New-York tribune., 1870-08-03
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
.rOHN REAL.


law AND LAwLEssNESS-rHE LAW MUST bL
INDICATED.
The last appeal for the life of Real has been
made nv his counsel, the Hon. Sydney H. stuart Inc
supplementary .afidavits were not more eheceVe J"
oreratnc on the mind of the Governor, ana mhuchem9
mis- Judgment, than the ahdavts previously SUB
pitfed and what may be termed the dying statement
Of John Real himself. Gov. Hoffman says that the case
presents a clear and distinct issue between ID"
and lawlessuess, and that the law must Ue Nu
cheated Win this decision Real has peeh l''oo
familiar, and preparing himself 10 ~. ,.,,s
Friday morning. Twenty Catholic ctfsy'uen o1,.,, go
him M different times yesterday; the Sisters on %
were also with him, and very few persona, 81 ,ho
called Cf fNc latter only those were admi''eu ~ ~ ,s
,ronbs who Real expressed desire 10 s'V' -
C,Rren whose political adherent Real Is s"'U " -
ssoen will not permit the ofensvey cuiO' cu -, -
women who are so anxious to see young n''n - ,
o.I,, end aiso1t 10 die 10 choke up the ba"dsS IN %
-, - .he of,,e eors and make themselves speeNly
' - 81 In whose death the law Is 70 DC Nind-
Gated ,-,.,.. ,o,,o,rs.
NKwFoR r. L Monday mCr1ng hI\ Aug; a !; ,ssdav .si
,.s have given much Section TO the case o. M ie az the
,.I and also ali the adavits and other papers which
Won sul mitted 20 me on saturday morning; ,,,,,o
cann0t consistently with my sense OF duty commune
a., s"c,ce TIC case upou the evidence is very plain
one smodlck wac policeman On me SVcms o. -. 'uo 40
40 St "a Pol styed np 10 him and. with revolver, shot
hun twcc-once through the head and once through the
- DG Srrt T ESI threatened TO shoot him Nee tried TO
eise him then attempted TO escape When afteseo
anosi Immediately aleTWdrd he sld nc hau snOt rul
dick o. had not that he had ried TO- nc tnSe SS
substantially the same remark 10 md in
Conne, the evening at Tie station id "a" w.,
rbs presence, also, Or Anthony J AIirei nc i, w %
claim then what he has sinc. IN ,uh before
wtlout provocatOn, struck at hun Mlth is el9o Ooo ~
nc slot him. He gave excuse. He assigned no rea-
~ = now claimed by the prisoner that smedic had for
a iooe time prosecuted and abused him. ana no on %
s1bNn 0Ip occasion beaten him with pooemans cluO'
s support OF this assertion you nave hled Win Nm inc Sc
wal ca Gft6 aihdaNits Smealch Il us'u. & lIs t;
tyCsed aud there Is no one who feels NJ dHty 70 Nlu
80 bs against the charge. Assuming II To De 1ne, IL
- no. Iisfy excuse the prisoner ~ SHOWS, noW
dcs 10 &c revenged II is not disputed that the las,
occasion N. IN which i is sad slnedlck n@
srSv tT ~, violence of passion 60 cool, although y
seems not emo, Ugh for the spirit OF revenge 20 ~
4d II tbe ay after the murder, that sniedleK Cln'
np to him the uigh IN question su 10 ht him The
is"N moi only id not assert this on the night OF h
arrest but the eva denee ON the EiaA PLAINLY 0OhI"
Won have hn.-teA 10 two erparte afiidavits bear
ingOn ts point hnSe which they appear t. have beer
made and inc reason civ en- WHY thc pa 3ites "ho %
them did not appear a th trial. eonpeis Ihe ~ I'Je'
teem ms unworthy Of eyetlL = . - oao =,
Yon poIt to the recomme ndaon OF mercy, made made pS
the ury when they pronoun ca me NSrlVI @ o @ ha
have duly weiehed g. 7 amor ol TOuI s%f 10 ayi
led them to make it, bnG any m 'ne e''
Yon rS.en, 10 Iac, also, peh uoa lJI tii ~ ~
sentence signed 10y moro than o;uo P.Oti;.' Gav.
with letters many men, ior ~, cosidered hy me
am we'll aware how much syUn thN .iia ior ISi ,t,
exists The murdered man, sent ont '3oV vi w N ~
out a moments warning, TO he u Ibv tCl .,
There is mo- d speak Tor hb, VIII tiu,'1 ~
FOR Iocycy for tbe man who killed him. - large portion
A, tho rross oin in the demand; clergy '.lu tsnT
merchant, and bankers help 20 swell the n - 81
Trs. Aud YET unless the prisoner own % accented
Ssinst eyrv reliable witness the trial a ayeepe
as true ne Wautonlv, wickedy, and debDelt'oS A4O'
down iu the public streets public ohcef., oroyer
Threa Who ask for Communication Tor nm nave, II cven
10 official cspCnsibity ana can peau lof nea,2 INV
sS,nsf he tuands of Justice On the other ham nS
resn0usibl,tv is an awful Ihey cannot SppcN ,r
s. realize it sOicmnly and fuhy' ne VI io''N
j. IN my hands. ,-.oxr, for "A
need not say TO you whom nave , hnown ~, no. 49,
many wears how gladly would heed the cry Ior ineie!
and si,are lis life IL ] could. MY judgment, howeNvr W.
tolls me that the prisoner was justly cOhNlCieu S In
der and that the interests OF the community oe"i'
that he should suffer the penalty ,.,. ,.,,.o IN,
TA6 case pFtseI.tS cc0 ana GSt"ct t$te oet"ee '"'
sad Latoi.ssgcss The lac must be riHGtcdcd -.
ell Real Therefore he must de on tbe Gay oppo'htv'
SoT his execution. Very truly, yours, u -
The Hon. 81 duey ii. stuart JOHN l. HUFFMAN
A STRONG GUARD AT THE TOABs.
John Real was delivered into the hands o
Sheriff O'Brien at o'clock yesterday morning. Las
evening rumoIs prevailed throughout the city that
mad managed through the assistance of his friends
,seape from his cell and was already u a secur
hiding place. InycSti cation at the 1oHDs uls
closed the fact thai the officers tAcIe Dad pee
suuretpusive of rescue ana lhat q Nei.
large force Of police surrounded the Duuldlng an,
susred cry avenue Of escape attack. At the Slxt
PreciuDf -lu House also, large force OF ponce MtI
u rcadiDse asst in the defence Of the TcfnDs war
der or nf the TUmhs stated that John Real was sun
bis custody, ard as Woll as could be expected.