The New York herald., 1870-10-30
MAKING CRIME ODIoUs.
A Batch Of Bullies Judicially Belted Rough
on the Rufians- -Kexiah Hinton, Phil
O'Donohue and Other Jersey
Criminal Celebrities.

To the roughs r0wdes, rufflaDs and crime
hardened classes OF Newark and Essex county, N. j.
as well as to the community at large, yesterday was
q day fraught with interest and importance, from
causes the very antp0des OF each other. It was
interesting and important to the former because
1t was the occasion when their doom would
be declared and the agony Of dreful expectation be
brought to close; to the latter because examples
were made such as In all conscience ought TO strike
terror into the hearts OF the dangerous our
midst and prevent recurrence Of many diaDollcal
acts Of crime and violence such as have prevailed
since the last term Of Court 1t was sentence day
in the Essex County courts hen all the prisoners
convicted at the present term Of arraigned
for sentence. The court room was crowded with q
molly assemblage OF humanity Of all sorts, sizes,
sexes and conditions. Many were attracted thither
out OF curiosity while by far the greater number
there to stern justice Jersey justicemeted out
to their erring relatives friends or acquantances.
On the bench sat the courteous and learned presd-
Ing law-giver, Judge David A. Depue, ana Associate
Judges Leese, Guild lee and Williams. The first
convict placed at the bar for nnal disposition was
KEZIAH HINTON, THE BLooMFIELD PoIsoNER-
The readers Of the HERALD Will remember that
some eight or ten weeks ago the entire community
was startled by the developments In series OF
| nendisn crimes perpetrated by this negress.
| For over twenty years she was employed in the
family Of q Bloomfield practising physician, DR.. A.
w. MCDOWELL. cared for and treated she admitted
cared for and supported BY the McDowes. Keziah
had never been married, although she had lovers
ass yer Last
acquainted with one Jacob Clarke, most repulsve
oy from and gss
tion, and Mrs. Mcdowell advised Kezlah
to TO-, have nothing asv.,1,o to do with him. For
hatred towards her prOtectress, and after setting
fire to handsome barn belonging to the family
poisoned the iood and the well, SO that all hands
were violently sick, and some OF them compelled to
go from home In order TO prolong life. Finally the
o' @ M we're ana esa a aa a
gator, but the Grand Jury found otherwise, and in
dicted her on charges Of arson and grand larceny
and poisoning, and him for fornlcatOn. She was
sentenced serve eight years in the State Prison,
while he was fined fourteen dollars and COSTS She
| took the matter quite c00lly.
The next important case disposed OF was that OF
| PHI DOnOhue,
THE NOTORIOUS WIFE BEArER,
OF River street. In The midst OF the heated term OF
the present year this character one afternoon, in q
drunken fit, assaulted and abused his wife in man.
ner that for some time afterwards her life was
! SPARED OF. After knocking her down and tramp
ling her almost to death In his house ne fol-
lowed her into neighbors, threw. her on
| red hot stove and tnen hurled her down
stairs She was picked up for dead, but
| liberation from felon's cell. He was sentenced
| once before to the State Prison, but somehow he
managed to get his sentence commuted TO fine
and county jail, but finally got clear altogether.
Yesterday he was doed out three years In the State
Prison. 1t is TO be hoped that 1.-The quality Of mercyn
| will not be strainedn this time, ana that no matter
what influence Is brought bear in this Villains be-
half VIII not avail in Communication OF his sentence.
| THE KOHL-DRUM HAMMER ASSAULT.
During last summer, one day, in q house In
course OF erection on the Neck, q carpenter and
| painter had q falling out about mere triie-the
changing Of some window sashes during the tenn.
| porary absence OF the former From hot words the
carpenter, young % mi man named Jacob Kohl, came to
blows, and dealt the painter one Michael Drum, q
| terrific blow with a hammer on the fore
/ reported in the HERALD at the time lay for many
days amid life and death, but finally recovered so
| to be able to go about. kohl was tried and found
guilty Of lelonous assault the jury, however recon-
| mending him to mercy, In view OF what were con-
| sidered mitigating circumstances. Yesterday he
was sent to the county Jail for months, less q
| day. Drum proposes nstituting a.suit to recover
damages Kohl's father being quite well of.
| ALAS, POOR GEORGE
George r McCann, respectfully connected yOung
man, who delighted TO be known on certain Occa-
sions as lone Of these 'ere workngmen,n may attri
fact that he was sent to state Prison yester
day for one year to his wandering from the admir-.
able precepts and example OF white haired father
whom he himself styled In court last term "a noble
Newark, named Nike Conroy, mad valuable gold
watch stolen while in the company OF McCann,
Johnny Cooke, an ex-convict, and three or four
| other such characters. A young man named Van
vhet nrst arrested, charged with the theft, and
the watch found on him. His accuser was Mr..
hcCann who, II subsequently came out IN the trial,
OF detection, had slipped 1t into Van vliets
pocket day Of reckoning came and he
exoneraied. This state OF afiars win probably sc.
rously interfere with certain engagement George
had II Is said with the daughter Of certain city
Besides these there was a constable. named
Magnus Schlicting, who is also a justice Of the
peace Y the Twelfth ward, and who was fined
and some eighty odd other convicts also were sent
some 70 state Prlson, some TO the county jail and