Litchfield enquirer., 1833-06-06
THE CONNECTS.

THE CONNECTS.
Teller and Reynolds have petitioned the
Legislature for Communication of punish
ment. The following is a copy of Teller's
petition: y.
To the Hon. Legislature of Connecticut.
The Petition Of William Teller, convict,
now under sentence ofdeath, humbly show
eth that at special Superior Court hol-
den at Hartford, the 10th day Of May,
1888, he was indicted for the crime ofmur-
der, and was triedeand the Jury pronounce
ed a sentence of execution, to he done OH
the last Friday Of the next month.
Your wretched petitioner does most SOLE
emily declare, that at no time has he been
guilty of shedding mans blood: nor did he,
in the late attempt to escape fiom the State
Prison, for a moment, however much he>
louged for liberty, contemplate, much less
design, tho death of,he guard, who was xii
led. His death was no part Of the plan to
escape, he was only to DO gagged, and for
that purpose gag was prepared, aud was
actually found near where tho deceased
guard lay. Your petitioner did not take
the life Of the guard, nor was this to be
done by any one SO Ear as he has. knowl-
edge. But alag! the unhappy Hoskins
was killed by some one, apd its consequent
ces are to be followed by the execution of
your wretchcd petitioner.
Your petitioner, under his present sen-
tence, stands on tho verge ofanother world,
into which he must be fastened prepared or
unprepared. The loss Of life and the igno-
miny flosing it on the scaliold, are beyond
tho conception Of any one not in my sitna-
ton but great as this is, it is nothing conn
pared with the interests which lie beyond
this execution. I pray for life--sor life
in dungeon, if it must be-for it any.
where, but for lfe-for life. I beg for
some Moderation Of my sentence, from
those who alone can decide upon my fate
for somo change Of the awful judgment.
Place me where you will impose restraints
and deprivations upon me as you will-all
this must expect and, in the judgment OF
my fellow men, deserve-but oh spare my
life. Can death be needed I May not the
justice and majesty Of the law be sustained
by allowing me lengthened life in solita-
ry cell2 l offer to society all my days. and
every consideration which endears life to
inv fellow men may not this suffice3 Life.
life, spare me this, is the last prayer OF
most wre'ched P9 risTGns1As'M S': TyE sf Eq@aa
Hartford, Nay 2lst, 1888.
London.-No city in christendom an.
nouDces itself 50 far, or sends to such dis
lance The decided intimations Of its extent
and power. Twenty miles before its PIN
nacles and spires are visible. the black
cloud of smoke and vapor that hangs over
it, as perpetual canopy, is seen TO swell
up in the horizon, like the dark forms at
sea, which sometimes announce tie ap-
proach of vast continent. The smoke
of the British Metropolis has been traced
as distinct body rs far as Reading (Berks,)
distance Of thirty nine miles. Almost as
far, an increase Of the amount Of passen-
gers is perceptible. Stage coaches of all
sizes and forms crowded with passengers
on their tops, that make them seem in
stinct with life, hurry by in succession. and
the post chaises and equipages multiply
in such numbers, that one not accustomed
TO calculate the videinfuence of SO great
city, can hardly persuade himself that DO
| is not already approaching its suburbs
| Some miles, however, before he is so near
as this, the numbers ofevery. thing moving
begin to look like crowds, and soon after
wards the crowds fall into an almostinces-
SAINT aud uninterrupted stream. In the
mean time, the roads and streets are grow
ing wide, and the shops more frequent. rich.
and snowy. the villages disappear. or Fath-
err become considerable towns and the
towns are gradually changed into eontin-
ned succession Of suburbs, through the
midst of which, the astonishsd stranger
hastcns forward. until driven perpetually
on by the unbroken current, he finds him
self borne, at last, into the endless multi
tudes Of the Metropolis itself
M;seonstyyction of 7srms.-Old Hans
Van Hoosen fourshed about the year 1900.
He was celebrated over the village in which