ran across the fields towards Danbury. Finding the groat cost cumbersome, ho took it off and put it in a ditch full of water—in the same ditch he hid the pistol. When ho afterwards reached the high road, he took out of his pocket a paper containing percumion cans and scattered them on the road. He entered Danbury by the bridge, and ran up the High-street, and past his uncle's door, to the house of Dr. Tandy. lie solemnly declares that no one else ever had any knowledge of his intention to commit the murder, nor any connexion either with that or the robberies committed by him."