New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-16

Judge Myers ana Judge oecuOU-. A1Vce ~
yited by the prisoner, His counsel, hessrs ID
s. Price and Patrick Lynch. OF these, with county
officer entitled 10 be present ami the assistants desg
mated by the Sheriff there were fifty persons present
Among them noticed Mrs Wards brother. MI
R;skf0rd Mayor Browrlee, Marshal kngsbary. The
sn,..rsnc. nd manner OF the spectators who were
cinort1bly seated N chairs, arranged along the hau
in front of the gaows was vary sim!ar 10 An ordinary
gathering az funeral.
was Sc nj for BY him this morning and went over 10
is and visited him in his cell Ward appeared inclined
70 be merry and ioval speaking amOs with levity al
his fate He requestd his visitor % give certain mes
sages his relations in Mllan and expressed bus de-
termination 10 meet bis end with hTuneSS. lie sac
that be orgave all bis enemies, whatever III they had
done him. and had injured any one he desired 70 De
forgiven by them. lie prepared to meet the just
requirements of the law and wished that justice shOuld
be done him when he gone. The appearance oi
his counteranee Wa. ia. from being tina; OF one who
was soon TO meet his end There was en- lnstaOity ot
thoughts, and apparent careeSSneSs OF expression
which were slmcst shocking to the o-h0ider. lie APP
peared 70 be anxious that his last words should be
properly reported, and expressed much theukfulness
when he received that 1t should be done
He stated that he had impaired TO Mr.. Fuller, one OF
his counsel full history of his lie aud that he hsd
done il 10 avoid u.isreprese NATION after his ceath
The interest manifested outside OF the prison walls
has been very great. All the morning crowds have
throuCed the Adams street walk, aud have been going
and from the prison, anxious TO get Intelligence OF
what going forward inside. A large crowd has
also been assembled 10 the C0urtHOuse yard, and IN
front of the prison. Boys have been climbing ON the
fences and looking through the cracks OF the yard
fence and listening to eaten some Sodnd OF struggle or
prayer from within. Others, more careless have been
engaged in pitching pennies, and in racing from point
10 poiu as If q, terined 10 make the most of holI-
day occasion.
Precisely at IL o'clock Ward issued from his cell, at
tended 10y Father . Conner ard Sheru Springer Two
chains were placed the platform OF tue gallows, IN
one of which he took his seat the priest and an attend
ant occupying places at his side. The house was per-
fectly sti Us he took his place. The prisoner preyi-
ously to being brought out OF the CELL was uTesduy
e1ciied his pulse running high as 10 to $50 per
minute: and Tor a hsli-hour before leaving It he was
occupied with the priest saying his prayers ana oid-
ding gt cd bye 10 few friends who VISITED hul AS
they appeared and took places ON the gaows one could
have heard pin drop. HIS limbs were secured by
Col Iathrup If SyVauia. Nard was dressed IN
white robe, white pants. and white Shippers, win
cross around his neck, which he held IN his hand lie
wore white kid gloves, and trembled violently, but
seem ed more composed the priest whispered few
words to him. Sheriff Springer then read Inc deatn-
warrant tor Ward execution and The certhed copy OF
the case from the Court 10 which the prisoner listened
with great attention.
MAIDS diving 50. ech was simply the rsving Of an
over excited and broken down mind. lie was 50
thoroughly unsrung that his words were more ike tne
workings Of insanity than Intelligence lie occupied
the platform III sitting position for nearly an houI
with the two priests by his side, and spoke ana prayed
at intervals Before he commenced speaking, one OF
the priests whispered something Ia ihs ear. The
Sheriff also addressed him, and then turned and SAID
to those present that Ward wished TO speak about
confession which he was reported as having made.
Ward then said: Now that confession is not
true. tell you the truth. Il IT,, Is not SO GA, II
Is not 80 No, it is not 80 Where is Mr. Full
lerl | am very sorry he is not here. | gave
him NY history but | am very sorry the con-
frssion il hot tue They lie about me; but MIR. Price
God bless you: You won't DO 1t; VIII you Killed
my wife that was bad enough Yes, that was aw-
iul; yes it was awful. That all the persons nave
ever killed. hope to meet you all in heaven, aud
hope you'll all go there. ON, To look OacA anu
thLk that our Saviour suffered for our sins Yes,
be suffered aud died for us. Ny heart 1t was
backer than the blacklist hat yen ever saw, but now
| ALI going to Heaven, where hope to see you all
Now don believe that confession. No, don't believe
it. am going to my father and my mother !
thought there was too many here, bu guess Is all
right | guess there aiu too many here. nope
you all have good feelings toward me- No one can
help NE now but God. | hope he will pardon me.
| am much tired and can't say great deal. can't
raw il so grand as many; but | guess you'll under
stand me. In this way Ward went on fDr some time.
lie then addressed prayer TO the Virgin Mary, sitter
the form of the Catholic Church; then he exclaimed
Mr.. Fuller" (who was not present. give me tltn ne
Mr. Springer, give me time | ii tell you when | IN
ready As he said this he laughed: lie then
added in u careless tone, 4" think l have stood It
pretty well, considering" lie then changed his
manner, saying, "Wiil you pray for me wish l
could hear some one pray for me- He groaned,
aud repeated the Lords Prayer then prayed to the
Virgin MARY again. aud repeated the Confession OF
the Catholic Church, choking considerably In his
utterapce and seemed unable 10 pronounce the words
clearly. He then gave an extemporaneous prayer,
which lasted some five minutes, when he sald; On,
Yes, feel a. il the Lord would hear my prayer: L
feel as though it an swered.' The priest then
whispered something in his ear, and he turned and
said /" suppose that great many want to know
how | became a Catholic. Well, one reason was,
because had more faith in that religion; aud then
they came TO me more genteel than the others ana
then the Others wanted me to confess ID killing two
men more; and said could not be saved unless l
did, when didn't do such thing. And they the
Catholcs) ouly desired me TO confess only what had
done Now about that Mr.. Halls being killed: |
know all about that l was the first man that found
him. I'm not going out Of the world with lie III my
mC nth but | have confessed all that i can re-
member; and | wouldn't be likely TO forget 1t
if had killed two men. l don't want anybody
b, oks don't call myself bad man for have
always kept genteel company, and never stole
any money at all never stole ten dollars, nor five,
nor one, nor fifty cents in my iie; al just as l
tell you. It's true-sll true" He continued to re.
peat these and similar expressions for some time and
then referred to his wife thus: hope that this VIII
be a warning to many men. hope that there wiI
Fever be any more crime in the world. Oh, killed
if | coac not have her nobody else should. have
always been hard.working man. give my body
10 the preachers, and my soul to -. All, let me
see / give my body to the preachers, and my soul
10 NV Maker lie then mut;ered iDcoherently for
few minutes and Concluded by saying he would just
~ leave tell all his sins AZ not.
The moose w.s put about bi. neck by Shent
Springer He kissed of the priests, and arose 10
bt- feet saving 81 am not afraid 20 die" He turned
TO the Sheriff and addressed hm "Springer, you did
rot have so much fuss about that fellow at Cleye-
land did you - From this time until the fall he
was praying uttering the confession, and muttering
incoherent sentences. The cap was drawn over nh
Mce by the Sheriff, and he repeated prayer after the
priest Hi. last words were 90 my God am
thine thou art IGine y
As he said thee words, and al precisely five minutes
before l. o'ciock the bolt was drawn and ara crop
led st!aich: down, and hung motionless-only one
sloht motion of the feet and all was The crime