The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-09-07

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Foster Is getting fat. The keepers in the
Iombs remark tina, since his respite from
the ealiovs, the weight on hin mind hes con-
duced very much to his bodily health. He
u getting fat, not only over the prolonsa,ion
OF his life, but On the very great probability
whrh at present exists that his time on earth
will continue until Mother Nature alone
chooses TO take him of il.
Daily, since Judge Pratt gave the remark
able decision in the BROOKLYN court, which
has saved
THE MURDERER OF AVERY d. PUTNAM
from the gallOws, he has increased in ami.
NAL spirits until nov there is probably no: q
gayer man within the precincts of the Tombs
prison. He has been removed from the
cell No. 5 on the Murderer row, of which
he was the tenant after the sentence OF the
Law vas passed upon him by Judge Cardozo,
md now occupies healthy and comfortable
quarters on the first tier, where The graver
casss Of the prison are immured, He eat,
ravenously, and always sends back his plate
empty, and takes quite good deal OF ex-
ercise
HE Is VISITED
daily by number Of sympathizing friends.
These belong mainly to the good class Of
workingmen, and seem TO generally be re-
spec able lot Of people. His wife also visits
his daily, and spends an hour or &C with
hin. Her faithful conduct TO her unfOrtu-
nate husband il u matter Of remark in the
pr SOn, and she certainly shows all the aztec
Ii Of dutiful and loving wife, who clings
to ,.er husband ''for better, for worse" She
con antly brings him dainties and little OBJ
jecf~ which serve TO alleviate the dreary mis-
cry Of prison life.
With the exception of his wife, however,
Foster is
VISITED BY NONE OF HIS RELATIONS.
His father has never act his foot within the
prison walls, and it il SAID he never will
After doing his utmost to save his son from
an ignominious death, he leaves him to his
fate. The fathers conduct probably inhu-
eEces his other relatives, who, while they do
not wish to deny the criminal all the benefit
Of the law, otherwise repudiate him entirely.
AMONG HIS COMPANIONS
in prison Foster is quite fsvorite. His gen.
tie. genial ways have captivated the rougher
hearts around him, and they feel for man
who has been thrown amongst them BY the
accident of n great but probably unpremedi-
tated crime. Indeed, they seem to think it
quite a privilege to be addressed by him,
and he seems to wish to keep aloOf from
them, influenced, a. he Is, by a very natural
feeling OF reserve.
FoRTER'S PRESENT APPEARANCE
is not that Of criminal. He looks rather
like an honest mechanic. and without any
guile There il now none of that air Of
''hardness" which characterized him during
his trial, and which was, no doubt, caused by
his recent life of debauch, and by that feeling
of desperation which takes possession Of a
man who feels himself hunted to hisAleath by
sentimen; of universal indignation and
seeking for vengeance.
As Fosters case now stands he will Proba-
bly, not suffer the extreme penalty Of the law
for over a year to come, ii, indeed, he ever
comes to the galiows. The stay OF proceed
ings granted by Judge Pratt sends the case
to the Bench of Judges at the general term
ON the first Monday in November. This
General Term can either order a new trial
or confirm the verdich of the Oyer and Ter
miner. In the former case the whole matter
will be taken up again and the former trial
entirely wiped away. In the latter, though
Foster would be sentenced anew, the case can
be taken up to the Court of Appeals, which
is very slow moving body, and which,
though it most always confirms the decisions
of the general term, would give the murderer
lease OF lite for al least another year. Where
there's life there's hope, and no doubt Foster
feels that, with over year before him, the
shadow OF death ON the gallows is still far