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\?ul? 23
Hanging a Maniac. ?
Pitiful Scxnks or the Execution, i
j
Joaoph Walts, who V7aa hung at Gatt
kill, N. T., on Friday, for tho murder
ot Joaoph Holcher, a scissors-grinder,
and who, only on the day proceeding
bin execution, mashed in the skull of
the keeper placed in the oell to watch
him, was undoubtedly a maniac, a
a maniac, however, whom it woul hare
been dangeroua to allow at large, and
who would hare been an unsafe inmate
even for an insane aaylum. In his eon
fession of the murder of Holoher he
atatcs that his victim came to the house
of hii (Waltz's) father to pas* the
uight. The evening was spent in plea
sant conversation, and after all had gjus
to bed, young Waltz, as his confoasiou
states, waa seized with ao uncontroll
able impulse, whioh ho took for tho
prompting of an evil spirit to kill the
Gorman. He opened his Testament to
read, but soon laid it down and "resitted
the spirit until it overcame him." He
then went out of doors and got a hatchet
and crept softly Into tho guest's reom.
A not bor struggle of consoience against
the murderous impulse took place, but
it was too feeble and he killed the old
man in his sleep. Ho says in a subso
quent confession, ''I struck very hard,
but I scorned to have no strength." He
then buried the oorpse, anjd broke tho
scisaors-grinder'B poor apparatus to
pieces and buried and hid the fragments.
He committed so many follies as to
attract suspicion to himself, and after
ho was arrested he took the officers to
tho place where the body'was buried,
and made a voluntary confession of tho
crime. He felt no remorse for what ho
had done and no fear as to his own fate.
His fssuj were too peor to employ able
couujal to defend him, And he wasf??*
victed. Ilia execution was delayed*for
some time, and Gen'l Dix made some
etfbrt to gain information as to hie
mental condition. IIo was satisfied that
Waltz was not so insane nr> to be moral
Jy irresponsible, nud therefore refused
to interfere with the a scout ion of his
sentence. On Thursday Waltz gave |
another terrible proof of his homicidal
madness. Ho had been violent all day.
and some time before had threatened
the lifo <of his keeper, Charles Krnsst. 1
Bat the latter did not bej^eve in his
insanity and did not fear his violence.
His con?denco proved his ruin, for
about two o'clock, ae he was lying on a
lounge in the eell, Waltz attaoked him
with an iron bar he had torn from the
floor and crushed his skull in several
places. He possessed himself ot the
victim's revolver and keys, bat made no
effort to escape. Having gratified his
murderous impulse, he sat down on the
floor in the corner, growling and mutter
ing like a wild beast. He made no
resistance to the jailers who came in and
chained him, with tardy decision and
sagacity. Ernest was a general favorite
tili the village, and there was a mom en
tary attempt to lynch his slayer, bat the
Sheriff succeeded in preventing it;
Up to the moment o f the execution,
the conduct of the doomed man did not
differ from what it had been since he
was first arrested. He muttered, or
rather growled, and most of the time he
was crouched silently in a corner. He
stated vacantly at his keepers, and
would answer no questiens. At 9
o'clock his mother Was led into his cell
It was thought that she might bring
him to a consciousness or his position,
but those who held this beliof were dis
appointed. For a few minutes after sho
entered he continued gazing at the wall.
His expression was then that of an utter
idiot, and lacked even the slightest gleam
of intelligence. Suddenly, and without
relaxing his gaze at the wall, he gave a
fierce, hoarse howl, sprang to his foot
and seized his mother by the hand in a
j threatening tuannor. Tho officers had
anticipated tnlsehief, . and Constable
Whitcomb, who was watching the pri
soner's movements, foreed him. tq Joosi
his hold on hi smother, and the lady nt
once retired, grief-Btriokon at her son's
sad eondition.
