The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-08-23

hearyless villsin who has finally received an n-
salnent upon the penalty due to his crimes, viii be
as s%a churaS s s,TIs on the
odd Baily, LondonJoseph Mortimer, who ives con-
victed Friday upon two indictments for bgamy, and
whose Judgment resped was brough M 10 receive
the sentence of the court The reco,e 9dicssing the
prisoner said he tho't il ZIG % loa hun that Since
the period of his convs'ico s.aHi,ss hsi bean made
aud information hal ,coI Db',.oed Which quite CON
rmed the gnal view rntertaiped by the court that
his of the aspect ana thst in
addition TO the serious injury he hal nced upon those
whom he had deceived Ivy false and pretended mar.
r,ges he had greatly aggravated his offence by prscs
ing the utmost cruelty towards his victims.
IL hsd been asceainel that in addition to the cases of
false marriages that had been proved against him. gen
which he was tried, who prepared to give him into
custody upon the charge OF having contracted another
marriage in Ireland II he had been acquitted upon the
charges then made against him. With regard to the
case OF Miss Lovejoy the young lady whom had
red at Liverpool he thoughtful right let the prisoner
know that the court was in of letter. written
by highly respectable surgeon Of that city, who was
acquainted with the circumstances of his COMMISSION
with her, and b. satcdOne of his victims,
Miss Loyeoy was for several years patient of mine,
aud more confiing kind and amiabe creature never
existed; before she took the unfortunate step which
have no hesitation ~ saying consigned her 10 an untme
Iy grave, she mentioned the circumstance to me- and
ADVISED her strongly against the unon until she knew
poor creature. gave way and became the victim OF the
scoundrels Vaccinations. She had not been married
oct most bitterly.
In few days she again sent for confidential
friend As she she burst Int tears and
said, Z" am q murdered woman he has taken every
thing possess in world from me except the clothes
in which stand and today ut was the aiternoon have
adjacent room wentto remonstrate with him. but he
maintained logged silence. and as left the room ! told
him if that died her blood would be his head"
The prisoner here declared he knew OF such
renee, and he wished TO know who the party who
addressed the court The Recorder said the letter was
written by DR. Cripps and every reliance was placed
upon its contents because the writer known to be
respectable person by some members of the Corpora
uoft tho tn xph ha had
ence The prisoner said he knew nothing about it. The
Recorder proceeded.
stated in his letter." once her the day
before they left England She called on me- she said
again mentioned to me his brutal restment the details
oil which were so atrocously revolving that almost
coil when think OF them wished her, even at the
eleventh hour to reconsider her determination of
companying him to America but she said that although
she believed she should never the Atlantic
ave yet that she had cast her lot with his, it
herduty to submit" (The reading of this sentence
caused great sensation in the court) The gentleman
soemnly declare that could most ntiousy have
accepted her expressions Of the conviction that she could
Tss
The Recorder went on to address the prisoner and
said he knew that she did die the passage and that
Immediately afterwards he returned to this country and
contracted another false marriage Prisoner-"I did
get married again my Lord but was legally divorced
will say any thing" The Recorder said there was no
to doubt the truth Of the statement his
D6lng divorced America, amounts
thing The prisoner declared that he had not had fair
trial. He said he could not have been worse treat
cd BY the Hoentos As the person whom he was &C.
Of G sn. .sd
was well aware that In addition the other injuries he
had become had been his constant endeavor
to destroy their characters but he bound to tell him
law would permit them to be despoiled Of their pro-
perry by such practices those adopted by the prisoner
lie was proved to have despoled the unfortunate Miss
n oh ocuoA md had
her dead body been into the sea- when he returned
to England contracted another false marriage and having
His object appeared to have been plander Of the worst
description and he appeared to have ruined after
properly they were possessed Of and he could not help
expressing an opinion that it the of this
description that had been brought before the notice
OF the court in which they assembled He he Re-
corder felt that his duty to the public compelled him
pass upon the prisoner the full sentence Of the law
which was that he be transported beyond the for
the terms Of years upon each Indictment the
second sentence Of seven years transportation
mence at the expiration OF the first The sentence of
years. transportation that passed upon the pr
soner on his conviction Of robbng Miss Lover, will it
appears merge IN the present Judgment SO that in effect
fourteen yeors' transportation
WYATT THE MURDEREn-AuBuRN, Aug 1877
T. M.-This usually quiet little village is at this
time in most ste; extraordinary excitement and very Justly
which have been able to CLEAN from various sources
1t appears that when Wyatt was brought from his cell
that he might be decently buried He was assured by
the sheriff that he, himself, would carry his wish into
effect.
Yesterday morning he was to be buried coffin having
been procured and the body laid in it During the
ing absence the body (he say was taken awsy and
an traces OF lost but most persons thoughth had been
The excitement has increased during to-day, and
finally Christopher Morgan, b + Hall. Esq and several
other gentlemen, having obtained permission OF the
keeper, (who, it is said, denied all knowledge of the
AFFAIR." proceeded to search the State prison. and after
some time discovered. opening barrel the body of
wat carefully packed away and ready as is supposed
tho students thereof.
It is said large bundle was known to have been
taken into the prison yesterday orenoon-a thing very
unusual for no person is allowed to carry anything in
the shape OF bundle into the prison without careful
examination and this was supposed to have been the
body The coffin cannot be found. 1t has undoubtedly
been buried or burned.
large crowd are congregated around the prison
awaiting the appearance of the keeper know if he
will surrender the body If he does not most probably
violence will be committed.
vast deal Of speculation has been had the real
name OF the individual who has just paid the penalty Of
his crime with his life The public mind seems to be set
ting down upon the conclusion that his real name Is ar
vey Mead and facts and circumstances which have re-
Gently come to Light strengthen that belief In the first
that he was once some seventeen years ago an sppre
tce oil his and the convict himself has twice vir
still stronger in favor OF the belief that Mead is his name
Is the fact that individual Of that came h. re from
Chautsque county some two three months since for
himself whether he not his brother Upon going ID
his CELL Wyatt was asked The knew Mead when he an
nonnced in the most positive manner 81 do" Mead
could not recognise him his brother distinctly for the
reason that when the prisoner left home he was quite
young He said however, that if it his brother he
had scar upon his right foot made upon particular
casion-and upon examining Wystt's foot, a scar was
found just as he has described it, He also said there
another on one side OF his hesd-and a precisely
answering the description found there In addition
to these very strong evidences that Mead his real
name, there are variety of other circumstances which
n nj toll votf
that the gentlemsn present claimed him brother
and If he was so, his mother anxious to come
and see him. Wyatt replied that he dill not want
his mother to see him until after he had his trial.
He said however, that If he could whisper to Mead
for moment he could satisfy him at He did 40,
and Mead said aerward there was doubt that he was
his brother.
We have, however, to counterbalance these proofs,
that his real Mead and that he in this
reRon inatead OF the ,sunnx South has