The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-04-03

TO DE HUNG FOR THE MURDER or YoUN :, LEHMAN
CONFESSION OF MATTHIAS, WHO ALLEG &THAT HIs
BROTHER IS INNOCENT, ETC.
PHILApELrm., Apr'r2, 1852.
Motion for trial of the brothers Sk''pnsd, for
the murder of the boy Lehman argued til ornng
by Messrs Kcyser and Brown in favor and Attorney
General Reed in opposition.
The Court over-rulcd the motion and Judge Allison
who deeply affected. pronounced the following sen-
tence Of death, which subsequently translated into
Polish -
MATTHIAS Sxur,NsxI AND BLAIsn SKurrvsxI A jury of
your selection, after impartial and aborous
sdcraon Of the charges preferred against you by the
prescntatiycs Of tho Commonwealth, have found you
guilty Of the wifu and deliberate murder Of Jacob
Lehman. With the verdict which stands recorded
against you the court entirely satisfied believing
which based which, although entirely crcumsxn-
ta conclusive in its nature to dispe every
reasonable doubt OF your participation In tho crime Of
which you have been convicted In view of your awfuy
solemn situation desire to avoid saying anything that
may unnecessarily add to your distress For, however
you may feel, comports not with the dignity OF tho
law neither Is 1t in accordance with its humane teach
ing and operations to embtter your remaining days
earth by needless repetition Of the details In vnlca-
ton however, Of the awful which about
pronounce, and with the hope that the last few words
which shall address you may have some influence in
inducing you to regard in proper light the crime
mtted against inoending brother it is proper this
solemn occasion to remind you of its enormitya crime
against which the most powerful instincts Of nature
revos and which in direct violation Of the divine
COMMUNICATION shalt do no murder" Life is tho most
which his Maker has entrusted him, and DO gutlcss;
much less he be in taking the life another
and he who violates this sacred law Of humanity
shall pay with his own, the penalty Of his offending
You are soon to cxcmpty this truth, sanctioned alike
by human and divine ennctmcnts and thus to present
to all men another illustration of the certainty with
which the eye and arm OF Omnpoencc follow upon
the track of the murderer laying bare the most hid
den actions and bringing him to n speedy accounta.
bity In the retirement Of your housc alone with
the unfortunate victim Of your cupidty you slew him.
and enid secrecy the most profound protected in all
nv he qUft he min fbe mi
corpse is placed where to all human calculation eye
shall again behold it. But few struggling hairs
oosed from their confinement became locked in the ice
and there firmly held until the body is discovered and
dsnhumod You, however, had fed no one knew where.
Weeks passed. and you were undetected when single
ungarded look which no human foresight could have
anticipated. betrayed you the murdercrs Of Jacob
Lehman. Before end my painful duty as the minister
OF the law, whose voice utter not own. let remind
you that although crime be great it is not beyond
forgiveness. God is merciful just, and willing to
pardon and forgive, and all may through the mediation
OF the be saved from the Of their
transgresson Your doom is solemn warming to oil
others In the full strength Of your manhood in the
bloom Of feogether and at the time the children
Of mother, in strange land-you about to be
conveyed to u felon's death and dshonorabe grave.
The stern requirements Of retrbutivc justice demand
Of me now the imposition Of the sentence Of tho law.
II is therefore considered and adjudgod by the Court
taken hence to the Jail Of the county Of Philadelphia
from whence he came, and thence to the place Of
cution and that he be there hanged by the neck until
he Is dead And may God have mercy on his soul
Baise was sentenced to death in precisely the
words as those in tho last paragraph.
After the adjournment OF the Court large crowd
gathered around the prisoners when conversation took
place between Matthias and of the officers Of the
Court in the German language Understanding that Lam
guage, the writer heard from the prisoner that he
watching at the outside Of the front door while the third
party the Hungarian despatchng the deceased that
when hc (Mathias) went into the house Lehman
dead The prisoner freely confessed that he Off
OF the boys legs but said he took part in the killing.
Matthias expressed desire in very passionate language
for the arrest Of the Hungarian lie said the authorities
should search for him all over Europe and America
Matthias during the whole of this conversation did not
evncc anything like but strong feeling anst
the third party who had fled the city lie said til Hun
garian ought to be hung well he.
APPEARANCE or THE PRIsoNERs ETC.
Baise remained apparently, in a state of stppGr He
fixed his upon object and seemed to DC absorbed
in the sentence Of the Court lie said nothing At |.
Matthias showed great attachment towards ms younger
brother and takes every opportunity to vndcato him in
this matter lie said that Baise had nohinsto do with
the murder.
The prisoners conducted Of the Cot to
the Black Maria by several oicori but they made
attempt to escape There large 1ber Of perscls
in the vicinity eager to catch glimpse the prisoners