' The most pit'tfql socne of tlio day,
however, was th,e visit of Waltz's fi.l8.tar
to hii cell.. She pleaded wfyh hiiu. Jong
and with deep religious, fervor;, besenoh
log bim to acknowledge his crime and
id prayer seek the forgiveness of the AI
njighty; but if, was of no avail. He
either could net or we^ld, n.ej^ b^ear, her,
and. tho girl, weeping bitterly and, with
nerven ao UMtrun^ that she could; hardly
walk, was compelled to go array without
haying accomplished hor misiion. At
teu o'clock Father Drisosll, a Roman
Gatholio priest, entered the prisoner's
coll, followed by the latter's friends.
The priest read the burial service of the
Church, but did not administer saora
mcnt, ao he did not believe Walts was
in a fit state of mind to receive it.
When the funeral service was over, the
prisoner's arms were stoutly pinioned,
and the procession was formed for the
march to the scaffold, whieh was erected
in the northeast cornor of the upper
floor ef the jail. Father Driscoll led the
way: then eame Sheriff Coonloy with
Waltz, and Constable Witoomb and the
jury who had pronounced the verdict on
the doomed man brought up the rear.
The noose was at once adjusted on tho
prisoner's neck. After the usual pre
liratnary ceremonies of reading tho death
warrant, and prayer by Fathor DrUcoll,
the prisoner was asked if he had any
thing to say. There was no response.
A shudder of horror at this instant
seemed to pass through tho frames of
all present, for,as some said, they felt
that they were about to see a lunatic
hanged. But at tho thought of tho
keeper, Charles Ernest, who lay un
consoions in an adjoining room from -
injuries reeeired at ?'? altz's hands, the
feeling of sympathy which had been
momentarily excited spont itself. The
black cap was then pulled over the faco
of the doomed man, who gave not tho
slightest indication of consciousness of
the proceedings, and then, at 10:16 the
fatal cord was pulled. At tho rocoil of
the body, the noose slippo 1 round to the
back of the head. Apparently, there
wai little suffering, for after two or throe
convulsive contractions of the fingers,
the whole frame hung motionless.
I~ f?Mvs?n iiii-H uix j the body was est
down. Just j before this was done
Anselm WMtz, the father of Joseph,
who was .present, and, with deep emo
tion, pointiug at the dangling remains
ot his son, "Can anybody who looked
upon that body say he was not insane "
Shortly after the body of Waltz had
been cat down, six physicians entered
his cell and proceeded to hold a post
mortem examination. They found the
neck broken. They then trepanned his
skull, and on examining the brain found
it to weigh fifty-four ounces, a half
ounce heavier* thau that of Dauiol
Webster, and fourteon onnces heavier
than the average braia of a human
beiag. All the organs were in a healthy
condition, and the intellectual faeultios I
were largely developed. The physio iae
could discover nothing to indicate
insanity. After the examination had
been completed the brain was plaoed iu
liquor and will be taken to Albany to
undergo examination by experts of that
city.
?18 last victim still alive?burial
op the criminal's body.
Hodson, N. Y., May 2?Charles
Ernest, the officer who was assaulted by
Waltz, was alive at one o'clock this after
noon, and was removed to his residence.
Tho body of Waltz was buried on the
farm last night, tho only persons in
attendance being tho father, mothor,
sister and a laborer.'
The brain of Waltz was sent Albany
to-day for soientiQo examination.
A fi.nny incident happened at the
Brston Theatre a few nights since.
Maggio Mitchell was playing "Fan
chon.' In the third aot a scone was sot
in which a bridge began on the right of
the stage down noar tho auditorium, ran
directly to the rear, and thonoo along
tho wholo width of tho stago, which Is
perhaps the largest in tho country. At
tho ond of tho act, after "?Lqudry's"
dialogue with "Fanehqn,," ho runs off
up the bridge, when about to do
this, and just us he took the first stop
on the bridge, tho horo1* trousers, which,
wero of the baggy kind generally worn,
by singe peasants., fell down in tho roar,
and immediately a square yard of linou
began, tu, flutter in sight of the audienoo.
