The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-08-06

e.count His death was an easy one. Although It
may have been sadden It's rapidly was perhaps
after oil the more preferable, for when the weight
fell prayer was on his lips. lie was not distracted
by the near and dreadful approach OF bis fate as he
over hrs eyes, Drs Shine, Harrington, Meals and
others, medical gentlemen, examined the body
some minutes after the fatal Jerk The heart nut,
TWENTY-FIVE minutes past nine the body was CUT
down and put into coffin, which was , only
a few feet from the gallows. There was Intle
change IN the appearance u the deceased Tne
requisite papers having been made out by ne Core
ner tho body OF John Real was given 10 his friends
ana the funeral VIII take place tomorrow.
After the execution The assenblage quietly DIS
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teDdent Jourdan and Captain Kennedy for the salts
factory manner III wnGh h se an ST has ue
curiosity upon the part OF the multitude, but no
noise; and Real went quietly to his account.
Rcal's Dying Declaration.
There is one incident connected with the "takilg
on Of the unfortunate criminal which has created
q great deal OF comment, and which certainly has
done nothing soften the feelings Of the community
toward his memory. or course the ielon Is now
beyond the sympathies OF the people, and they mat
ter not TO him. In the morning papers Of yesterday
was published what purporied to be the
"aylng mans final defence" Of his crime
ana his pleas In extenuation; but
the document was IN reality politicians bulletin.
charges and insinuations against Tammany Hall in
general and against Governor HOFFMAN and other
prominent Tammanyles in particular, and ninety
nine out Of every hundred persons deny belief a. to
the originality of the document as a production
OF Reals. The universal impression Is that
for political efect solely and purely, and that
he knew nothing OF 10 to his dying moments. such
fraud might easily be perpetrated as Real was TOO
SELF as to the contents OF the newspapers. In any
event there Is no doubt that the document was
neither pnrased nor written by Real. as IL apparent
by comparison with the defective grammar and
wording OF his former appeal published about
week since. In the second place Real, as his sin
cere friends know and Will admit, had, TO his credit
be It said, laid aside all vindictiYeness ior
many days prior to his death o.. TINS 1ssoe leef
no such quality but the adhcrents OF the reoelous
political clique OF which he was but an humble
could be found base enough to invade the quiet OF
the last few hours Of his life on Thursday afternoon
induce him to put forth a defence, Is not
equally possible but far more probable, thar
the document, If ever read TO him AFTER
being written by others WAS, In the state OF mlnd
which pervaded nm at that time, never understood
by HIM. Under such circumstances he may have
been deceived into giving his verbal consent TO II
without reflection. Still he never could have IN
serted in his dying moments such falsehOOd as was
contained In IT, to wit THAT A. Oakley Hall sat with
Judge Barnard on the bench at the trial. A. OaKey
Hall never entered that court room In any
capacity whatever during the triai-not for a SIN
gle instant. He was not a Judge at the tIne nor
was he the District Attorney, and most positively
did not hear one word OF that trial. Then, taking
the fact that the alleged confession was
furnished to all The other papers by u sheet
VIGOROUSLY opposed to Mayor Hall, the motive OF
the whole document ia apparent while the further
fact equally clear that admission to the prisoners
cell was refused to ali representatives VI the press
for several days prior 10 his execution This refusal
was peremtory. and Is Warden Stacom, therefore.
guilty OF refusing admission the many but edmlt-
ting the one? There Is food for reflection In these
employ to further their ends, by thus striving to
make "capltain out Of dying mans last breath.