New-York tribune., 1868-06-01
THE DEATH PENALTY

HISTORY Of Inn -NN-'+
II Rrovn. the Canaan child murderer
,Uod IN the CITY of Hudson, New-Hork, oD Sator-
a. FROM the testimony aud other sources we earn
,h folowing facts touching the history oi 'he lcseu
,,,,rder painter ealing himself Joseph barney anu
h. reputed wife, Josephine, were living at Dayton ONO
1T wear Among their acQuaintances was MIS- mary
m e,oyar+ aud her daughter, child of about II years
Fa1y in September Of last year Barney proposed 10
ys Hartford Conn., where he claimed to have trends
Bc'orc starting he persuaded Mrs stewart VINO was P&Sr,
10 lei her daughter Angelue accompany t1ehl Eas @ diS
Was agreed to on condition that she should nc SHY
when She wished 20 return On arriving & AZ onv
Barney had AngchDc's life insured iOf tnre1 @ ~
iOr 5000 H the Hartford Accidental ilSuIaoo @ - Wv. ~
Both husband and wife swore that iIo tie Thi." So
own They then proceeded 70 canaan, OOluoa' Ter;
where they rented the basement OF W091en euoTS T
honse and changed their name 70 thaE 9 Of thSt
had but little intercourse Win lne ce " hecn
town for some enc accused them OF having once DeCn
% S eycTirg Of the 5th Of December Brown and his
wife Maid visit 20 the hotel where they had Doarue9
Vas eft al home short time after the Browns arrived
AZ the hotel their house discovered to be on 1re'
mept had been consumed The neghbors entering the
house after the fire. found the remains OF htte Ang%ee %
on the pantry floor nuder pile OF rubbish, ana Durht
almost to a crisp. The knee and ight leg were enlTey
~ "S@fance of having been broken by something fall
saw The body Of the child laid out, he feigned faint
SO INT recovered shortly afterward. burial permit
was granted after the usual COrOners inquest bIOW
mmediately instituted measures TO collect the insurance
on the chlds life. This led TO hs arrest and punlsnleh
The Hartford company. suspeCtug that all was nOt ru
al once their SPECIAL surgeon, Dr. Raney WIN otn
physicians to Granny where Ile emo n" tSev
On exbuming the body ana making t 1 t IL
found piece OF cloth cord around the neck ana otntr
publications tha the chla h'1 oee d where he
Dr. Raney thcn went 10 O"nhal ,. noo,nind
closely inspected the premises formerly 0cCupcI
oy the browns, ,5 ana r,oios S nsnicons he tee
graphed CRANKY and had Brown and his wife aIres9u &
prisoners were taken TO Hudson, n Y, and cOnhheG ~
tlexr nrni1a ed lief
nosses called and il was at this INVESTIGATION tna
Of the remains Fortyfve witnesses were examined
during the ensuing trials. Both OF the prisoners
remanded to await the action OF the GIah9 july
Swo bills of indictment for murder and arson in the irt
degree presented against the prisoners at the grand
before the Court which then in session they pleaded
not guilty On Monday april 49, bT%wI % R TS ra was
postponed and has not taken place vet Ihe insurance
The chcumstantal evidence showed plainly that the
child had been murdered either by MI OF Mrs BISWh
The trial was concluded Friday. April H. and yer
diet Of guilty of murder in the first degree was rendered
Brown thereupon sentenced to De hanged on eau t
wing OF the prison. where he afterwaTd remained.
Alter sentencing the prisoner. the Judge asked him
whether he had any hing TO say lie replied: -.
Yes have innocent man You can k ny body but you
y The COur Informed The sope! That such remarks sSu AN hTe % 20
men Se-a seI tae case % ng s ST5 busb brg Of if
tOo maeed an innoeSat Gnu. any Int ~, Copr
PGDOunce the sentence which IS that yon & ossPG sGT1
rt upt saturday the Of May when shall be taken with
and be hanged by the neck until you are dead nnd may uol
shortly after the sentence effort was made
topTocure from the Governor communications Oh Tue pea
imprisonment for life but was peremptony denied
On Friday another attempt was said to have been made
TO respite for Brown at the hands OF Gov Fen
but the Executive officer OF the state was then M
away from Albany 50 it did no good. ON saturday
hundreds OF persons hronged the Court House 10 get
glimpse Of the building and the execution machinery.
