New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-18
PHILADELPHIA.
Sentence OF Sprtng-His speech-Other Items.
Correspondence OF The N. Y. Tribune.

PTODdDITTy TTllc,
ceve the dread sentence of the law At little before
o'clock the prisoner placed in the dock, and the
crowd in and about the Courtroom rapidly became more
and more dense When the doors opened, the
rush tremendous, and there vast deal OF push
ing and ebOwng despite the efforts of the officers to
preserve order In few seconds every nook and
of the Courtroom was closely packed by curious
crowd, who were anxious to witness another public act
of the dreadful drama.
By the time the Judges had arrived and taken their
seats every inch of standing within and without the
bar, and inside the railing closely packed by the
eager multitude. The wretched prisoner although the
center of the general gaze unmOved in the dock and
looked upon the immense crowd with real or assumed
Indifference Spring looked well, and his face bore no
trace of anxiety Judge DOran, the counsel for the
prisoner, stood the dock with his resting upon
it. AS silence could he obtained, Mr. Reed the
District Attorney arose and moved that sentence of
death be passed upon the prisoner.
After Mr. Reed had concluded, Mr.. Doran said:
"As counsel for the prisoner in the dock being of opinion
that he has had fair and impartial trial. know Of
son why Judgment Of the law should not be pronounced
against him"
The prisoner then directed stand up and Judge
Kelley said:
Arthur Spring, have you anything to say why the judy
men of the law should not be pronounced upon you -
The prisoner replied
81 have, your Honors."
A death.like silence prevailed during the time the
guilty man was speaking.
ARTHUR SPRINGS SPEECH
Your HOnors had no act part in the murder of Mrs
Shaw and Mrs Lynch l am willing to die for it at any
moments but before die call God witness that had
part in the murder If you want me to tell you what
know about it, will here say that had no hand in it.
| knew nothing about it, | never had it in my thoughts
not afraid to die, and show my death to any My
said he would take the money from the trunk of Mrs.
Lynch, and told HIM that as was known there would be
suspected of il. He told me he took the money He said
he went down there and took bottle of brandy with him
lie told me he had killed the He had first struck
Mrs Lynch when she was in the back room She got be-
hind the setee and he had to wait until she before
he could finish her He told me he had gone into the from
until she would come out He said that after he left
there he went i'll for minutes to play dOminOes with the
boys.
After he came home to Magure's he waited till all
abeo, when he went back again to CAROLS say that |
did not commit the murders but am willing to die for
them am not afraid to show my face to any man. am
not afraid to dienot afraid to appear before my God at
any moment Ny son told me all about the murder OF
Mrs. Lynch and Mrs Shaw. These my dying words,
and L will say the same the gallows. As for the
money, l did not know any thing about it. l did
not know the color OF it nor any thing about it,
| never told Byne where the money was did ! say
a word to him about it, He came down to prison, and
brought three oranges lie sat down and took out of
his pocket two pound weigh which had seen be
fore and put into my lap lie said that he found it in
Magure's yard, back of the house told him my son had
taken out of Ragans shop to throw at his cousin for
he fighting with him at the time, and took it from
him and carried it up to Magures, and then pitched
ii away into the yard
The first time was at Maroney's store got pound Of
grapes and gave him IS note He said take the grapes
along and mind the money. wanted to buy him out
and he asked $500 for his place The next time was there
:
Maroney and gave her 81 gold piece. Ii my that
told about the weight and the money also When got up
the morning after the murder found the shirts
the table My son told me to put on one OF the clean shirts
did and rolled up the dirty and put them under
the table. One of them was the one had got bloody in
the fight with Carroll After breakfast my went ont
down to where he committed the murder. He came back
and at home when the officers came. One OF them
said, where is Arthur Spring. | said, here am L.
We took ale at the bar, and rode off with them in
a cab. When the place where Mrs. Lynch
and Mrs Shaw were murdered hey told me oft Before
my God am innocent of the murder, and will leave it to
the public 10 my God and everybody am willing to die
fori and know must die. These my dying words
brought up respectfully and have been honest man
all my life have never been in liquor but twice in my
life. Now your HonorS know all have Ia say about II,
and will die an innocent man. and am willing to die. l
call my God to witness my innocence.
1t was impossible TO obtain verbatim report of the
speech of the wretched criminal his rapid enuncatiOn
and rambling style made il very difficult to ranscrbe his
words in the order in which they fell from his lips. We
the reader, however, that we have faithfully
given the and substance of his statement and pre-
served the peculiarities of his style At times he hest
tated if fearful of committing himself and at times
seemed rather puzzled TO keep up the connection in the
tissue of lies he invenng and uttering. This con
fusion very evident when he spoke OF taking off
his own bloody shirt and substituting a clean by d.
rection of his The culprit seemed aware OF the
pitiful weakness of his story at this point.
The statement yesterday differed materially in other
respects from his former stories. Until yesterday, he
has pretended that he knew nothing whatever of the
murder until told of il by the officers who arrested him.
1t will be perceived that in the above speech he says his
son told him of the murder the night committed
There other discrepancies between the statement
made yesterday and those promulgated or former occa
sOns.
After the prisoner had finished all he had to say Judge
Kelley pronounced the sentence Of death an apprOpr
ate, feeling and touching
We watched the condemned man narrowly while he
was listening to his dreadful DOOM but not trace of an
emotion perceptble on his cOuntenance. Not
quiyer upon his lip did tear mOiSten his
eye he seemed completely calOus.
After the cuprt had taken his seat he wiped his eyes,
ard covered them with his hand but are skeptcal of
the existence Of tear
After the sentence concluded Judge Kelley d.
rected that ali in the Court should retain their
places until the prisoner removed. This ordea was
strictly complied with and Spring passed ont of the
Court House through lane formed By the police and
the van in whch he placed driven up Chestnut
st. and down Eighth, to the prison. without the slightest
confusion demonstration of feeling being made by the
assembled mass.
IL is said that before the prisoner left the Court room
his counsel Mr. Doran, stepped up to him, and said:
MIR Spring there is no longer hope for vour
life You should send tor priest; and endeavor TO make
the proper preparation for death and future life
Spring in the most resoute manner, turned his face
towards Mr.. Doran, and looking him full in the face
said twill not do it,"
The Court adjourned as soon the case of Spring
was disposed of.
During the past week, as you are aware several new
facts have TRANSFERRED which tend to fasen the murder
of Mr. Rink more completely upon Spring
Another circumstance has been brought TO our notice
which adds IN additional link to the chain Of evidence