The New York herald., 1869-04-30

| iug 10 throw herself out OF WlnuOw. ESety ouo VI
them was nailed down, and the flames were mount
Ing higher and nearer 10 her refuge Win tne energy
OF despair she at length wrenched tne frame Oh
Jumped to the ground below, distance OF twenty
feet or moie On gong to the rear OF the burning
building she saw Lane step from an out offlce with
gun in his hand. He did not chance to observe her,
and she ded TO the authorities, who arrested the
designed to shoot the woman IN the event OF hef sue
ceeded in getting through the window. Being con-
@e the
he attempted to commit suicide. After his release
and his last marriage ne one day met with Emma.
he failed to recognize her but that Afterwards hear
ing she the city he threatened that IN case she
means means to keep her quiet when arrested st for the the
arson quantity Of strychnine ana other poison was
''''' " LxSs TRisD AND ooNpHMNKp.
From the date OF the murder OF his 6fth wife, Hen.
rietta until the fall OF last year Lane remained in
dence against him at hts trial was overwhelming
aud verdict OF guilty was promptly returned
brought the case to the Supreme Court
on q writ OF error and because the lower
5e Of uy a od S s
only one rendered, both verdict and Judgment were
set aside. new trial was accordingly granted the
for the second time he was doomed TO the Rallows.
During the legal proceedings he was constantly pre-
| apparently unconcerned. Even when listening to
the sentences he showed no emotion and was gen
eray aQmitteu tnat u less impressive Cuprlt never
| appeared at this particular bar of justice.
HIS BEARING IN PRISON.
The death warrant, naming the Goth of April for
the execution arrived about month ago, and
Sherid Cluley proceeded to the prisoners cell FOR
the purpose OF reading 1t. Lane heard him COM
deeply Interested in the style and quality Of the
| Sherif-s dress as the contents OF the paper
dps water no te sS sSer is
eyes, and when something affecting was said by the
| Sheriff about sympathy and some other thing stern
1 lab. hptu cha u1xvnua Sttnh
sions-no responsive chord was touched in the heart
OF Louis Lane. And If the Sheriff did not then and
there feel that he himself had alone right TO be
.agtated and nervous 1t was no fault OF the man
whom in one brief month he was TO lead to the gal
| lows.
The Sisters OF Mercy and Roman Catholic priests
visited Lane regularly after this date. He professed
TO he repentani and expressed no hope of escaping
| the gahows. He maintained a reticent disposition
toward all save his religious visitors. Very fire.
qlently reporters OF the city press obtained
eu s without hs sner "sa Stock as of
tion being materially increased. He was courteous
with them TO the extent OF yes" mo" ana other
into his confidence to any degree worth noting and
the peripatetic compendiums OF local facts usually
| departed to write about the furniture OF the Cell.
The Ptttsburg public were treated to descriptions of
| that furniture fully twice week, and II 1t be not
| the black pipe and tobacco bag OF the condemned
| and the particular cObweb five and half inches
from the window on Sne iet side as you enter !: is
OF Lane was eagerly read. and your correspondents
Is bound 70 state that the announcement on sunday
| last under portentOus heading that the prisoner
WAS "passonately fond of candies and cigars"
caused measure OF excitement only intensified by
you,' our reporter left." This will afford an idea OF
the interest felt In the case.
Lanes wfe-the fourth who is living-did not call
| on him once during his confinement His lawyers
frequently questioned him In regard to his past
| lations with her, and perhaps expected he would
make confession; but he manifested no desire TO
do anything OF the Kind DersistIng simply that he
was innocent OF what he was condemned for. His
appetite was excellent and until the last hour he
| ate heartily of whatever was placed before him.
AN INTERVIEW WITH LANE.
view with lane psssnr into tha ,i,,,a & =" VIII .
high and narrow whitewasned walls, he found the
condemned standing In the centre OF the apartment
looking as though he desired explanation for the
Intrusion Having motoned us to the only chair
available, he himself sat down the black steam
were unconscious OF our presence. II was a gloomy
sight gloomy objects about us, and the hu-
manity squa!ted on the black heating pipe
all. He had crossed his knees, mechanically.
as were, folded his arms over his breast and drop
eyes raised; not motion did the man make, and It
seemed as though he were gently falling asleep Az
| felt.
"well," was the reply And the eyes which had
| been raised toward us dropped to the folded arms
| blance Of sway over the wretched being
"Have you any hope Of escaping your sentences-
AFTER brief interval the eyes again looked up
ward, and slowly came the answer Yes"
'How! !n asked we; ''dO you expect a repricve?-
mo; expect death" And then he resumed the
attitude he had first taken, with sullenness that
seemed to intimate that the interview was over
Once afterwards when an incidental alluson was
made to certain publications. respecting his carly
llie he laughed, or rather chucKled-ineaning 70
signify how little was really known of him.
lie was queer. strange little man, and never
looked queerer or stranger than on thai morning.
he sat In tue shadowy part oi the cell. wrapped IN
long black coat that was glazed with age and very
much demoralized about the cuiis aud buttonholes,
pants or corresponding shabbness and slippers that
seemed on the constant point Of cutting the coui-
pany OF his feet. Only three days between him and
the gallows How the deep tones OF the town bell
right over MS head must have broken on his thoughts
IN those three davs How they must have waked
HIM from hs sleep by night As he dreamed OF The
Virginia plantation of three women buried in
Washington county, OF cracking names rising up
INTO the night air from cabin wnere a being was
ENGAGED, when he dreamed OF the corpse m that
basement. when hrs whole past came back to him.
did the bell laundering an the darkness him IN
horror IRON hls iron bed as though his hour had
Gomez Very likely.
LANES LAST DAY On EARTn-sCENE Ar AND On THE
GALL0ws.
The morning or Lanes execution has come: come.
though for more than a month the wretched man
has been sitting and dreaming in the solitude of mis-
An unusually fresh and pleasant
morning II IL, with gentle breezes playing about
~ they seldom play, with q mud sun shining from
neecy clouds as II seldom shines on PttsDurQ, with
soft. agreeable showers, that seem TO npart fresh
vigor to every animate object they touch.
Your correspondent entered Lanes cell at nine
O'Clock IN tile morning. and found MIN resigned and
even cheerful. lie made only request OF the
sheriff and that was when go out to that yard to
be hung don't want to see the face OF u colored
person there He has wholly recovered from his
prostration Of wednesday and now smiles when
spoken To or death. The priests who watched with
him through the night were also with him in the
morning. He ts supposed TO have confessed his guilt
70 them but he made statements 10 others. When
visited by the officials Lane SAID he hoped TO see
| them all In heaven. lie did not once assert his n
nocence OF any crime charged against HIM, and he
died with the backest 0f records the eyes of the
! public, redeemed only by his supposed repentance.
| After hearty breakfast Lane prayed for the last
| time; tnen ne was attired In black SUIT and hi.
arms pinioned. after which he led from his cell
TO the scanold. Two priests IN white robes mounted
| u with MN, as did also the sheriff IL was now
| few minutes past twelve O'Clock Lane Ia asked n
he has anything 70 say. lie says no. The moose
IL frightened. n white cap drawn over his face the
trigger struck: then heavy dull sound. a short
twitch OF the pinioned arms and Louis Lane most
mysterious man. passes into elernity