New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-20
THE sCAFFOLD AGAIN.
rxrcnrrON on FRANK TERRIs

The eaLlows again, Tor the tnlrd Time WiIhm FeiJ
fss weeks occupies prominent column IN om morning ~
Yesterday at o'clock the morning Of one Of the most
a,sht and beautiful Indian Summer days that ever
swns upon lovely hand the appointed bour srri'ea % Wv
slrangling human being and tie strangng was
TIE the pubic Frank Ferns was eAe0u'
accordance with the law. at the TOmbs al nas
The real and name Of the prisoner WIZ
Ferrea although he had eouoes M Of detention or TO
FAR a. known and not for any p viii laR he has
further any design OF crime gwen h bisa1ee was rs
been thrown in contact 10 understands '"' mo 49,
oe1fe stae G Winch this man hanged murder
Sii" .trcious homicide far the mere doing
al theeed WAS concerned was ever Perpeatta AL he
49, oSs to snow that Ferris did not do the oct in Mt OF
st Il WINS no sudden Outburst of feeling that imPellcd
lin 10 the kiHng-hat the crime was not only previously
and In presence fun company Of Nitness ayowed IN the
emphatic snguSge has the people ~ sISs We Tas R
given any heed to his words and placed about me desperate
man S ssonS "a keep to do anything
Outrageous doubtless this fearful murder might nave
Fsp, pp tSe AFTERNOON Of the day which closed leaving
his wife corpse and him lnureer regarded ms Isn NOUS
glad 70 get him out OF respective houses 70 care to watch
hun after And although he had ayowed IN ths most scen
manner in the presence Of many persons that be would S
her 1hs we before ocOck took further notice of his
words than to get him into ne street a. soon Is @ persons
who heard the words of the nfsated man s day before
were doubtless much surprised to find that he had really car
Ted them into effect person else in all the CITY,
THE CAUSE OF THE CRIME.
The history OF the crime in al its rameaons ana an Jus
Ear space than any morning journal can give Snort
ecsptuaon however Of the circumstances Of the deed ha
Drought this yesterday 10 the moose VIII be necessary 10
end that those Of readers who are not dent IN We
s VINO av the matter in its entirety
The who died yesterday by the rope was native OF one
Of hotter blood and passions than those wiz
are native Northern land DE was Dom ~ ga
f From his childhood he displayed passionate snd
ma s SaS n NJ as dangerous man when
provoked Leaving his own country when Young ne cae
America He had been here but short time when ne ioIme
a connection with the who aeward became his wife
An intimate friendship nPened into an illicit intercourse am
she time marriage Mary who by the nupas made
Mrs Ferris widow with two children and at the une
Of marriage also likely in few weeks TO bring INTO he
world child the paternity Of which was attributed without
The newly married pair OF once began housekeeping in
humble way and took apartments in tenement house Ate
~ So Sss Wherein persons modest
aaed with apartments suited to their peeunary aoy Inc
rioa hafiworkng woman and she freely gave the money
she earned by her daily toll to take care % heI % %
as the children whom she had now 70 ook amer
Despite OF the sacrificing and praseTorhy s9ndoe o. n
40 perap because he felt he could his vengeance
wonan. who incapable Of resenting his insults
Ferrs Tor some nced slight wrong by his wife not
oay threatened her life but actually attempted 70 k her Win
hwaTted in this became aer Little time more traetsb.
and e her like his could not remain long quiet
be resu, his II treatment and after that scarcely day
pasrsd without some scene Of violence .-.
But his wife meantime was not idle she preferred aens.
Ferris proper Court complaint for the deadly assault
be had made her with The and upon r me evidence
being conclusive he sent to the Penenay for commit
tng en- aggravated assault and battery a.. n,
Ii said that Ferris had been engaged in that dis
reputable business known as ana iaat MS
wife had denounced him therefor and had him punished &C
srter and punished also by imprisonment for that oense The
story goes that this wife then leading life Of
and nsT though order get him Of the way,
With n the o. acIe Of s ct oSes n0'
Certain rs sose,ss that Ferris served time in loyal
S secured bis discharge before % Of I Snps, expired
Whether he did this by fair foul is Of little moment
chickering's renewed in fact things bepe than
ever ana @ wSs n so reaienee
tehton Of the negbbos frequently called 10 ee nnhrgy
yeations existing between Ferris and his wife and sala
chat the interference Of the police was even suggested by the
lie woman seems Ia have been ever Industrious always
20 have worked hard and faithfully % sustain her was
Ss o T her rooms when She was left to herself it was only
when her quaeome husband came home from some one OF
ss ss absences that her room was otherwise than orderly
Ferris when he came home from the wsr found 1t is
found r sclnoTFged as one Of its unhappy inmates living
or Ss RaG al
the house and the price demanded by ts keepers
refused to go him his deseter
AND & s eve. S G N$t S ws hs@ 4
the Information leading to the arrest Of desere that che
and @ Is WITH hen
These stories about their inside domestic Life rife among
is Impossible say-certan II is that the two never lived
happily together since the rs day Of their unfortunate nqgs
great provocaon for deed Of violence any man could
liable Jssson should do that which aerwardh regretted
e spR Of his heart almost Of course TO be looso d.
O, the a., Of sevtsnSer is Ferris vas released rom
As Pfnentiay on bskvefs IsseA whittier he had oee1
ss % ihs complaint q bis s ais vie He went q IT, room
ne s1! -sray ocea bot she Tas not there hsyins
sGos cut 70 g &C. Icy sTidsu having then Ia y mind
= 80 seri0ps BERN ~heneyer and ybefe,:i .e
suS % Re vent he search scar, % ;sysTs
house, seyThes inquiries ST his missing poq and in al
place making threats Of what ne would eco 60 % arm
any ene although in place in the hearing q ineno G
rs actually vent down On M snss TOOK % 90 s sa cali to
vaes he Virgin kaIy and Lord Jesus CHRIST and an We
saints that VA KIN my wife Mary Ferris before O'CLOCK
TIE yicl.nt temper Of The man was well 1t not
nor In tSrsa Sts eject hat be terrible how
ever showed b M immediate acts he ps'T sSr bnse
rom he pocket be proceeded TO shs-H . r,rosrone-
ihis IN broad daylight and IN hui view Of ali nsghbOr
he inquired OF the aes Of the house his wife had YET re
tanned and threatened what mischief he would do when he
ho her He again departed finding that abe was not 10
che house ct that time and as supposed went again IN search
And here It is worth while to mention singular ercum
who saw him about this time drunk q; least
excited madness BY liquor the most careful search BY the De
hat evening Every vendor Of liquor in the neghborhood
positively denies having sold any liquor to Ferris ds 1oi SgH
,hat Ferris was not By liquor but driven 10 his
awful deed Of murder BY The aRgovernaoe Jury OF ms OVID P
Eons
Wldle the man 90 Soon to be murderer, was absent in
search victim abe reBed 10 her home and then In
formed resident the house that her hus
band pso and searching for her with threats
Of violence Knowing his temper better than others did who
had previously him. she Immediately len her room and
tAg her edrea retired into an adjoining fss esd1en
and put them bed where their father would not see
them that nig entered his first breaking In the
locked door finding that his wife not there he pro
cured large and began 10 chop the furn
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