The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-08-20

uttered the hoie t.pthsgIt was evidently den y
suspicion danassss his own cause IS soFtiag
TO trick No doubt, by his aot OF tnets ASsss
pa sssn driven a 20 bg man psr
fectly innocent. And thus, from en- Ill 9esJ
another, the charge of murder haa De1n nI Ssr-
fessicn had been. uttered, / felt q species 9.
self-accusation in having ccntrlpu.eo ~Snne
destruction, and gladly wonld nave Hmao nD
the contrary, was quite undisturbed. Viewing
the harang1e of Armstrong Is mere tissue OF OF
falsehoods; he cooly pron3nncea sSn'e TO be
hanged on Monday. This was Friday.
bad job" whispered the counsel + tor 'n ne
Defense as he passed me; In W,1 ,,i,sr;t ~
tasted no dinner that day /; was SICK ~
heart; for I felt rs if the blood Of two fellow,
creatures was on my hands: Zines II sne ese Ha liz.
tened to all / had to say but was quite I'M
| perturbable. The obstinate old man was satis-
! fled that the sentence was as 1t should De.
returned to my inn in o fever OF Despair
| Without the approval of the judge, knew
| that an application to the Secretary OF state
was futile. There was not even ..ne ~ va.
l to London, unless the judge had granted . re-
All Saturday and Sunday was in misery; IL; l
denounced capital punishment as er 1,s faai
ings of course being inhnenced some w1st .oy 2
jsresoliectiou of shai nnhspfv sa.tf of AsrvI,
noticed in Il Pssvieus Ra2sr r 60 q and sMSp
81 tSs streets Sores iiselibsa thai shs rk4
of getting poor people hanged VINO o'o no' ue-
On the Monday morning I was pacing up
and down my breakfast-room in the next
assize town, in o state OF great eXcltemenS
the hotel. and ont Jumped johnson me con
stable. His tale was soon TOLD. on the pre-
vious evening, the landlady OF the 6 JACK
, Swan q road side public house about tour
miles Distant from the scene Of the murder:
reading the name of Pearce in the report y.
the trial in the Sunday country paper, sent t Zoe
her charge promising to coll for it in an hour,
bnt had never been there since. On opening
, the por manteau, Wilson's watch, chain ana
, seals and other property were discovered in 1t;
and johnson had, as soon as 1t was Ioss se
set off in search OF me. instantly, ,os .n4 ;tI
q q | was not moment to spare, i, IN company wi11
Armstrone's counsel, sought the judge. and
with some difficulty obtained from him
formal order to the sheriff to s@spehat I'm Sae .en
, stable started, and happily arrived IN tlne ~
l stay the execution, and deprive the already as
sembled mob of the bruta! exhioltlon tney 81
= StrugnelI, we found that she had abseonded on
the evening of the trial All search Tor he'
D owed vain.
Armstrong and his wife was still undecided
when a message was brought 20 my GhaI.n :
the Temple from Toman sad 70 w ns Harl
NJ.
Strugnell; who, when In q state OF lntoxlca
ton, had fallen down in front OF carriage. a.
y she was crossing near Holborn Hill, and hat
both her legs broken. She was dying miser
ably and had sent for me to make q full con
fession relative to Wis ms murder. Arm
stronp's account was perfectly correct In
deed MAS committed by Pearce, and they wer
hacking up their plumber when they we1
8, startIed by the unexpected return OF the Arm
=, | strongs Pearce, snatching up Dundle anu
moi tmanteau, escaped by the window sne ma
'h not nerve enough To attempt 1t, ana crave
~ back to her BEDROOM where she, Watching th
doipps of the farmer through the chincks .
ity the nartition which separated her room Arol
) the passage, concocted the story when COZ COZ
o. yicted the prisoners. Pearce, thinking hlmsel
ne pursued too heavily encountered lot Iapl
Hight, left the portmanteau as described, 1:
gu teHd,pg to call for it in the morning II IN
x, f.ars proved groundless. He, however, ma
vel not courage to risk calling again, ana nau
an the best Of his way to London lie was no
d. in Newgate under sentence OF death ZOE ou
en- plary accompanied by personal violence
as, the inmates of the dwelling he and ms gan
&c, had entered and robbed. took care TO ma.
ne the deposition of the dying wretch put IN,
1e- proper form and the result was, AFTER goo
ITO deal of petitioning and worrying OF autho,
I'm ties, a full pardon for Armstrong ana ms WI
| They sold Craig Farm, and removed 10 sou
- other part of the country, where, hev
on troubled myself to inquire. Deeply gra.ei
vas I to be able at last to wash my hands
the an affair which had cost me 80 much ankle
act and yexation albeit the lesson 1t afforded
tilt tls ~. o,,;ng hastily to n conclusion..-