New-York tribune., 1870-08-05


Tombs and rescue Real.
REALS LAST APPEAL.
John Real has addressed the following com.
municatlon 10 the public:
Gov. Hoffman has refused 10 reprieye me. must die
an ignomnious death. know this. feel IL; but my
poor suffering sisters and faithful father feel it fr
than l. IL is on this account well on my
that feel it duty to give the public the following
Killed smedick, but did not murder him. He had
repeatedly beaten me, and bad repeatedly thcatened
he had struck me twice and was following up his attack
am able to prove this by the testimony Of unimpesch.
eSs oS HOFFMAN, wUad SS OS not hs
am that the people will. Gov. Hoffman would not
the public viii A few words regarding the trial
was tried convicted, aud sentenced within u hours
offered as the sacrifice Now, when the question Of
my repreye comes up tPe public are asn n eSsed owe,
public sacrifice. These harsh words, but the facs
viii bear them out Ny counsel yanly asked for time to
The tesemOny would have convinced the jury Of my
bee9 m the s t ey n had known the trial would
have been finished that day. But the Judge was mex.
made up without the testimony Of the eve-witnesses who
could have cleard me Of murder, and was doomed TO
death.
Who the witnesses against mel They were on.
GERS Lambrecht and Mee and named Carpenter and
Justice Coulter; Hyand has been held to bail FOR draw
ing revolver citizen, and Carpenter has been found
guilty of robbery and the Pententiary. appeal
to the sober sense Of the peOpehoud man be sent 10
Officer Nee was allowed to give only just testimony
enough to weigh heavily against me. He gave words
He was not allowed to give further conversation with
me, which would have destroyed the effect OF those
he says:
He had another conversation with Real crt moruing IN which Real
ami commences to beat him as he bal Of5 done before and thai .
e. could not & af s ' 5 .SS any T ns H said S vas On $ '
John Mahony honest teamster similar sGdaS I..
man turn snd e two shots and then saw The officer ~ Philip co
that e the Officer in the set Of using BIZ cSb against Real sn ,s
pistol shots"
All this is evidence that Gov Hoffman refused to con.
slider preferrng the testimony OF men who have since
courts for perjury and other crimes Could the Governor
have reflected that lie bringing shame and sorrow
upon gray head OF my fond father rending the
hearts of my four aectonae sisters with anguish when
solved to go by the record Of Judge BSrnaris eourt
But the Governor does not heed the record Of tho
mously recommended me TO mercy And this is not ALL
Three of The uTme9 % dy haSe @ made h AFFIDAVIT before the
verdict except that assured that recommenda
the penay 70 % To y for S life in sae PsoR
That recommendation was agreed upon m the 1uryr
know that the prisoner would not be hanged, but
would finally be sent to state Prison"
not been without hopes communication Of my
1t has seemed impossible TO me that such evidence
Governor What man in my position could have thought
otherwise The Governor offers the Nathan murder and
But what had TO do with those murders1 did not
murder either Mr. Nathan or Mr. Rogers. should have
had justice without any reference to those murders
Should /, innocent man, be sent 10 the Ralows be-
the police failed to discover the men who did these
But these are but mere excuses lam sent to nv grave
Twenty first Ward were opposed Mr.. Hofman's nom
Hon. % Henry en- C. Murphy o Brooklyn, Who Was rival
candidate. So long my friends sustained Mr.. Hon
man and the other Iammany nominees 50 long was un
disturbed
My case was never called to trial until my friends sup
ported Mr. Murphy as a candidate for Governor months
and months after arrested. These facts not
only known TO Gov. Hoffman, but 10 nearly every pot
clan n The ety. nhe Tamma1y p91elans M took adyan
punish my friends for their refusal to support Holman
Oakley Hall sat upon the bench with Judge Barnard.
aud the trial was rushed through without allowing me
uphold Tammany, l might now have been at liberty.
Men are now at large through the influence OF Tam
many, who have committed, unlike me- unproyoked mur
Take the case of Donohue. He is charged with the
murder OF Florence Scannell He Is out on bail.
Why Is ii not because he is member OF the Tammany
Han General Committee, and because he has been made
feel confident that like him. would have escaped my
friends had followed Tammanys leadership. Before the
sweeny said, Real must be hanged He has g0t 10 be
hanged The Interests Of Tammany Han demand it,
Was it for the Interests Of Tammany Hall that Gov.
Hoffman refused 10 commute my sentencel Was IL for
s1e sas soo prs Who sRe @ se few TasR s m Pe
prepare my soul for eternity
But the viii Of God be done feel that the Governor
has acted wlfulY but from the bottom Of my soul |
forgive him, and pray that God may forgive him too,
ness Of God. die warmly thanking my friends for al
they have done for Tor me- and they have done much To
debted for the kndest sympathy and attention.
God am sure, wi reward the faithful priests and the
their kindness to me. l die glrtess OF tie stain Of
murder or this am conscious. And die in the hope
anguish OF my loor father sisters. and relatives, while
weeping over my grave JOHN RSAI