The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-29

that they lived in Newmarket, and that she saw
she then SAID that she (Bridget) was In the room
all the time it was going on.
The Death Sentence.
On the 18th of June, Bridget was brought into
stand up, when she arose and looked about her
with great eOmposure. When asked II she had
anything to say why sentence OF death should
not be passed upon her. Mr.. Leup, one OF her
counsel, responded in the negative. He then
moved that the case be sent before the Supreme
court for review, on the ground that much ir-
relevant testimony had been admitted at the
trial. Mr.. Adrain also addressed the court in
favor OF this motion, claiming that the court
erred in endeavoring to assign motive for the
murder on her Part, when no such motive mad
been disclosed by the testimony. The
motion was denied, and the judge again
asked Bridget If she had anything to
say why sentence Of death should not be
passed upon her, The poor woman looked
around the courtroom anxiOusly, and then sat
down and conversed few moments with her
counsel. Mr.. Adrain then stated that she had
requested him to say that she never killed Mrs.
Coriell, and that there was person who is now
at large who promised to relieve her from the
charge made against her. That person is nov
at lare e; but she has always said from the first,
as now, that she never imbrued her hands in the
blood of Mrs. Coriell, and that she is entirely
innocent of the charge"
The Judge then proceeded to Tecite the cir
cumstances attending the commission of the
suffer the punishment of death by hanging,
between the hours of 10 and O'Clock on Friday,
| August 80.
AS soon as the fatal sentence was pronounced
Bridget sat down, and, rocking her body to and
! fro, commenced to cry piteously, giving utter
ance 10 screams that could be heard far beyond
| the courthouse. She was removed to the jail,
where, for some time, her lamentations were
| continued so loud that they could be heard by
| PERSONS without the enclosure.
THE Prisoners DemeanOr
has been quite variable during the period of
| her trial and confinement. While sitting in
| court she maintained perfect composure until
the seventh day of the trial, when she broke
down and commenced to sob on hearing the
evidence of a New York policeman, to the effect
that she and Mary Gilroy had been seen by him
IN IN company with notorious pickpocket in New
| York city.
For a long time after the conclusion of her
trial, her demeanor in her cell exhibited total
! indifference 10 her impending fate. Great
| crowds OF people hocked TO the Jail to see her,
| some OF them being gratihed with glance at
! her face and short conversation, while others
| were forced to content themselves with a view
| at her form, as she sat crouched at the door of
| her cell, with her face turned aside. On the
9th OF July last when the negro Joseph Williams
! was led out from the adjoining cell to execution,
! he stopped at the door of her apartment
and earnestly exhorted her to prepare
for her approaching fate. The, wretched
| by his words, and sobbed and moaned
| in piteous way. Previous to that che had op-
| posed the visits of a clergyman, but she subse-
! quently yielded and latteTly has frequently re-
| ceived Father Rogers in her CELL uniting with
| him In religious exercises with apparent earn
estness. The greater part of the time OF late she
| has been quite cheerful, and has even attempted
| to be jovial and humorous. But she has at
length objected 10 the visits of strangers, and
has refused to see them as frequently as at first.
She has realized fully that there is no escape
| for her, and converses about her approaching
execution not only as something that cannot be
averted, but an event that she does not wish
| to avoid. She declared a few days ago that she
was tired of being there alone, and was glad
J that her doom was so near at hand, as she was
not afraid to die.
More Conflicting Contentious.
The unfortunate woman has been solicited
| time and again to make full confession of the
| crime, and her connection with it, and on three
| dltlerenG occasions has done so, all OF her con-
| 1essions being more or less conflicting. Accord
ing to the last, she did the deed alone, from
motives of revenge upon her mistress, and not
| until she saw the lifeless form of Mrs. Coriell
before her did she realize the extent and enor-
nifty OF her guilt. Mary Gllroy, she declares,
! knew nothing whatever of the deed. 1t is now
| understood that she has made, or will make
another and truthful confession of the affair,
| and in anticipation of this the Others are with
held from the public.
The Preparations for the ExecutiOn To-
morrow.
The Court of Pardons having unanimously
| confirmed the sentence OF the Court, and
Governor Ward having but two days ago de-
|
that this action OF the Court of Pardons was
intended 10 be final in the case, all the prepara-
tions for her execution are completed, and by
midday tomorrow Bridget Durgan will be
hleless lump Of clay. The gallows on which
the negro Joseph Williams was executed, on the
9th of July, still stands in the jail-yard ready
for its victim. An intense desire to witness the
shocking tragedy seems TO possess almost
every one in this locality, and Sheriff Clarkson
has been sorely prosecuted by applicants for
admission to the prison on the morning of the
execution. Over four hundred tickets have
been issued, so that the affair promises to be
anything but private. Immediately after the
body of Joseph Williams was cut down, it
underwent dissection at the hands OF the
attending physicians. Bridget is aware of this
fact. and she has earnestly requested the prison.
keeper that he will not permit postmortem
examination in her case. 1t is to be hoped
that this request will be complied with and
that the remains of the unfortunate woman will
be CONSIGNED to their last resting place without
undergoing mutilation.
ADJUSTMENTS.
ALE. BURNErr.-This distinguished Ameri-
l wi