Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-05-11
TIE WARD CAsE.-The following II

the Jury recently rendered IN the Har.
din county Circuit Court, by which
Matthews +. Ward was declared limo.
cent oil any crime n the killing OF VIM.
Ii. G. Butler, is in opposition 10 all the
evidence IN the case, contrary 10 our
ideas OF public Justice and subversive Of
the fundamental prime pies OF personal
security, guaranteed 10 US by the con-
slltution OF the State.
Resolved. That the published ev:-
, dence gwen on the trial oil Matthews
+. Ward, shows beyond all question,
that most estlnable citizen and a most
amIabe, moral, and peaceful man, has
been woutonly and crually killed, when
III performance OF his regular and re-
sponslbe sutles as Il teacher OF youth
aud Notwithstanding the verdict OF
corrup. and veua Jury, tho deliberate
Judgment Of the heart and conscience
ol this community pronounces that ku-
ling TO be murder.
Resolved, That we regret and con-
demn every manifestation 0l disorder,
and we exhort all good citizens by Their
reverence for law, by their own SELL
respect, and by their love OF virtue o!
hlm whose loss we dep ore, 10 ahtaln
from violence 10 persons or property, and
from every disregard of law ana order
remembering that society caunol ex-
let wlthou. order, aud that he VIII m we
revered on earth, was incapable oil
medItatlng harm TO any one aud that
every wrong committed will wound his
pure and lovely spirit
We copy the following from the
Louisville Courier -
Alter the passage oil the resolutions
strong cord was stretched between
two trees IN The Western part Of the
court house yard, aud upon it were
hung fifteen eiliges duly pIacarded
! with the names OF the persons they rep
resented. After the thousands had
gazed npon the swinging figures the
multitude unanimously demanded they
should be buIned. Accordingly fire
was NindIed, ana MIR. Coppage mounted
the fence TO point out 10 the lockers on,
the different individuals. These
twelve said Mr.. G., are the Hardin
county jurymen, and Oft they went baZ.
lug together. The torch was applied TO
another, and that said Mr.. e., lis
Nath'l Wolfe, Esquire, who denounced
us as pursuing the innocent murderer
withl bloodhound avidIty.' And then
the representation OF Wolfe crumbied
and went into smoke.
Mr.. Coppage again spoke and said
That Is Matt Il. Ward the murderer
that is Geo. ID. Prentice (with several
bunches OF shooting cracker, at his
neither end 10 assist his explos on) the
impartial editor OF the journal who in a
letter to his paper from Eliza gthtown,
April l9th, spoke of the Jury in the iol-
lowing language
Admirable Jury, excellent and sub
stantIal cIlizens-the whole twelve are
men TO whose honesty and sound judg.
ment the cause OF public justice, doubt
not, is safely confded.'
And that concluded Mr.. c., is john
J. Critttnden. the volunteer counsel
God help him !!
u hiGTous man of straw, designed 10 re
present the swIll Witness Barlow, was
hoisted 10 an upper window Of the Court
House, aud there burnt amid the loud
execratons oI the crowd.
He was considered unworthy OF
place even among the jurors.
While this VAS going OH, another de-
putalion OF the people, perhaps 1000 in
number, quietly went TO the residence
OF Robert j. Ward, Esq. bearing
the eiligies OF Mau. and Robert Ward.
They entered the house, but found it
deserted, whcreupon the eiiigies were
ha N IA
or porilco.
The boys in the crowd then threw
s'ones al the windows, aud the conserva-
tory or summer.housc,a a great quantity
OF glass being demolished After this.
some thoGgh,ess persons IN the crowd
set fire TO the elIigies, which, IN burnIag,
as II ma ur" consequence, set fire TO the
house, The fire bells rang out the
alarm, and the engines were soon at the
scene the fire beng Immediately SUBJ
dued, with but very little damage en-
sung. Some excitement at this June
ture was caused by The firing OF II cou-
pie OF pistol shots, bu, no harm being
done and none hit, The affair soon quiet
ed down.
After this the crowd proceeded TO the
residence of Senator W ollie on Ch, inut
street. The house was darkened, Jnd
demonstrations OF violence were about
being made, when Col. Preston arose
aud asked to be heard. The mulItuGs
Immediately demanded What are
you doing away from Washington p
The Colonel made several ineilectu h
efforts To be heard, but the crowd was
impatient, and as a last resort, he sald
heswould resign his seat IN Congress, %
the presen, assembly (about 1000 pei.
sons) requested him 50 To do. Ihcre
was universal response, Resign, re-
sion 4 Col. Thomasson aud Capt.
Gibson then addressed the crowd, aud
after the requcst OF the ladies oi the
neiphborhood was made known. the
people dispersed with three dismal
proans for Wolfe.
Before midnight, the city was unusu-
ally quiet, the vast multitude that "A lew
hours previous had thronged the streets,
having retired TO their homes. more
decisive. determined body of men never
was congregaied, while their observ-
anoe OF the rules OF propriety ana strict
avoidance OF violence were singular IN
the wonderful demonstration.
A meeting Of the citizens ol Louis
willie has been called to make arrange
ments Tor the erection OF n monument TO
Professor Butler. The call opened as
follows