The New York herald., 1870-02-28

most oil the ceAs. In a. lew days, however, con-
siderable OF clearing out Is expected. Six convlcts
go to the State institution ut Trenton while others
convicted oil trlling oleaces are daily liberated on
offender FROM orange. pala, or had pad for him. on
Monday night, a iine WIN COSTS, amounting 10 over
Sll9 aud departed on his way rejoicing.
The Chief attractions in the jail for curious per-
sons to which category reporters are populary sup
posed 10 belong, are the two convlcs recently tried,
found quit! and sentenced for the perpetraton OF
crimes among the highest known to the law, and
these were duly interviewed By our representa-
tive, who FIRST approached cell No. "a, on the
second tier, and wnich Is at present occupied W
LEONARD sCHWuAN,
who was sentenced last Saturday to twenty years
IN the stare Prison for tue murder OF Cornelius
SIaal IL u balroom scuile one night last November.
lie looked quite cheerful and readily answered IN
English most questions put 10 him by the HERALD
reporter. lie expressed himself amused at the
various ana contrary statemeats about his
lis proper name as written by himself
on the notebook OF the writer, as
twenty-seyen years OF age ana mas mother aud
three sisters sti iving az MS native place not many
miles from "binsen on tue Rhine" He has not u
sotary relative or friend IN this country, though lie
has been here i've years lac is enthusiastic, even TO
auectionate deg ee, III referring To his counsel,
MIR. william B. Guiu, and says he IS the only real
Trend an tins land oi strangers lie SAID that not
only mad Mr. Guiid given his services without lee or
reward, but had assisted hm with lunos since
ns Incarceration. IN regard 10 his late he
says he iees "niddhns.n IL Is long time,
70 be sure, To 20 W prison, he says, but
IL
dently has no iaea tnat in Jersey hanging is
payed oat.n lie taxes matters pai.osophcaily and
WINE sun declaring tnat he did not strike the fatal
plow by whlcn poor Stani was swept into eternity,
lie says IL ~ 10 use now to say mucn aooat the mat
ter, though had he been pcrniitted to SPEAK his
own Dehail he thinks he woaid have shown that
many OF the wtLesses had sworn falsely 10 an
IageouS degree vi the Jury VINO tried MN lie also
speaks i'll grateful remembrance. lie SAYS the
statement that he was Iour years III England
Is incorrect; he was never there. He IS stout,
well ouiit fellow. oi medium neight, and Is ratAer
pleasing In features. lie mas finc hazel eyes and
dark brown Aair, inclined 10 cur. Slnce his incar-
ceratlon ne has dycsted himself vi iuii, well
trimmed mustacne oil fashionable" color. In fine,
schwunn 80 lar as appearances go Is about the last
person III the woru one would suppose likely To
coulnit the crime he mas been convicted OF. Leav
ing pleasant-faced aChwunn, our reporter was next
Introduced, su1s cefcDto,Ae, by Deputy " arucn
George Johnson TO
RosANSA ROGERS
the convicted slayer or her SLep-Drother James
Sheridan. Like ScnWunA, Rosanna Is pleasing III
features ana quite unassalning manners. she Is
age last OCTOBER she looks fouf Oh ve seAf5 oder,
aud Is CHUNKY, rouud-laced, darK-eyed, dark
haired woman, oi more tnan average inteigence FOR
person III ner staLion i'll Ire. She presented q
rather neat appearance Ill a simple, lignt-hgurcd
calico dress, ana freely conyersed on tho suo-
lect OF her conviction anu sentence. She
expresses satisfaction with the latter, which
ftye m0nths imprisonment III her present quarters.
ier sentence expires on the lsth OF July next she
declares positively she did not strike her brother
WIN tue smoothing iron, out says tnat she resented
his aDuse To her manner tnat she would repeat
unuer similar circumstances. The whole trouble.
she says, arose out Of Jealousy on mis- part because
ner mother uid not present him also win a small
hand lamp. On two previous OCCASIONS she saws
tle deceased aou5ed ana Deat iler silameiuy. Snc,
too speaks wei ot her counsel, Judges ana Jury,
and - cneFvescin2V happy III not beng seat 10
Trenton.
Ihe jail authorities are not yet posted as 10 the
day when the Prison convtcts viii be removed
TO Trenton, sne sheriff not having yet slgnfed MS
intention Iii the premises. Ie VIII probably be some
day this week. however. The jail presents an ap-
pearance ut once eieaniy and cheerful.