"Landry" folt w,hat had befallen him,
dapped his hands to the ex,poso4 place,
and, "fan. t\p and, along tho bridgo as fast
as his logs oonld. carry him- For, tho
first couplo of seconds, the audience hard
ly could believe*, its oyes, but when the
situatiou was fully appreciated there
was r, pevicetj howl.
? , - jsjjtfll -????? ?
An old woman, in Durban England *
claims Brigham Young as her long lost
huabapd.. FJo. deserted her ar.d camo to
Aroerjca, fo|ty years ago.
The Hospital Trunk.
'What! packing op? Jare you goifag
a journey? I thought you ouo of the
most pcrsistont of all stayers at homo,
exclaimed Nellie Johnson when making
a neighborly call the found her friend
Mrs. Wilson, busily engaged in arruog
iog the contents of a small trunk.
?I. am not preparing for a journoy.
This is oolj my hospital trank, iVidt I
Kare been givon its semi annual looking
over/
'And, pray, what may a hospital
trunk be V
?Just look at its contents a mot tent
and you will readily see why I gaw it
this name. In this corner, as you see,
ia a box of wsll prepared lint, and 'Jiere
close besides it, this othor containing
small bandages, varying in sisevfronj
these suitable for a child's ficger to
thoso lurgo enough for a man's hand or
arm. Next comas this roll oF*Targer
bandages, some of which are ^iargs
enough to pass around tvo bodyVj- This
bundle is made up of fa inel piokti for
hot baths, and these are flannel b?? for
horb baths when required, nndj' these
small pieces are designed for ?Justard
draughts. Hera are half a doaftb-quilt
ed bags wi th a bit of tape tewed pn, like
a string to a farmers nieal bag, ?f^?? wrap
ping hot rocks, and these two large rolls
cantain miscellaneous pieces of :?..'! uizea,
the one of cotton and the othor at wool
en. Now yon will see why I* oafll it my
hospital trunk.' ? f
'Certainly; but whatever pu? it into
your head to have ouch an arrangement?
was it the outgrowth efyour ov^n expo
rionee as a housekeeper??
?It could not be that, for t h>? h 00
lore I had been a housekeoperi* Month.
Van r?men>ber sr-nt HzrjFzi^*'; wha*
a large family she brought up?-n.^ w^*fc
an excellent bouaokecDcr shoJRj
her fir^t visit to me she brougfYt this
t run!:, filled as you stft. Somo of these
very pieces were in it then,though that
was twenty yeara ago, most of them
however have boen removed, as occasion
quited. On p^entiugtt, phc express
td a wish that I might never have to
use it, 'though if yon do not" said she,
you may thank the Lord for better
hcalt'i than falls to the :lot of most
families.' For two year.' I never opened
it, except to take out and scald the
flannels, as I do ever spring and fall,
and if I thought of it at all, considered
it somewhat whimsical to have all this
sick room paraphernalia when nobody
was sick. Then oame that dreadful ac
cident when Charles fell with that fall
ing building and was brought home with
a leg broken and a hand aad arm so
crushed and braised. The doctor was
here almost as soon as he, and then
I learned the value of Aunt Mary's
gift.
Since then there have been vary few
years that I have not boon obliged to
make use of some of its contents, till
now I should hardly dare, to go to sloep
at night, if this trnnk were not in order
as well as a medicine closet in which I
keep all sorts of simple remedies ours
fully labeled.
'There seems to bo nothing in it,' said
Nellie, 'so expensive but that any ono
might have a like arrangement.'
'Certainly not; tho valuo for any
other uso of anything here would not
probably oxoeod fifty cents, but I can
assuro you that in oaso of accident or
sudden illness it is in valuable.'
When Nellie Johnson bade hor friond
good day, and returned home, it was
with the determination that when sho
had a houso of her own as she expected
to in a few months, ono of the articles
which should go to its furnishing should
be a HOSPITAL TRUNK.
Josh Billings' Spicohox,
Most every ono lures to lisken to a
slundet; but thare aiut. hut phew but
whajt di^pise tho author uv it.
What a heartless world this would bo
if thnyc was no tears in it.
