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in Gratz. Hofter with his family 

 was taken to Bolzen, ;vhere his son, 

 a lad aged 14 years, was left in the 

 hospital, on account of chilblains 

 in his feet. His mother was sent 

 back to the valley of Passeyr to 

 take care of three other, and very 

 young children. As Hoffer was 

 led prisoner out of the territory of 

 the Tyrol, multitudes every where 

 van to see him as he passed. Some 

 raised their hands towards heaven 

 and made the sign of the cross, 



others fixed their eyes overflowing 

 with tears on Hoffer. At Mantua, 

 after a mock trial before a military 

 commission, he was condemned to 

 death, andon the20th of Feb. 1810, 

 shot in the presence of a great 

 number of spectators. — There are 

 many striking points of resem- 

 blance between the person, con- 

 duct, and fate of Andrew Hoffer, 

 and those of the renowned Scot- 

 tish patriot and hero, William 

 Wallace. 



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