Morning herald., 1838-05-24
U Experience" writes SO as to prove he has
had very little experience IN peamanship.
Rector, enc murderer n ebinsen, and the
Press.

nsc'or nad arrived In our city, we thought that
would, by some means, manage to escape from iu
tce We confess that we guessed not exactly Il
how and the whereabouts, but with the recollection
the wretched Robinson, and his fimsy trial before
and the desperate Efforts made to clear him, we doub
cd whether a nch murderer like Rector would eve
90 returned to Albany for sentence and punishment
In addition TO this the facts Of the stevedore murder
ed on the Battery and thrown into the rver-the un
fortunate young German girl murdered at the sam
place. and similarly disposed of-the murder Of poo
Luba, the watchman-the white man murdered il
Chapel street by negroes-the numerous child mur
ders that have occurred-all-all within the last six
months, and soul brought justice Sor the same
made us fear that beloved city how in some
way, does not possess the right sort of atmosphere
10 hold and to punish murdrers!
Bat we confess that nothing short of the serious
mature Of the affair withheld from laughing hysteri-
cally when heard the way in which it was alleged
ihs fyfisa escaped from eur Bridewell, and we are
not surprised, but, the contrary, pleased to ind
that the "Albany Evening Journal is manly enough
40 express rs hsnest opnions On the subject. Ps.aA
the corrupt Wall street press of this city homes
opinion cannot be expected they so bound down
by the fet,ers of party, "cabined, crbbed confined
by this, that and the other jack in office. that they
dare speak above their breath, though their bosom
friend was butchered before their eyes,
The following comments on the paragraphs pub
lished here respecting Rectors escape from the
"Albany Evening Journal" and they are followed by
the comments of the evening papers Of this city =
"All this is mere ganmen The miserable inven-
ton of the keeper who suffered Rector 10 escape is
discredited by all who have any knowledge Of the
facts. There is not doubt but that he was helped
of prison by these whose duty II was 10 keep him
In. The story about going 10 the cell at six o'clock
In the msrning with Rectors breakfast &c. a shall
low falsehood. The escape was deliberately contr-
we'd. He was left either without irons, with those
he could slip off at will The keeper who ''push-
ed into the cel should be kept there until he has full
ly atoned for his shameful breach OF trust The muT
derer's money-meney infamously obtained-proca-
"The New York papers contributed to the enlarge
ment of this monster BY their very extraordinary
comments upon his trial. Here, where all the facts
and circumstances were known, not doubt was
entertained of the guilt OF Rector, Of the justice
of the verdict against him. But in New York,
where there exists a strong and strange sympathy
for murderers of the Rsbnson school, the Bewspa-
pers insisted that Rector was convisted improperly.
Here il was known that he murdered an unohendilg
Young man under circumstances Of wanton and rsf-
6an-llke atrocity. But in New York he was spoken
of an injured man, convicted TO appease pePu-
lar excitement! His keepers, breathing the same at
mosphere probably thsught it would be better to
release hn al once than 10 take the chances Of
tral"-Albany Ere Journal.
We presume the remarks OIL tne JOurndt oppucdDle
10 the keeper Of the prsoA are mere conjecture Here
where the circumstances are known no such suspi-
cion attaches that we are aware of-Fost
We should be very glad TO know on what informa-
uos or authority the Journal pronouRces thus deci-
svely; what greand u has Tor asserting that the
is shallow falseheod. The conduct OF the keeper,
and the circumstances Of Rectors escape have been
fully Investigated, we understand, by the proper au-
thsrities and they are satisfied thar there
he rem rk n N 10
the New York newspapers are very unbecoming, to
say the leasi for feel quite at liberty TO say al
though have not said II before, that the testimony
as reported in the Albany papers, did not IN our OPT
nion by any means, make out clear Of murder.
III is an unjust asperson citizens, however 10
aege that their opinion Of the verdict had the re-
motest share in the prisoners escape.
After ALL we cannot discover any thing 80 remark
able in the Of the escape, as TO require these
extraordinary and violent presampuons in account
ing for it, There perhaps want Of due vigilance
more than has been displayed hundreds Of times in
fifty different prisons Commercial
This is as untrue as il is rude and uncourteous and
comes with very bad grace from the Evening Jour
nal. The "New York papers" having no bias II
the matter, and being under no excitement SAID, OF
reading the testimony that II was obviously a cas-
of mansaughter, and for this expression of opinion
they and the city chargeable with having "con
tnbuted 10 the enlargement" OF the convict: Ths 4
most extraordinary charge indeed. On all excita
BILE matters there is rouganess about the Alban,
Evening Journal which is very much TO be regretted
as il sensiby dimishes the influence and usefulness
Of that paper, whose editor is generally an honest
energetic, straightforward msn.-Stdr.
Now for our opinion. We believe-honesily ant
sincerely believe, with the Albany Journal, that tn
whole affair is mere gammon"-that Rector's es
cape was connived at-that the whole farce was
trumped up stery-bu, who is the guilty creature WI
cannot pretend TO say. We may be wrong-totally
wrong-but such is our honest and sincere convic
tien, and were Rector himself TO swear TO the con
trary, we would not believe him.
With regard to the opinion Of Mr.. Bryant Of tn
Post, Mr.. Stone Of the Commercial, and Mr.. Noal
OF the Star, who wrote the above three paragraphs
they ara not worth one straw. The accounts Of tn
murderer's escape they got At second hand. We ex
amined the place through which It is said he crawl
ed-we measured tit extends one way bat nir
inches and quarter We could not crawl throug
AZ ourselves, and Rector weighs nearly 100 pound
more than we dds many inches larger round an
much taller, and stouter every way.
Then there il the lsughable story about diaogr
between his, and the keeper as to obtaining the Ike
of the corridor door. Then his quietly putting u
keeper in the cell-quiety locking and unlocking al
locking IN again No one saw-no one heard as