The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-20

The Sleepy Hollow tragedy, which for eighteen
months past has been q never ending Subject for
horror ana righteous Remuneration among all SORTS
and conditions OF men and women throughout
Westchester county, was yesterday pronounced
upOn by the jury empanelled TO try the CASE an"
the verdict IN accordance with popular sentiment.
gives the 'perpetraor over To the galiows, uAess
executive clemency stays the hand OF retribuIlve
justice.
Shortly after nine O'Clock In the forenoon expecta"
ton was on tlptoe In the village OF White Plains
when IL became known that Justice Barnard hsA
sent for the various officials whose presence was
necessary for the opening VI the Court. AS the jury
had been out all night this announcement created
quite q sensation, II being ut once connected Win
the probable result OF their
NOCTURNAL DELI BEBArIoNs.
When the court mad been formally opened tho
somewhat wearied- looking twelve, IN whose hands
lay the momentous fate OF the prisoner ilcd In and
took their allotted seats. The accused was also
brought IN, wearing the same mperturbility OF ex-
preston which has characterized his department
throughout the three trials through which he mas
passed. The clerk having called the names OF the
Jurors, Justice Barnard announced that he had
received q communication from the jury room ask
ing the Court II a verdict OF
MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE
would he accepted. In reply TO this the Court rnle0
that the verdict rendered must be either one OIL
murder In the first degree or OF acqntta. On THIS
the jury again retired. when the court room WAS
shortly afterwards deserted by the crowd OF anxious
spectators.
After an hour had elapsed the Court House bell
rang OUT sonorousy. amid drenching rain storm.
indicating to the hundreds who had assembled in
excited groups throughout the village that the pro
tracted agony nearly Notwithstanding
the Storm the spacious court room was again
thronged by
the features OF each one revealing hls or aer appr
having resumed their seats, Buckhout was once
more conducted from the ail and noncnalantly took
his seat IN front or tile Bench. Amid D. eatlilesa
silence the Clerk again called the list OF jurors, anu
when each mad answered to his name That official
asked, gentlemen Of the jury, have you agreed upon
verdict" All tnereupon arose and cue collective
reply was, ave have" The clerk then said. "Do
you find the prisoner at the bar guilty or not
gultys, Here the foreman stood up amid the Op-
pressve stiffness. and III somewhat tremulou5 toues
answered, ave find the prisoner
GUILTY MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
and recommend hun to mercy. Meanwhile
touching scenes OF which he was the central Inquire
Not facial muscle moved TO indicate TO the ci0sess
observer IN the slightest degree affected
by the verdict. Justice Barnard then sald:-"Gen-
tlemen OF the jury, your Recommendation 10 mercy
charged" At TINS stage OF the proceedings the
Bench retired to an ante room Tor deberation. ana
the prisoner, wearing ig:,,,,ro,rn sv,,r
was escorted back to the jail. In about an nour ar
forwards the fe-entereu tIc room. anu
the prisoner once again brought from the jail
into the awful presence OF the law which he had so
ruthessly violated. Although all eyes were riveted
upon the doomed man he appeared perfectly calm
and unm0ved, remaining
CRIMINAL ENIGMA
to the last.
District Attorney Dykman having moved for SEN
tence OH the prisoner, Justice Barnard directed
BuckhOut 10 stand up, and asked him II he had any
thing to say why sentence OF death should not now
be passed upon him. BucShOut quietly and respect
fully assumed standing POSITION and looking d.
rectly at Court replied In voice unaffected By
! the slightest emotion, ''Notnin9.n
DEATH SENTENCE
| The Court then addressed the prisoner as fOl.
| lows:-'rThe jury have convicted you OF murder IN
the first de2reei The penalty which the law writes
\ against that crime Is death. aud we nave
but to do our duty in pronouncing the SCH
| tence Of The law upon you. That sentence II
| that YOU be taken hence to the jail from
| which you came; that you be there detained until
| Friday, the LIST day OF september next. on which
day. between the hours OF nine in the forenoon and
three in the after noon you be hanged by the neck
until you are dead"
The prisoner who still remained totally unmOved
by the sentence, was then conducted from the court
room to the jail, amid the wondernent OF the Bench,
the Bar and the spectators.
When the jury first retired to deliberate IL was
found that eleven were for conviction and one Tor
acquttal Lest any unjust suspicion should fall ON
an innocent party IL may he proper To state that
the dissenting Juror resides III the lower portion Of
the county.