Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-02-24

Shanahan. After patient trial you have been
coE vacted, and il only remains for me TO pro.
honnce that sentence which the law has pre-
scribed as the punishment of the crime OF
wnicn yon nave been pronounced guilty.
have You aught TO say why the sentence Of
the law should not now be pronounced upon
you!
Hendricks, with a tolerahly firm voice re.
pied that on the occasion he WIS drunk and
knew nothing OF the murder till he was told of
1t the following morning The trial, he assert
ed, was an unfair one, and he alleged that
scme Of the witnesses periured themselves
He commented pretty freely on the Character
OF some OF the witnesses; some of whom, he
SAID, would swear mans life away for a
drink OF whisky. He said that he had had a
good character, which was more than some of
his acCusers could say.
The Court-I regret to hear, Kendrick, from
a man standing in the position you do, the
abuse which you have heaped upon Shanahan,
his wife, and that little girl
The Prtsoner.-1t Is nothing but the truth
sir.
The Conrt-ft would seem that Won had
brought calamity enough upon that little house.
hold TO restrain you from any exhibition of
temper towards that family. / do not know W
in what respect you claim that you have not
had fair trial. The jury was the jury Of
your choice. Every man called or drawn on
the jury, when you or your counsel was dis
posed net to have on the jury, was set aside
patient examination was had of all the wit
nesses, and the evidence appeared so clear, so
entirely satisfactory, that there was no pos
s;ble escape from the conclusion at which the
jury arrived. You say yourself that You were
unconscious of what you were doing that even
ing. How, then, can you impute any want of
truthfulness to the facts testified TO bv Mrs
Sbar ahan and the little girl DO not, L be-
seeeh you, harbor that feeling any longer In
your breast.
Few murders in the annals Of crime, SO far as
my observation has extended, equal in brutal
terocity the one OF which You have been clearly
proven guiltH
The only provocation we know or could learn
for this most foul and cruel murder was the
controversy in the early part of the evening
between you and the deceased, in which some
angry words passed between you. You having
purchased a stove of Mrs Connor the ten ant
Of the deceased, and who was owing rent to
deceased, the latter ciained the sale to you was
void by reason OF his lien OF claim upon the
stove as security for the payment OF his rent
Shanahan threatens to follow the stove and
compel you TO bring it back upon the premises
whence you had removed II in pursuance OF
your purchase. Some other words followed,
indicating purpose in ohanahan to follow The
stove the next day, and on yoar part Of inflict-
ing vengeance upon him If ne did So
This conversation and meeting be W. en- you
| and Shanuhan appears to have iaken place be-
tween and O'Clock in the evening.
The next we hear OF you is bet wpen he hours
of Ii and IL o'clock at mig ht prowling about the
house of The deceased and threatening his life.
You are there met by Owen Sullivan, who
urges you TO accompany him TO his room and
go 10 bed. You follow sullivan TO his room,
and within short time thereafter draw from
lis scabbard the knife w it'll which il seems YOU
had armed yourself after leaving Mrs. Con-
nor's, and then TO Sullivan aro,ced your mar-
derous purpose Of piunging that tHife through Shan
GhGn's body that night
You have since, doubtless, often thought of
the prophetic reply that Suliivan made to that
threat of yours, 81 you do you will hang for
it" Do you remember your brutal reply to his
friendly admonition Il don't care a damn if
do
Needless Of the admonition of your friend
Sullivan, you leave his room and repair 10 the
house OF your victim; you call him 20 his door,
dare him into the street to figh you. He re-
fuses 10 60 ont, tells you to 60 home: Ven en-
quiTe if he M ans to follow The stove, a nd upon
his expressing his intention 10 do So Won spriag
upon him AT d plunge the dagger with which
you had armed yourself into hIs breast while
standing IN his door with his wife and little
oiuehter by his side. The hloo5 came from
the woun6Qn the la nguage OF his little daugh-
ter.) like sswater from pump"
The distracted wife. after aiGing her husband
20 couch, upon which he soon expires, rushes
10 the door, raises the cry or murder, Won fee,
but she discovers the direction OF your flight
and her cries cause your arrest by the two
soldiers, one of whom recognized the voice OF
Mrs. Shanahan. In your flight you thre y
way he fafal knife and its sheath 1t was
Love- er, found by the police officer the nexs
morning. ard though il had rained during the
night, the evidence Of the deadly purpose il had
snbstrVed was not washed away. 1t was still
bloody 10 the hilt.
Such in hriet is history OF the awful trace-
dy which is soon to consign you to an igno-
minoUs death-a death upon the gallows The
law that demands your life tor the offense
VI " HlSl ySu nave DStn COuNIcsfQ, doubtless
seems 10 you harsh end cruel But il is less
harsh ard cruel to than you were to your fell
lew man. The law will give you some brief
days 10 live, which may be employed by you
IN preparing for that great change which
awaits you. You, on the contrary, sent your
victim out of this world in moment, without
notice or warning.
DO not, beseech you, spend those few brief
days in the vain hope OF repreve or pardon.
II ever there was case in which the di vine or
the human law which declares that "whoso
Sha6Hafh hu ma hall h.ot
be she'd" should be executed, yours is that
case.
l repeat, do not waste the few precious
moments OF your remaining lite in the delusive
hope that through the opportunities or exertions
Cf your friends the ignominious death which
awaits you can either be averted or delayed.
Prepare, then, as best you can, to meet that
d. ath.
The sentence of the Court is, that on Friday,
the ist day OF April, between the hours Of I2
and O'Clock Of that day, you, in the Jail or in
the court yard of the Jail, be hanged by the neck
until you are dead; and may you meet that
mercy which the laws Of your country SO justly
Hendricks then remarked that they could
take away his life, but not his soul;n that
''God's body was put to DEATH" During the
remarks OF the Court the prisoner was seen To
shed few tears, but at the conclusion he
walked briskly back to his seat, coolly took a
quid OF tobacco. and engaged in conversation
Win those prisoners near him. and with his
deck
Emanuel Pollard, tall, good d-looking COL
oted man, convicted of the murder of George
Butter, was then called ont and took his sta
ticn in the center OF the room, as Hendricks
had GONE, and on being asked if he had any.
thing TO say why sentence of death should lot
be passed, he replied that he was not guilty Of
the crime, having been in bed at the time of the
murder; and strenuously asserted that he was
innocent. -
Judge Olin addressed him, after reviewing
the testimony, all of which was circursstaue
tial, but which Pointed unerringly to the pris-
oner, on the enormitv OF his crime, and in feel.
ing terms advised him TO prepare for the fate
which awaits him, and not buiid mp hopes for
an interpostion Of the Executive clemency:
closing by passing on him the sentence OF
death, naming the same day for the execution
as that for Hendricks.
The prisoner received the sentence without
betrayipg. any emotion, and returned to mis-
seat in the dock
In the case OF Peter Gooden, the colored man
convicted Of the murder OF George Ranks
Judge Olin said bill Of exceptions had been
taken, which would shortly be argued before
the Supreme Court. - ----'
In the case of Mary Ann Hail. convicted OF
keeping bawdy house. q bill Of executions
has also been taken. which will ho decidad