The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-19
TIE ToRMly MURDER AT NEWARK.


Thomas Walsh Sentenced 20 be HANGED on
thc I'd Of January Next-The PrisOucr's A.
dress 10 tisc COurt-OPder Of ehc C0urt ke-
gnrdin9 sis Execution.
At O'Clock yesterday afternoon the Essex County
Court was opened BY Judge Depus At Newark. large
crowd being in attendance to hear the fate Of Walsh,
recently convicted or the murder d Patrick Tormay.
After the usual prcimiua the county prosecutor,
Mr.. Titswor.h, moved for sentences Thomas Walsh.
The prisoner was thereupon placed al. the bar and in
reply usual query why sentence or death should
not pronounced following statement written ut
the dictation OF the prisoner read by Mr. Runyon
one Of his counsel, to the court
Essex County JAN. Nov II. 1851
10 Judge DEPuR
DEAR srs:--I take this method Of informing you re-
gardng nv ease, rather than verbally
am now nintcen years 0. aga % July Z, 1867,
asleep all day until seven o'cock Ia tho evening.
Fsrreily ana Philip Reilly came TO my house. asxei
Reilly II he going down to tho boat tonight and
he said hc was not going down unit, mrruing I told
him wa aoing down TO- night 20 had two quarts
OF beer IN house. Farrely says ssict 90 up
the hill and see " there - any thing going
on" 80 me and rarrelly and Reilly started
out Reilly. lett when got NJ
a. Hudson street Ne and Tasrciy up street
farther aud hid couple Of glasses or beer He asked
about buying u horse. aud shen got therc had
more beer. Then ABOUT hall past nine We came down
srs, s1a ."a re Sa nsas n f :.
right let 70 down further and SO IL We cannot nnd
other place open. We found one place open this
sids vi c,nai bridge; we went In there ami asked
ner for some and she sad she had none, but she
said she had whiskcy and we had some whiskey.
told Tarrely II took any more could no, lind my
way 10 the boat Then Farre'ly says et 60 down 90
tho saloon At the bridge" Wo went there and found
the sAiocn open. We went IN aud had three or tour
glasses % beer While we were in the saloon there
came another boatman told him this was bad night
for be . beating and he told me that he was
the bar and got glass OF beer. and "a d to him you
have enough OF beer in that glass to treat all hands
and ns sad ~ DOM Know Tsy should ma, r r.. you,
ask you 70 treat auy OF u.s. WHOM hs Of
saloon vsp shortly after him. aud Fafrciiy said
for 10 follow him. when fell OH the stoop
and when Farrely came out ne fell on cop o. ne ana
about eleven o'clock when 40 were scoIng
home and Chasnsn street We met maa-ws did
near tho OF Chatham twalsh thon states that
Fssrcsy applied opprcbous epithsts 70 the man. aud
the latter after walking shout thirty feet turned
bsck and hit Farrelly IN the mouth, knocking him
down) The man then came 10 me and said, You a.
Of III, have you got anything 70 s.y about NJ He
kicked me. and have the marks Of y ycl Fsrreiy
then tumbisd over The both OF Whom be had me
thea 9os 10 and Farrey down. FArrsiy then got away
from hiu and got on top Then they were both top
Of me wa. nosrine 70 hun % , ,s' me up Tor be sad
breath. they would not let mo up then pulled
NY knife and struck MIN as thought, ~ the leg
Then he 70, up and stood the sidewalk about i've
minutes ana shon said, "You s. OF Alb, you cut
and wii az you for II tomorrow. Ny name Is Pas
Tormsyp Tarrely then said, 'sYou g. Of D. your
name Amt PAT Tornay, yon Of . b. you ought TO
BE- cut ~ and Farrey kicked him In shs head Farsiy
then started and ran. and stayed looking Tor my hat
did not md my hat. soon started after Fsrrsly.
when was looking for my hat, Tormay vas walking
or the sidewalk hollerng watch" Then and Far.
reilly wont TO my house and slept there al night Ny
sister went out morning and came 10, and told
there was . laying dead on tbs corner Of Warren
aud Chatham strects ! remembered We had nght With
some one there but did not know that We killed any
one The knife wns laying on the table and told my
siser 70 put away 10 the bureau She then threw II
in the privy. We then started down 10 the boat mr.
fatncr. Fsrrsliy and Fssreily then asked me v
would 20 TO jersey City with him 70 Diy horse. We
went there and kept drinking tho Same - fourth Of
Jaiy night Until got arrested. Tue Story that Vas
told The Chief Clark told TO ~ al the guilt on me
This 10 true statement from be9inD na 70 end. There
was no fourth person there that night; Walter Ford
swors false There person that could see
there, but rormay Farrely and me. his
THOMAS u WALSH.
mark.
r. Sri vas my intention 70 plead guilty The day
that vas brought down 10 plead, but was advised by
prominent lawyers 10 plead not guilty. and therefore
yielded under neu advice The second day Of my trial
proposed making statement, bat was Informed that
cooid have nothing 10 say. his &'
FN W wv THOMAS v walsh.
mark.
Judge Dspus listened atenvey 70 the reading OF the
documsns, after which no proceeded 10 deliver bis