Wise men are novcr surprised, while
phools n,ro ajwuss wondering at every
thiug that happens.
11 meet a groat wa*ay men whozo
talk is like a bunch ov fire krjackers
when they are fust tutchud oph, full
ov pop. fore a, fow minutes, and then all
is ores..
Without mutiny, without friends,
and without impudence, i.z. about az
low down, in. this world 42tony man kan
get nod keep virtowous.
Bewa.ro of the man. who. alwuss
l eddy to a wop old f rein is for new
ones, r
i The dog that will phollow everybody,
aint worthm kuss.
When I play whist I alwnss like a
phool for a partner, fer they do hold
autoh good hands.
There ii nothing that a man is so cer
tain ov as ho is or what he sees, and
yet there is nothing after all that de
ceavca him So often.
I have had people set down bi mi
side, and konfidcnshally undertake to
explain sum thing to me ov grate im
portance, and taking 48 minutes bi the
watch, I not only didn't know what thoy
had been triing to tell, but had forgot a
good deal that I hue w before,
Thare iz but little that iz new un
der the sun, and what iz aint good for
mutch.
One of the most perfect viktorys yu
kan achieve over onny man iz to beat
him in politeness.
The rarest article quoted in market
just now is good common sense.
Yung man you had better bo honest
than kunnin, and it iz hard work to be
both.
After a man has passed tho age of
57, about all he knn Gnd to talk about
and lb brag on, iz that he has got more
pains and nkes than enny of his na
bors.
I kant tell exactly what's the maftor
ov me, but i am ulwms just a Iectlc shy
of the woman who wears her hair kut
short.
The world at large judge ov us bi our
success.
It ort to kuro the pride of onuy man
when he refleekts that thare aint no ouo
uut .k 0WBS moT9 tQ the world
than the world owes him.
To be familiar with overy one anu
preserve your respect, and their esteem
iz an evidence of the most rcmarkublc
tallents.
The great mistake that menny pco
pie iz to think that they WAS made
before the world wax instead ov since!
Tom Marshall.
A case in which a duel was prevent
cd by one of the seconds, much to the
disgust of the other, who happened to
be a military man, may be related here
It occurred during the extra session ?I
Congress iu 1341. Thomas K. Marshall
invited three gentlcAion to diue with
him one stormy, dismal Sunday. One
of the guests was an officer of the army,
from the South, whe afterwards made
something of a name during the rcboll
ion. The other two were connected
with the press. Aq entertainment given
by Tom Marshall before he joined the
cold-water association was sure to bo
abundantly furnished with wine. Mar
ahull and one of the uewspaper men,
who was from New Orleans, drank deep
ly. They hud been olass-matea in col
logo, and were on terms of familiar
intimaoy. A slight misunderstanding
aroso between them, and both boiug con
siderably elevated, a harsh remark was
made by the editor. Murshall inquired
if he was responsible for what he hud
paid. The reply was.
'Tom Marshall, you ought to know
me too well to ask such a question.'
The party broko up rather suddenly
and a short tituo afterward the oditor
brought to his friend of the press who
was presont at the dinner a challenge
which he had just receirod from Mar
shall, with an unconditional acceptance,
asking him to deliver the reply, sec tho
army officer, who was to act as Mar
shall's second, and make arrangements
for an immodiato meeting. The ftiend
of the oditor was inexperienced in such
matters, but he was impressed with the
folly of u duel between two gentlemen
on a misunderstanding at the dinner
table, und determined to pre rent a light
at all hazards. l(e held the acceptance
until ne.ur the close of tho following day,
when he waited upou Marshall.
'You came, I presume, on behalf of
Mr.-:'
?Yes Sir.'
'You have been a devclish long titno
in getting hero!'
'That, is my fault inkiroly. Your
challenge Wits accepted at once.'
'Let mo have the acceptinee, thou,
without further delay.'
'Here it is,' the gentleman roplied.
