New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-19
4 DAY IN THE TONES.

For people who are unhappy, and who are
inclined 70 believe that for them life has lost It's sweet
ness and its bloom no better emoentt than Visit
10 our city Tombs" When they enter these lnguDrous
portals and learn how utterly oojectess hopeless and
eomtortless life may become-when they behold crea
lures made in the image OF God" peerng from narrow
cages like wild beasts with prospect or enlargement
save by way Of the galows or Journey TO sing sing
would be strange indeed the visitor could not succeed
In carrying away crumbs Of comfort or course II
would do TO compare the emotions OF those who are
usually to be found prisons with the feelings ofrened
ladies and gentlemen for often sensitive nature Ell
dures more agony from harsh word or look than the
burglar experiences from the blow Of club indeed, one
of the most amazing features Of prison, TO tho sympa
thetc visitor ~ the apparent eQuanmlty with which the
criminal accepts hts doom But when 1t IL remembered
that nineteen cases out OF twenty Tue NE OF All oua"
* SO wretched that he is able TO count upon
sin gle week uninterrupted felicity and that he IS al
his seeming and satisfaction are readily explained
That crime inevitably produces misery sL1denlape ana
not only from the fact that II depryes OF al physical
and social comfort but consequence OF the spirit OF
sefloathng which it engenders. togt'her win utter
merely as beautiful abstraction poetic IMAGE but Tor
tangible and practical beueits II cOniers such were
thoughts suggested our reporter entered ie yes
of dngy and narrowing specimen OF Egyptian
art day or two ago. Among the usual ARM ol D1I
glars pIckpOCkets orgers. rufans, &c VINO crowd the
four dfeary corridors Of the male department are at
present confined To less than i've individuals Oh charge
with killing his brOtheT-lnIaw Adam Gcsell III Edrldge
ST last June The prisoner states that late evening
he aroused from sleep by the cries o MS sf "ho
lodged In the same mouse ana OF a4nS ~ H. p %
found that Gese drunk, and engaged IN DeAths her
sT So5SdpE from the hands OF the deceased
and as the blade came out 1esel ran against
IL, and received a wound Ia the breast several
weeks after this he died. and al the Inquest another BAD
wound was found upon his temple OF which schee has
low NOT npiie yo feet high while his brOtherinlaw was
much stouter and heavier Since then his unfortunate
sister and mother nave Desn eUupo ~ ~ I' t U o
selves, while the prisoner has angushea Tor Tour weary
months IN ms dismal cell, without an! des Nhe ne u 10
be tried what Is be done with him lie has with
him various papers recommending lIm IA tho Nariest
terms Of them setting forth that he was engaged a.
nurse IN the Union hospitas-a position ne occupied Tor
John Purcell is charged with having murdered VIM.
keenan, IN Sherfst. lie Is uncducated young man,
p years OF age, and says he ot INTO ahculy ny akng
part OF younger brother the only blood relative be
has He SAYS heenan Whsh thleI aHu a IuiIan DIt ho
had always regarded MA ~ cA'ieu,S chuy untIl lHe
occasion Uf his death. Purcell drove poultry wagon
Tor living. and a. he was Compelled 70 carry consider
able money with nm by night u. wac ~ the 1hpil Ol
going armed. On the occasion OF the quarrel Keenan,
kuOcked him up against barrels and tired to break
hrs neck, whereupun Purcell pulled out pistol and shot
linn. lie has already been IN prison over slN mouths
and poets % remain u sI months longer betoro he
form any idea what Is to be done Win MN lie j.
very poor aud has young wife VIC comes every DAY %
Jas. Wood. a laborer Is charged with khng Ms wife
about -four months ago lie lived ~ the corner OF Ieth
ave Foreth.st and the charge j. brought against
hln by bis Drotherin-law owen tafh. ho says "o
knows nothing whatever about the murder
Geo. brown, COlOTpd man, u cuaiE'h W NNulall
named Taylor with having poisoned hlr WE ne hved
Staten Island and walter ~ the lAuly OF MI
Bainbrdge smith. He T. was alleged AZ TIE coro-
ncrs inquest he AT his was house on The night
Of the murder but he can prove that he MAS at tie lime
far away. A lac j. yery poor. however he las been
allowed 70 remain three months without HAVING ans tAhS
done Tor him.
John Real who sentenced Co De hung Tor the mur
der OF Officer SinedcE, hut rrpfirVcd seeing NJ u
preserve stately silence nothing more could pe ehei'ea
than is already known.
In the female prison three women, named LYDIA
Griffin 'coloredl. Ellen IT, and Margaret Ahdcrsoh' are
also held on indictments for murder.
There 90 present about 800 persons confined In the
prison Livery sunday morning service - held by a
Methodist minister ana In the afternoon by the Row Nj
Heath OF the Episcopal Church last sabbath quite a
numbeX OF charitable ladies from Christ Church paTtic
pated in She services. and Mr. Heath made able az
peal Ia behalf OF sinners. II sadly impro ssyo spec
behold the unfortunate inmates OF The surround
INK cells garing through their Cratngs Ike many
beasts OF prey. while the gentle precepts OF the Divine
sufferer heard ascending through The hdcOus aud
guitsaIned corridors II j. crying shame that In such
weather the presehi The miserable beings who are con
fined In the cells should he DEF ~ved OF the poor
comfort OF sufficient warmth On the principle that
every inmate supposed 10 bo Innocent until he is proved
guilty, they entitled 10 hrttrate Treatment until
after sentence but the miseres which the lncarcerAted
endure az present through lack ~ warmth could hardly
be merited by the worst Of criminals.