eleven o'clock
-LSB- Footnote : Cajetan Doeninger was taken immediately after Hofer 's execution , from his prison , and sent to the Island of Corsica , as a private in a regiment of light infantry . He succeeded , some time afterward , in escaping from thence , and returning to his native country . -RSB- Andreas Hofer remained alone with his confessor . At eleven o'clock the doors of the prison were thrown open , and Andreas Hofer was led out to execution . His face was serene , and in his hands he held the small crucifix which he had always worn on his breast . His confessor , Manifesti , walked by his side , and a battalion of grenadiers followed him . Andreas Hofer walked along the ramparts of the fortress with a firm step .