The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-16
nxecsssoa or Ns y. Nj ward, IN I'UlAse, Ohio.
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nxec~sso. or X. >. M. ward, IN TulAss, OHIO
lvrSn ~ Io.sae B.sds. June ~
u his crimes, was AZ years old on Monday lae He wa
born in Erie county the 9Th day Of june 1875 AK
was farmer moder ais circumstances; ba. a. be aid
marry again, return was put out TO DO reared snc
orcosry croe Of family affection Al the are Of nine Q,
when the vessel rod tho and Of ,hs sesson va
left nj Erie, suacsy eniie rtrargers TO Gnd biz home
| be could. He did 10, know where Il was nor hoe IA
reach IT, but made freUds with boys who gave him
home for two or t1ree wteks. Till vessel was found q
take him 10 Huron me captain OF the vessel took Svs
OF him a. Huron Tor long time, TIL by accident he dis
covered where his father could be found
Then he vas pat out TO labor and xas attacked By &C.
we're rheumatism which crippled him for lNe Aftsr he
recovered he was pun Out with blacksmith, aud shifted
ABOUT lom pAGe 20 pace meeting with very rough fare,
no time 10 his es'y years did have very movsl
r>sious RESTRAINTS thrown arouad him. and when,
la. period. he appreus,ced him 9n Mr. Ashl ~,
learn tne tailoring business the religious when
Mr. A. Ney attempted to impose him accustomed RUG.
ture be~~ them, and Ward left for morc cougeni
| eociations
His temper was ahaped by the circumstances Ia which
would brock NJ oppoai'ion Aftor having learned hs
rde he WANDERED about from place to place. aud spent
this civ In lSll he took up his residence al
Mansfield, " lae- married " Sarah Lal
con- daughter OF res >ecabe farmer Mr.. Lam-on had
very had opinion Of wad, and forbade ths marriage.
but Sarah left her fathers use an vent 70 the mousse u
frierd, where the wedding took pla In de
lance u parental authority hr Lamson died soon aIser
Disposed NOpery other children, leaving
Mrs. wsrd with only bequest of s%oO which she was to
Before nts marriage be involved IN various difficult
ss with ansrsn. perssSs ana n ons ana an, no. x ,
10 RctMnd TO keep tavern where his pAsons had soN
scope, and he began the eommi sion of 'hsse seasr
crimes which huay brought him to the bar Of h co niry
tho ghlows IL hes been whispered about yer since
his Conviction that the murder az hs wife Ma frat
great c,ims and this proves TO be true Hs coDfea vos
which he 10 his COUNSEL ind lady for dis
Irritation, set forth that while keeping the tavern at RIB
land merchant 10 the name Of Noah Hall TOOK his meas
at the tavern, but slept In the He had got tgeher
onfidefabe sum Oh money to make his Annual 5sring
Wait 70 New York and Ward Knowing all the chcum
possessed himself the reward for this crme OF about
$50.
Two Lisbmen were suspected Of having pcrpetrated
the deed, sBd indeed for IT, but the evdt
agains. them slight, and they acqui.iel.
v ard publicly accused OF tine murder, but
there were eome who suspected him OF II. Among
there wss his wife From the arst she believed tast
Ward the murderer and though he steadily denied
ana charged On the two Lishmen did not shake her
conviction that he was the guilty one and the thought
eycd upon her necessarily she became derauged,
and was sent to the asy um a. Coubus, where she re-
NAMED some years. she s now In chand county, still
insAne-
This murder was committed in 1851 About year
after, ward aso smardered pedar WHO stopped at his
house for the night The circumstances Of this murder
arocous than those attending murder
of Hall He az utter stranger, and Ward hghied hin
he then went to bed himself ser. till midnight when,
on awakng. the Thought struck him that the pedlar
might have money. dc Immediately and went up
biz opened the door, went 10 his bedside found
him ping soundly Hc then went down stairs and got
axe, ana returning struck him blow on the head,
which put sudden end 10 bis existence. He
took goods box which lie had in the yard and pack
ing The dead man IN IT, put under his bed In his "a
box In one horse wagon some sixty miles, and threw II
into the Huron river. He was never publicly Charged
with this murder, but since his conviction has generally
been believed that he the pedsr out OF the way Az
the reward Of his crime he possessed himself Of the sam
Of $50 and a lew goods which be dared not use.
