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

heFe, I hcpe you oil have good seei'ng, toward me-
NO one can help me nov bu. God I hope he viii pardon
mo ! am much tired and cant .ay 9 grea, deal
cant sas 70 grand many; but guess you'll under
Stand nj" In this way Ward wont on for some time.
ne then addressed prayer to tn. Virgin Mary after
Springer. give N. dime, ri tell 70" when n re .dy
A. he said this be laughed He then aided careless
tone. vi think stood pretty well. cou .eriug
He thea changed hs manner, saying "w you pray Tor
nef wish could bear come one pray for me" BE
Se Virgin Mary again and repeated he n The
tahoic Church. choking considerably in his utterasce,
ntp gse an exsemporanecus prayer which lasted some
i've minutes when he said: "Oh, yes, feel If the Lord
would hear my prayer feel As though it wss answer
ed The priest then whispered something In his aud
he turned and said 81 euppse that great miny want to
know bow bsca ne Catholic. Well, one was,
heansa had moe faith In thai relgion and ,hea they
came to me eenee than the others and then the
Others wanted me To confess 10 killing two mon
more, and raid I could not he saved uolsss I
did. WREN didnt do such thing Aud they (he
Cs'holics) only desired to confess only VIVA. hsd
dtne Now about that Mr.. Halls being killed: al!
going out Of the world With lie in my mouth hut have
confessed all that car remember; and wouldn't Do like
y To forge" II II ban killed two men, don't want any
body here ever 10 take up look ut OF those books
dent call tell had rnAn, for have always kept
tel ccmp.ny aud never stole any money al ai.
s'oe zen dollars, nor FIVE, one ay Gents, my
lie IFS all just as tell you It's true-al true He
continued to iepes these and similar expressions for
time, and then referred his wife thus hope that
VIII be warning TO many men. hope tina. there WI
never be any crime in tho world. On, killed my
wiIe That's enoughI made up ny mind that II could
Dr. have Der nobody else should. IhAve ai~ays beea
hard-worsug man give my body Il the preachers and
my eou' To-. All. let me see. / give my body TO the
preachers ano my eoul 10 my Maker He then mu,tered
ncohe emily for few mipuies and concluded by say lug
be would just az leave tell sll hts sins = no,
The pooe put about bis neck by Sheriff Springer Hs
kissed one U the priests and TO hi, fees saying az
am not afraid to de- He turned Tn the Sheriff and ad
dressed him: "SiDger, you did not have nuoa fass
abo chat eiQw a. Cleveland did you? From this time
until TIE fall he was praying, uerng the aud
mueriDe tncobereni sentences The cap drawn
his face by the Sheriff. and he repeated prayer after the
pdest His last words were, so, my God! am thine!
tbsu art minep'
m be- faid ihse words, and at precisely Eve minutes
before IL o'ciooa the bolt drawn, aud Ward dropped
etrsiRSf down. and hung motoness--only slight mo
ton OF fae feet and ali The crime expiat
ed. Ward was texa We m sediatey let the place. and
the nceherent ravisgs the and excited appear
of the murderer the gniows, and the ati white
form Of the slowly swinging body, Of those who
PIE ent viii ever forget.
After the boy Of Ward hEi hung I'LL life extinct,
informed that taken and carried to tho
Catholic Church. where great crowds or people have Wis
it'd It,
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