Sheriff Oborhser finding it impossible TO put them on az
asS gave Nay 1 Dnpe e aernoop brown
E cool and collected showing not the least sign OF SOFT
all times protesting his innocence ON any and every
In vain did peneratye reporters urge him TO
make confession. His reply always was IN eheet'
name nosfS an SshoUt O'clock the Rev William r.
johnson, an Epscopalan minister, and the Rev Mr..
Fitch Methodist minister entered the cell OF the con
Others administered TO his spiritual welfare Even
at this hour Brown presented the same stcieai ap-
to be hung for crime he @ had Heyer & ,0a
tickets of admission waiting with the greatest anxiety
for the last scene Ihe weather was IN strange keelnS
ems, the rain paered in light sprkIlng drops, ana tIe
east wind sighed moniy ~ az ABOUT w oes ,h ii i tId
could observe persons through the grlS standng
east They were making preparations to take him to his
death Directly under his cell that OF his WIFE At
11IO the mourntul procession ned out OF the upper
corridor headed by Sheriff Oberhser aud his deputies,
with their slaves Of Office and they were followed in
turn by the otheiang cergylnen above mentioned ana
few friends Brown walking directly in The rear Of the
Sheriff and his deputies and between them and the
clergy. Soon the death line made It's appearance on the
back stOOp Brown neatly clad IN black suit, with
a Its
securely pinioned, and he walked with firm and
determined step. The crowd Of people stand;
their hats the procession passed by and into the
The inside was peculiar one. The arrangements
for the execution had been carefully planned. The
prisoner placed under the fatal pulley. he standing
not on scaold, but on the ground Hanging above his
head was the rope, which extended over pueys to a
high box to the right in which the eXecutiOner or the
who was TO cut the rope concealed On the end OF
the rope in the box was sold iron weight Weighing 2o
10 Browns weight was about lSO u. At lll2 o'clock
Sheriff oberhiser read the death-waIant When he had
finished the Rev. r. johnson read passages OF scrip
tgre and then offered prayer That finished, sheriff
when he could speak he chose TO. He then made the
GenleaeB have few remarks to make have len statement with
Nj Byron g. Howard from which vii learn citizens and
Intend leave bs1e 70 make further
81 ,bs district Aitorsy Su ST. PecESaS the Is Mr. PetSsa ia
voted BY the people With Poger and ugh jadge the
there were GOOD many geatssa Which were stas on this &
light on this subject a. IL should bs HTsr / am soi
i1sJe no az accomplished man man hags my GEn & IDEAS about
gnG He with hi mind poisoned by he people who prose
deBcs Of these gentlemen With power and money proceed The
ss vita p5d should speak But on tb contrary witness brought
,S; i EoHs & 5 9 esos md diss @ T; @ can % nv so Statement st
heh VII throw gh on NE subject aey cannot Ises very we'll
.eS9 @ 'g @ & any . % @ was s %, Ss 1ssS 9S ,S1 Sla & P
@ @ ,S G w fsS s ~ s Rs @ ~ ,b & mon s1o % & ss' s aSs1 1--WE I'VE
the last the house who did you Brown" Gentlemen
retained they could noi suss in some point. Gentlemen,
an Vas & % B Is W. saSs KS; l, .1 5 70 I5e@; M Ii h
There slarge Of nf rubbish there bushels while
fact tod By nice, respectable man
& & s ~ 81 70 2 I va 1 d Sps S a ose, .9 TSG 70 9s pa1y , BE
gs' dge 10 mat way shen uy i sworn for that pur
sug. er s charged i9s9 Of The people MOI favor Of
whj r.feep is sn s HsSn much mercy yst Stsadag
throuss--yih these fss words. hats not seen nach
EIs,g Isg ye'Ltp' Hqeh Then Mr. Ws.eh The District.
not eh give l@ sr IL the state prison sHy Oh Nhs'a