The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-02
The Execution Of Hoare,
LETTER OF GOVERNOR SEYMOUR STATING HIS RIA
SONS FOR NCr BxTEA DING TIE cLEMENCY PRAYlD

sTArB Nnw ToRK, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
ALBANY Jan 25 1854
JOHN ORsxR Eo Sheriff of the City and County Of New
York-Numerous and pressing applications ks,s been
nAce to me to commuts to Inn prsoSment for life the pun
oned To morrow As the corvct hab her. tofore borne
good character have be- irclned 10 grant tns request
OF the petitioners could do consistently with
ssnse OF duty After careful examr ation of the e-s
5snce pr srnted the trial and the state rents made
in oehah OF the ptsoner, have decided not inter-
sre with the sentence which has been against
The testimony ssovr that At the time the murder was
committed the deceased in the prisoasrs store ANA
that without any apparent provocaop hs stabbed
ia the neck with the blsds o. ola ~ knife was
attached to The side Of pistol The pom used Of
an uoufuAi aDo dangerous character causing . wound
three four inches in depth appears that this
blow The weapon was partially with rawn and another
wound, running in different direction, Inflicted.
The deceased ran out Of Us store and followed By
the prisoner TO this door, with knife Ia bis uphfted
hand as II he dssigped 10 strike another blow The
wound proved to bs fatal after the lapse Of fss days.
AND Hoirs eas convicted Of the orime Of murder.
While IL ia conceded the jury couid render other
verdict It b,s been nrg.d that If ali the facs could b
sbosn the would present different aspect and that
ths declraens Of the deceased wo1d allow he sct
rejected by the Cout the that they
not legal evidence under the circumstances have
ceived from the District AorDsy, Ard from the ooaassl
~ the prisoner stAt msn OF the declarations Of SasAn
AcAnpany, sncit time previous TO her DEATH IL
is true, shs confessed wish that toe prisoner should
not be punlshsd and atsd that he had always teAsd
her kindly ehe her nduct had besa Of character to
rfiiste and annoy hls Or tie other hani her decia
ranns tbow that the poyocAons u tho act did not
At the time the wounds inflicted bat grew out
Of Der improper with the prisoner and othes
persons, and, perhaps, from her ntemperats haoits
They also show the weapon with which she kiL
ed in her possession and negative 10 the thso
OF his defence the trial. that she had attacked him
with It 1T the time the fatal blow struck.
The testimony also thows that ths weapon neves
before ia the store Of prisoner and the infer
Ia rssbtbe that he carried about his person, and II
did not come accidentally into his possession ~ the
mept II used All the testimony proves that his
dpct the oceAsion deliberate and collected b.
fore be could use the wespon necessary for him to
open ths blade Of he hne and shere evidence that
tho act committed under the nausnce OF sudden
unexpected provocAicn The PRISONER denies that he
designed to destroy the life OF the deceased 1t u impos
,ibls TO determLe motives exospt oy his osacuot
he pom used bad been lsrs formidable In s cha-so
Ter there might have been ooorng for this Plea
hote who Of crimes Of viosnce cannot b
mitd 10 say they do not eign to produce the ipju
rice which follow from the OF desdly weapons. The
ntentuns Of the acoused must be rf5rfod from III ac
II has also been argued In behalf of the prisoner that In
other and similar the executive has 70
prevent the execution Of the sentence OF death The
facts p each instance OF crime differ essentially that
they Afford precedent for the estsbshmsnt OF any
rule
Az this case has been carefully examined and dea-
ni'sy decided BY neither commute tae punish
ment nor postpone the day Of executon Yours &e,
H0RArIo SEYMOUR.