, 1866-04-19
FROM BOSTON.

| The Execution or the Maiden Murderer
Death BrAveJy Wet, and Hanging
Badly Run=tcd-Thc New York Bond
RobheFy-kiow Felony May Re Come
pounded-Lfterary mAftera-Ch oice
List Of New BookR-HoAca Kl-loyy on
the Prcaidcntsa Policy.
lFtom Onr Own Corlespondent.}
Bos1oS, March II, 1866.
Edward ". Green, the murderer Of Frank
Converse was executed yesterday in the Jail
yard ut East Cambridge, aud the community
breaths aish Of relief that Justice has been
done, after 60 long an interval, and that the
case Will no more occupy long co,ams OF lagal
ard medical discussion In the newspapers. Tho
murder thus expfated was one Of the most
brutal and mercenAry ever committed In this
vicinity, and there has never been much
doubt In the minds ofthe community at larrc
that the murderer was morally accountable
Tor his deed, or among legal minds that he
was properly sentenced to death on his own
plea Of guilty, although he had never been
tried by jury.
The honors of yesterday were with the con-
demned and not with hls executiouers, for he
met his death like q brave man, while they
bangled their work most shocking1y. Green
IVES at most LINES coward; but all during
the night before his execution he had been Ia
The constant company ofstrong men, magnet
ling him With religious enthusiasm, until he
was in sort Of Tranquil! ecstasy, and firmly
believed that he should "jump right OF the
scafOld and become IN anCel PLAYING a hnrn.',
Thus he went to death without visible sirn
Of fear, and never quailed once under the Or
deal through which be had TO pass. For after
all the hours Of praying and preaching In the
cell, the kind-hearted but injudlcious clergy.
man kept the condemned man standing on t6e
drop while he read at length FROM the Scrip
turcs and prayed dif{usely for the murders
er'a friends and relatives and for the compu-
nifty IN general; after which the death
warrant was read With slow delibesation.
making twelve minutes Of suspense On the
Green but for the strong magnetism, which tba
religious exercises had thrown over him.
would have been an eternity of agony. Then
bunghng jailor placed the knot which
should have been under the ear, at the back
OF TIE neck, greatly prolongIng nis suffering,
weight, his toes touched the ground atter tho
tFap fell, making 1t necessary to pull him up
before strnnEulntiou actually begun.
The statement made aud the letters pub |
flshed since Green's death, contain the opinion
that he was far from being such ,ooi as the |
wonld have made him out. His letters we're |
were not only In excellent penmanshlp, bat |
clearly and gracefully expressed. Ue Vas &C.
customed to argue his own case with the |
facility and force OF q practical advocate, and |
the courage with which he finally met bis
considerable mental and moral stamina,
'sHoD ASSIs."
What Is, in all probability, the last act of |
the singular comedy, the robbery of million |
and half In Government bonds from M. |
Lord, Of New York. has just been played |
here: The whole affair Is shrowded In as
much mystery Is the combined Efforts OF all |
persons concerned can throw around it !; but
few OF the main facts are plainly appnrent.
It seems that the chief robber was arrested |
BY Ne~buryport officer In the midst OF The |
delicate negotiations for mutull benefit, fn
which the robbed, the thieves and the detcc- |
tiyes were enRaeea. The arrest disturbed the |
bargnin, and directed the eyes OF the public |
to those engaged In it. The victim ar the |
robbed and the officers t'working 1t up'' we're |
too avaricious Of the thousands to be 1aade3to |
follow up the aErest BY criminal prosecu.
ton: The Ae"bn1yport oti1cial was present
by the thief Of the broker. re-
port does not say--wfth . trif1s Of sae5, 600 to
close his accounts for 1neddllng unasked md ]
the officers set themselves to work to &C.
compl1sh the release Of the prisoner without |
ronsing the public indignation or making
themselves legally liable for the crime or |
compounding felony. This was done with
much Ingenuity. The New York detective,
John DoWney, came here with Aunis and lei
him IN charge of the Chief Of Police while he.
himself went bone, ostenslbly to procure |
complaint against him. Nothing whatever
was done; no complaint was made; Annls
remained quietly In custody for SIX days, aud
then petitioned tor relense on writ Of Aa6eas
rorpus. The Court had no choice but to
grantit. There Is no compounding Of felony
lor any pubic spirited District Attorney to
lay bis hand upon. The robber has vanished,
n q St&A{ {dH&f $HAH&@ r.
the discrediiable rtIair as soon as possible.
1ITERARY.
The announcements Of the Boston publish
srs presage a brilliant spring and summer
season IN tse literary world. Messrs. T1cknor
= Fields hare Just tssued the volume of which |
'0ndcnce, "The South Since the War; by
dr. Andrews. who, as correspondent OF tho
Daily ddserfiser, ofthis city, and the Chicago
TRIBUNE, attended the reconstruction con
'entions II Georgia and the CarolInas last
hummer. Although 50 long IN the press, tho
portion OF the public needed 10 be reminded b
It the actual manner aud spirit In which the
o-chlled reconstruction Of the rebel States
vas accomplished. The same publishers have
\ press lifc Of the late Josiah Quincy,
he venerable connecting link between
ion Of the rebellion. who died few years
go: His son Edmund, until recently pre.i-
lent Of the Massachusetts Anti-slayery soci-
ty, anthor ofone or two clever books, Il to be .
lis blosrapher. Pofessor Agassiz and his wife {
,ave jointly kept journal Of ther travels in
3razfi, which will be published soon AFTER !
heir rctu1u from the e1 peditiou. Gall Ham. ]
lton has new book, to be entitled .ssummer
sest," nearly ready for the press. The treas
lry OF manuscripts left By Henry J. Ihoreau
Ias not yet been exhausted, and book by ! |
i'm entitled IA Yankee IN canada,", Is te ap- 1
,ear during the summer. Bayasd raylor's' ,
,oem, aTbc Picture ofst. John. y metrical
arrative OF art lite tn Italy Is lGst complet-
o. on.dt-pft.xas Is ''flosence Percy" and whose
est Known effort Is "Rock Nc to +,
leeu Mother" Is to be collected
nd issued, in The popular blue-and.sold