The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-19

pect fparting; and again laughed at the sight
of the child, who returned his caresses "Wno
broke your little back !" he asked, as he passed
his hand over the hump that showed where the
child had been injured. "Who did 1t? won't
you tell meW The child made no answer
There's lady, my child who wants to take
care OF you, where you'll see nobody drunk"
The burden of the mans mind seemed 10 De
that Alice, his slster-in-aw, whom be threat
ened to visit four months after he is dead, was
the cause of his chids being deformed, and
that she was not proper, guardian for hun.
as the boy Billy stood beside him,
Billy, go to see your cousins and
Mrs, Kane, but, don't go to see Alice, for
you know that had 1t not been for her your
mother would have been living now; YOU know
what she did," As the children were about to
depart he gave each one some currency and the
pictures which he had hung up on the walls of
his cell. To the little girl he gave his rosary
and then made them all kneel down and saw a
prayer with him, the tiny voices of the little
ones mingllng with the deep bass of the con-
demned. Throughout the interview the children
did not seem TO understand the awful situation
OF their iather, though the boy "Bly" sho we'd
a sullenness that betokened recollection OF
the manner in which he was deprived OF his
mother AS the children left they were each
embraced in turn by Ferras who said as they
leit:-"God bless you, my dear pets; God bless
YOU"
A STRANGE REQU EsT-THE GALLoWs.
About IL o'clock last night, shortly after his
CnluIen ndu gone, feTIaS asked PERMISSION 10
see the gallows upen which he was to be hung
The request startled the keepers, but il was
granted. As he stood looking at the cross-bean
he pUfed away at his cigar in a nonchalant
manner, and asked Mr.. Finley, the night keeper
who stood at his side, "Wbere is the roper"
Having been shown the hole through which it
was to pass, he turned on his heel and said
quietly, "Well, that's all want to see." He then
walked around the yard, looking up carelessly
at the moon and stars, smoking the meanwhile.
He was then conducted into the building. This
unnatural conduct OF Ferras surprised even his
keepers, who are used to scenes that make other
peoples blood chill with terror. In fact, Finley,
who has witnessed nineteen executions during his
stewardship at the Tombs, says Ferras is the
first condemned man he ever saw willing to gaze
upon his own gallows through mere curiosity.
Up TO ii o'clock the prisoner, although express
ing himself resigned to the will of heaven, aud
willing to die, showed none of those signs
which one would expect to find in man who
had seen the sun set for the last time OF his life.
He seems foreign to all sense OF terror, and to
say that he fully realized last night the terrible
event OF the morrow would be far from the
truth. A more stold indifference was never
shown by any man who was ever prepared for
the death of a felon in this city. The prisoner
is well guarded, Deputy Sheriffs George Coffin,
Thomas Smith, James Egan, and George G.
Cadmus being in constant attendance on the
culprit.-Ne9c York World todoy