The New York herald., 1851-11-20
The Condo mned nIurderers.

VISIT TO THEIR cEfLs-ENEcrTroN POSTPONED NJ A
WRIT OF ERROR-AFrEAEANcE or The coz
The community mus, feel startled at bshoiliug tte
alarming number Of murder trial. exhibited On h. cAl-n-
OAR Of our criminal court during the past year At
present the Tomb, contain 40 les, than exht persons
ehsrgedi With capital offence, four % whom have been
convicted and ar now under sentences Of Henry
Csrnel Tor the Dey street murder, Jos,ph CLARK for
Killing loieensn siesTis. james sullivan for kiiiin
policeman lostsr. Two rf the cuprt. CLARK an sulli.
van we're ssutencet % b. executed on Frdsy Of ths
week but a. i viii appeig by the annexed proc sedns,
o-iere Justice Ldroud- writ oi error has been SLOWED
and aso stay of procsedings TIE case ct thee W
se ior n p9post oi arguing cers exception taken
y Robert Morris ksq counsel or The prizouers On
= ruiirg q the Court iurng the trial rhe.. keep
och'vil b. argued before ths supreme Court ln De
crrber neat. On the pesr approach of execution.
a lsrgs number q persons very desrou. % vt.
mesa tb- awful seutsue, " TIE Law cons uenty
sidsrsts s1citsn..ut Is manifested especially I'M aud
asout the shsrin fss bnd ia the vicinity Of the T0bs
Yesterday orr - ~ vists1 4 he doomed men In their
sefeate cs The sce D. one terrible % loos upon
with health ard stieusta Eho in a few brief hours
rtfe % be deprived r xists In ibis world b pro
Gee g law. suliivan r diminutive about i've
ret IN heizbt With yery unntslissnt looking c5unts.
nance o. sotut 70 yeaEs Il sse aud nstiye Of Kerry
Oh entering the cell oi .his miserable b-il, h. AZ.
pears3 the pictUre q iesp8rhs mouth 4uiiersd an1
bis ewes twnalsd quickly indicstas terrbs Jtion
ibwsrdiy On taking BIZ hand We found il chilly aul
mcist with cold persfiretion Amer lew sacon.s hs
becams more cor posed snd stated tha, be believed hare
was 10 bOpe iuf bim There some hop ID %
ye'iersay but rhsn the ster'f rad th- letter from
SOvtfnor Hunt vao refused O. interfere 10 hls behalf
be telt tbat al hope here xrRe: b1 said lie zen
O'Clock fricty vii tell the story an not prepared
% die. Nere A single man sbcAJ uct care but my
wif- and rfse GEAR little chElrsn-ths youngest
only four mcahs oit and toe eltest six yeaEs-'
Here the UDfs rtunate burst into a food CT
tears On he terrible i1sa of plctnz with hs family
10 witness the stfu BE- succ narsd With his feelings
co fepress hie grief deeply sfectnr and brosaht
tWG from thss present thD dJwlaz tear OF sympathy
ln con miseratop for the aeaBc0y poslis of the un
ort1Dsie victim OF ntsnpsrante ard the helpless aud
stherls children about 70 b. thrown upon she world.
fcsnty charity Tis true. be vas a man addicted to
hquor snd rhen intcxcstel would a5uss ha ariny
Jet u lc,k at The case nov in sobriety the picture
prttents different aspect over the bed of tue pr.
soner the crUchy of cur 70 rcur tackled ths wall
ar near by 10 was -mpCranCe pledge csrtacats al
minseTed to t,e ptsoutr the letn lay Of October
last, BY the good Father Iaihcw when he visited ths
Ttmbs, 20 which pl. lge affixed medal Tbe cruc
Ok presented to him by the Sisters n Mercy The
prisoner continued snd said that be was indebted foe
bis present position 70 d mixing liquor ssid be- On that
sunday morning 4 went cext door 70 get two dollar
bill changed and in this pol ter house met Smith be
snd we're very good terms almost Ike brothers
ussd 10 see him every day We drank glass of iqpsr
rgelsr Wien w~pt up stairs goi into g1sgf'l