'But 1 do not propose to delivor it at
aUL I will not bo accessory to a duo I
between two men who have uo roal
cause of quarrell,' and thereupon tore
the paper in pieces and threw the frag
moots into the fire. Marshall was mu ch
astonished, and inquired of the gentle
man if he knew tho responsibility he
had assumed in so doing. The reply
was that ho neither knew nor cared.
'You have put yoursolf in yonr
principal's place, and I presume you are
prepared to take tho consequence/ said
Marshall.
?Nonscenso,' was tho reply. 'I will
neither let-meet you, nor will I
fight you myself on any such rediculous
quarrel. Now, what do you intond to
do about it V
Marshall finally burst iuto a laugh,
and iu less than an hour's time all the
parties were, taking a friondly drink, at
(jodsby's. The army officer was inclined
to make a scene, protesting against tho
irregularity of tho whole proceeding,
but there the difficulty ended.? An Old
Stager, in Harper's Magazine for April.
A Good Canvasser.
A Central Michigan editor, whoso
death the Free Press chronicled only a
few months ago, was probabiy as pcrsia
tent a man as over started out on a
'dun' or looked for new subscribers. lie
was once out on a jauut in the township
of White Oak, Ingharu County, sticking
to every farmer until he got his nami
and money, and it so happened that lid
came to a house where death called a
few hours before. The farmer's wife
was laid out and tho husband and
his children were grieving over nor loss
when the editor knocked at the door.
'What's up!' inquired tho editor as
he saw the farmer's solid countenance
before him.
'My wife is dead,' replied tho farmer.
'Is that so ?' mused the editor a littlo
?l*?peinted. 'Did she die easy V
'Drop* , ?- . ,
?Did she say anything V
'i\ot a word?just went right to sleep
like.'
'I didn 't know,' coutinucd the editor,
a cad look on his face, Tint what she
might have requested you to subscribe
for the Ca sea <(V, which you knoT is tho
best paper iu tho country. If you
want it I'll take your namer'glitin, and
under the circumstances I won't charge
a cent for the obituary unticc!'
Tho farmer hung off for a whilo, but
before the editor went away ho had two
additional dollars iu his pocket,and hud
written out au obituary notice for publi
cation iu the uext issue which the
bereaved husband prououueed 'a mighty
smart pieeo.'?Detroit Free Press.
Very Much Frightened.
A church in Prussia was used as a
magazine for provuious for ?oldiers,
but great care was taken of the high
altar on account or tho beauty of its
construction. A rumor spread abroad
that the ultar was mysteriously illumin
ated every nights, and throngs of peo
ple gathered about tho church! The
commandment ordered the key aiid with
a lantern oxplored the church, but uoth
ing was found to clear up the" mystery,
but as soon us the church was empty
the altar and whole church were again
illuminated Tho commandant issued
a proclamation offering a reward to any
euo who could unravel the mystery.
For two days no one claimed the re
ward, but on tho third a common sol
dier belengi tig to the fortress requested
a private audience with the ceuimaudaot,
and explained to the him that ho was
occasionally employed to put fra;nes to
mirrors and burning glasses, and one
evening when at work ut a large con
cave glass it happened to bo so placed
as to thrown light iuto tho church ,
ft hen finding public curiosity excited ho
(dien threw the light from tho attic to
the altar. The commandant explained
to the wild e and gave tho promised)
t oward to the joker \
A Clerical J oke,
All anecdote is told of parson Shutc,
the fust minister settled at South Uing
ham, which fqr ready wit ought not to
pass uurecprdeo. It appears that the
rcverond gentleman was very fond of
pudding, so at a ministerial meeting
one day, the hostess, in order to gratify
the taste of her guest had pudding for
ditiner. Unfortunately it on mo very
near the fire whilo it was cooking, sa
that when it was served it was extreme
ly hot. Tho parson, without allowiug
it time to cool, placed n pieco at oneo in
his mouth, and then follow?/3 tho jusual
contortions incident to auoh aa occasion ! n
'but all to no purpose. Tho padding
would not go, so the parson, who was a
polito gentleman, quietly slipped it out
of his mouth and into his coat poekot,.
all of which was,observed by his broth<:'
er raiuisters, who, for the purpose .?f%"
joke eaid,? ,
'So you.are putting the puddingi yif.''
your pocket, aro you?'
