, 1866-06-29
THE ROUSA MURDERER.
be Executed august 4A-1tou He Re-
ee4y<a the eNen1ence-E1e FxoGeN1ed His
knnoFence-

AsG A@ANNNA@~ sAV6NDN &f$-4AW&N x80 AA<5S
eesv<d tne ~epsence-11e Protected His
1nnorenee-
From the C1ueznrats ErquIzpr June 81
The following arr the particulars OF the
solemn proceedings which touk place In the
C.sminsl Court Of Warren Couuty. at Leha-
non, Yesterday during the sentence Of Sam
ucr Cooyert- the convicted ielon, Tor the
murder Of the Roosa family In December,
l>t5+ Cur readers will remember that this
cnfp1it has had TWO trials. and On both ocea-
slors WIS aocnd guilty, aud that the drst rex-
dict was set aside because one OF the jury
men e1pre.ecd himself as to the guilt Of the
defendant before the trial.
It Il not ut this time improper to sny that
the verdict Of guilty met with the hearty
Concurrence Of the public. and al unite Ia
saying amen to the righteous finding. Of tbs:
Jury On yesterday afternoon the unhappy
convict was brought from his cell By the
Sheriff into the court rooua 10 racciyt his
sentence The court soom was crowded BY
an anxious people to hear the fate OF him
who Eat committed in their midst one
Of the most d1aboifc11 murders on record
The prisoner sat on his seat perfectly col~
around the courtroom. Is thongh be were
invited to marri1ce-fe.st- Tie did not seem
10 reclizc that In tew minutes his day aud
date VI death as an expiatiou fo1 q wholesale
murder would Be- pronounced. or IT he d,d
realize the fact it seemed that be wss daring
about to be performed
Is the clock to!ied the hour Of one. Sam-
rel ccovest VAS directed BY the Court to
stArd up The Judge, Addressing h1tn, said
whr the sentenee ot death sho1,d moi BE- pro-
ueuueed upon your
Cooyer, replied, laughine1y, that he h.t
cothlnk much 10 say. except that be was In
noeent OF the muzler Of the Room family, Of
which he h4d been convicted
The Judse then reviewed briefly the dread
| fal crime TOR the commission Ut wht:h he
| .tood convicted, and then sentenced him TO
be taken IRON thence TO the jail Of the county
auo kept IN close confinement un1f1 Friday.
the 34th dsy Of August, 1866, when BIZ should
be taken to the place OF execution, and, be.
| tween The hours OF niue O'Clock in the rsoFn-
| ing and three o'c1sek tn the afternoon, ht
should be hanged By the neck until he vi.
Lt4d-
Coovert received the sentence without
changing q muacle. and upon taking his seat
Io.ked round upon the audience and attend
| ants 0f the Court and smiled. In few min
u:cs be We. removed to the tail, where h
wIn remain untit brought out ;oF execution
The Exeiae Inabzo=l1o NJ eew York
Open Defiance OF xne Law.
lS. T. 1tts= to Bu6a1o Co1noesctsl Advertiser:
The Excise Commissioners. amid the nurnet
ous injunction. seTved upon them b. orde
OF Democratic Judges, found 1t phil worl
to make The new lAw o1scytd~ especially o.
Sundays Yesterday, for the nrst time sine
| the Inauguration Of the new regtass, the city
as least In lts upper seetaon- was lille
with roughs~ rowdies and dkunka1ds- a
duly administered to them by aealers, Whc
durins Fziusy ant Saturday, succeeded in OF
, tatrfng fnjuucttans against the Excise Boast
: The law-bTeaking example set By the psppz
! etoz Of the Lion Park, tewsweeka since, ha
. had its effect, and auy number Of 1age
beeF aaloons were open MI the w4y frul
the Bowery up TO Ha1lenn- In several Il
stances the respective places thus opene
: | were guarded ny = sort Of fIauce cou
: fuittee," xhn we're On the Lookout for au
{ interference on 1h: part OF the po1aee- Is
/ would have beta simply ridiculous to assa
!. / tf,e numerous pisces 1hua protected by d
: tefmined~ be- neysrthsle4s orderly TauIou
1 the police y It At 4 respectful distance, an
8 | confined the, operations solely toward usai'
i | timing the peaee- In the affeFRooo quite
> | formidable not wAs 1t one Kline Idmtueut
> Haekere1Fflte~ but was on1T prevented DY L
| prompt interference Of : large body Of polio
| not. hpwerer, until several men had been .
:, | rerety wounded and two policemen had btt
bTuta1ly hezttn ty m nturiated mob II
r | First Avenue. where the disturbance toe
Z pIaee, wa> dlled It the time with 1t least Il
+. Thousand excited people, aud quite numb
!. dared to interfere With the business Of rI.l
= seller on the corner Of Sixteenth street. Il
= tnforeemenfs having been sent, however, =
- / riogIeadex3, about ten htra-l0oktuE LIS
y men, were sszestsd, and the crowd dispeest