Inn on
RchAnd and went TO Shelby, where he married Susan
Reese though hs had oblaned no divorce iron his arst
wife, enc rrl hts lawful wife With this woman
he 10 have lived terms Of Affection and he says
that had respect for her he committed no great
crimes during lie she died after hs removal u SyI
In this county, and pretty after her death
Ward Olive Davis, ut adrian, and q; once made pro
two or three days ana went syivsua together bat
begun to have pretty sharp quarreis. The CHEF
caure of these quarfes seems TO have been his sfss
children, who great annoyance 10 him. She nuay
quit him. late last fall, And ID To her friends In
Adrian. Ward pursued Der, with solicitations TO return,
and she days prior the murder, which
took place ath of February.
left clothing ard vther articles at Wards,
and her object IN gong back was TO possess hersef OF
discovered her purpose he cterminod that she should
q he Get from her confession of her real purpose nd
the conse qucnce OF those family scenes which
bad become requeni before her departure for Adrian
Ward he taen fully determined rs In what he would
do he supposed tha, she would embrace the first
opportunity leave be concluded that no tme was 10 DO
hind her and struck her the head with smoothing
iron such bo~ that she never spoke Nterward, and
died within fifteen minutes.
THK EXECUTION.
The execution OF a great criminal Is an event which
naturally ata attention, and streets full OF
people TO day though the death soenc Is private and
can behold Il but few invited guests The day opens
heavily. A dark mourning cloud has shrouded out tho
during the morning. and the heavens have YEP, pro-
fuscy the freics which are thus exPacd ~ tho
sevcrest rcns,ty ,hHi man can inhict
The gaows set up last night, and 10 located In the
northwest Of the jail, IN the north hall II IL
frame built Of scau,pg braccd AMI boled and painted
black. The platform reached b. ascending marrow
Eight OF stairs IN the west hail. aad ev.i xisn tna
walk The drop very ingeniousy oonrved, the whole
platform which the prisoner stands being male 70 fau
from under him by tho simple moving Of slever The
platform feet four and bali inches in height
from floor, and the framarona'nng II rs uvo teoi by
six 30 that the platform nils yhe space between tho rallied
walk aud the outer wall OF the prison.
The spectators principally gathered 90 tho lower
floor OF the north hall Ihose Invited oy tho sheri were
reporter from each Of tho four Guy papers, Jddge
Ayers and udre jcbbina Tnoso invited Dy tue prieonrr
were--bia council Messrs. 3 Price and Patrick LYncn
Ofthose, with county officers entitled TO be present. and
The assistants designated by the Sheriff. there were dy
| rersons " ceeut among tnem we noticed Mrs Wards
brother Mr. Bedford Mayor Brownlec, Marshal Kings
bury. The APPEARANCE ana manner OF the 'pecnors ano
were comfortably seated in chairs arranged along the
hall in front Of the gaowr was very similar 70 an ordi
| nary gathering at funeral
| gentleman who had known Ward when boy was
sent BY him th morning, and went over TO tue jail
and visited him 10 ms cell Ward appeared inclined TO Dc
merry and ovia speaking almost with levity his fate
Ho requested his v,er give certain 10 his
issons in Milan and expressed his determination to NEE,
his end with hfnue.s no sad that ne iorgave an hs
cncmcs hstoycr III they bad done him. ami " ne had
injured any one desired 10 DO forgiven by thom Hc
Was prepared meet the just requirements OF the law,
ana wi he'd that iu7iice should be done him when he Was
gone The appearance OF his oountcnancc was far IRON
being tina, OF one who soon IN meet hs end. There
an instability Of hcu.h and an slparen. oareess
ness OF expire which almost shocking TO the DO
holder lie appeared TO be anxioos that his last words
snoui be properly reported and expressed mucn tnank
rplness when he rcceved ass should be done
lie stated that he had impaired to Mr. Fuller, ono OF his
counsel full history OF MS hfc, and hat he had done 70
avoid msrcr-cscaation Ter hts death
The interest manifested outside Of the prison walls has
bccu very great All the morning crowds have thronged
the Adams street walk and have been gong 70 ana from
the nrsou anxious 20 get intelligence Of what was going