'Oh, yes,' said the parson unmoVed;
'I put a jittlo pieoe in there raoroly to
light my pipo with after dinner.
Tho explanation it is needless to add,
wns Buffieient. 1.
The Rich Man Leaving^.
A friend said to me that a good road -
he named had left 8150,00,
I held up my hands, and said, 'What
a pity I' 1 ?!(']-'?? i t? '? ) IL1
lie looked surprised, and said 'What
do you mean V
'I mean just what I say,' I replied,
'for surely it is a pity, when the man
might have sent it on before him, that/
he should havo left his$150,000bohind
him for he will very likely, never hear |
of it again.'
'I remember,' I said,; by way of *%n*,!
plniirttion, 'that some years ago, as I ?wm
truveliug, I loft; my umbrella in tho >
train; and when I found myself In;Jt^e
ruin, minus my unbrolla, I paid inc-fir.3 p
t.vcly, and felt it to. 'What\ %\ pi^y
thnt I should 'ye been so stupid as.'
to have left my {umbrella in tho train.*'4'
Aad.it is surely a great pity that 'It .
should be said of Christian people, ho '.'
or she has died ?and left an' t^ormoai1
amount of substance in the train of thil
world, after allowing for the most liber
al interpretation of 1 Tim., rs: 8.
Increase of Crime.
" ' ? v? u' i ??" ?
\ correspoudeut^t^l^orlin draws at.
iu that city. A list om?* 1*$**
uisny of them being murdor, committed
during the months of November and
December, has been published. Nona
of the victims are rich, aud most of
hem belong to the poorest class. Thus,
a workman was murdered for twenty
ihulcrs, a widow for a small sum of
money which she had about her; a cigar
merchant was stabbed kfor 800 thaler*.
.j ml so on. Sorna of those crimes, too,
woro committed in broad daylight.
They are not the work of praotieed
hands, hut of an ignorant, brutal class,
demoralized by war and military life,
aud.drivcu by misery to adopt murder ?
as a profession. The police, meanwhile,
appear to do nothing to protect tho
public. Some half dozen of these niur
dois have been Joommittrd during the
last two months, hut only in one case
has tho murderer been discovered.
How to Raise Chickens.?My
p rnctico in raising chickens is, to take
them from tho hen, then dig up the soil
and place the coop on the fresh dirt,
then put the chickens back, and the hen
will roll in the dust and get the lice off
much better than on grass land. I havo
tried both ways, and find the fresh dirt
much the best for the health of the hen
aud chickens. In some instances I have
used hog's lard for greasing tho hen'e
wings and the head of the chick, think
ing it a good way te kill lioe. That
and the ircsh dirt and the right kind of
food have raised my chickens. Tho food
I givo, till they are threo er four weeks)
old, is Indian meal mixed with nouv
milk. I let it stand one day after being
mixed, then it will he tit for use, it bain*,
swelled in the dish instead of the crop,
otherwise it might result iu death to the
chick, for I havo lost many by giving
raw moal before it was soaked and
swelled properly. After they have been
cooped up a few days, I let them out to
take tho air,but shut thorn upnightsand
rainy days, for chickens cannot endure
very wot wcathor.? Cor. Ar. E. Farmer.
If twenty 6orcn inches of snow gives
three inches of water, how much milk
will a cow give fod^upon turnips? Mai
tiqly the flakes by tho hair ou the cow's
tail, theu divido the product by a turnip
add n pound of chalk, multiply tho whole
by the pump^ and the total will, be the),
answer.
A young lady in Gloucester is ohat?
ed with keeping hor light b trning in
tho parlor until very late on Sunday
night, in order to harrow ftho seesittVQ
feelings of an ouvions neighbor into th j
belief that she had really got a beau.
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