The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-16


visited him in MS cell Ward appeared inclined to Dc
merry jovial speaking almost With levfty nj his fate
Ito requested his vis,er TO give certain messages 70 ms re-
hi, end with nfinuoss No said that he forgave all his
enemics hstoycr III they bad done him. and " ne had
injured any desired 70 DO forgiven by thon Hc
" a. prepared 10 meet Just requirements OF the law
and VI he'd that should be done him when be Wa
g,ne The appearance OF his oountenanse was fAr ron
being tina, OF one who 10 meet hts end There
was instability of thous ht and an apparent careless
ness OF which almost shocking to the DO
holder lie appeared TO be anxoos that his last words
should be properly reported and expressed much thank
fness when received that should be done
lie stated that he had impaired to MI FULLER one Of MS
counsel full history OF his hc, and Thai he haa done 70
avoid MISREPRESENTATION after hts death
The interes manifested outside Of the prison walls has
been great All sss beo~ 70 ana
the prison. anxious 10 get intelligence Of what was gong
forward inside largo crowd had also been assembled 10
the Court House yard and In front OF the prson Boys
have been climbing the and king through the
cracks yard fence steDing ~ can some sound
Of struggle or sser nsSrr peuuos and racing
point 10 point H II determined TO MAKO we most o. nou
preolsoly AT n oclo,k Ward ssued from his ce1 At
tended By Father oCopnor and sheriff springer Two
chairs woro placed the platform OF the eaiows IN
one Of which he too. bis scs be priest and an se"asn
fecty s,ill as he took his place. The prisoner pre-
vously 10 being brought out Of the cell vas dreeduiiy
%nsS and or na hour s. Sse svns be
occupied with the priest saying his prayers and bid.
ding good bye 20 fow friends rho visited him AZ
they appeared and took paoos The galows one could
have heard pin drop. Hb limbs were secured ~ Col
Lathrop OF Syvana Ward dressed In white reoc,
white pants and white slippers With cross around MS
neck, which he held In his hand Ho wore white KID
gloves, and rcmbed violently, but seemed more com
posed tho priest whispered few words TO him She.
riff Springer then read the death warrant for Wards exc
cuou and the cor1cd copy of the from the Court 70
which the prisoner listened with great attention
Wards dying speech simply the rsvng OF an over
excl cd and broken down mind. lie thoroughly
un.rung that his words more Ike tho workings Of
insanity than In diligence. he occupied the platform In
sitting position for nearly an hour with the two priests ~
his side, and spoke and prayed At Intervals Before ne
commenced fpcaing Of the priests whispered some
thing his The Sheriff also addressed him. and thcn
turned and said to those prc,ent, that Ward wished TO
speak about confession which no reported rs hav
ing made. Ward then said: "Now, that confession Is
nos true. I tell you the truth. II is not 40. Oh,
ia no, 40. No. II IA not Where is Mr. Fullerf sm
very sorry he Ia not here. him my history, but
am very cory confession Il not true They lie about
me But Mr.. Price. God bless You. You won't do II,
will youS killed my wife; that was bad enough. Yes,
that wss awful; res vas awful That's all the persons
have ever killed hope to meet you all In heaven, and
hope you'll all 90 there On, 10 look back AMI think
that our Saviour suffered for our sins Yes he suffered
and died for us Ny heart II was backcr than the black
Get hal you ever sag. But now am gong 10 heaven,
vbere hope 10 see you all Now, don't believe that con-
fess,ou No, don't believe H. am going 10 my father
and my mother. I thought there too many here
bui guess 10 oil rishl guess ,hore Amt 700 many