The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-30
b O l. S r. e r
Extraordinary Speech Of Con-
victed Murderer.
Az Affecting Scene in C0nrt--Pr0tS stations OF
Innocence and Appeals to Heaven.
From the Washington star, April ISL

Iron the Washington Star, April 2Sl
This morning Horatio Bolster, who was yesterday
found guilty OF the murder OF Joseph James. alias
sonny James, on @ I'D OF February last, was
brought INTO The Criminal Court.
Judge oln said BOLSTER, stand up and the
prisoner complying, the Court said:-"fou have
been convicted by jury OF your country, almost or
Your own selection, OF the crime OF murder. You
have been defended with great zeal and ability, ami
SIN the Jury, under the instruction have given
them as 10 the law OF the case, have found You
guilty without much hesitation. Have you anything
10 say nowf'
Prlsonertvery much excted)-
II HAVE Mtcn TO SAY,
put the advice OF my COUNSEL VIII not say II
al the present time'
The Uourt.'wa ait a moment
You HAD BETTER BE CALM
nnder the solemnlties that surround you. You had
better lei me say word TO you. l ask you now II
say whatever YOU choose to say here TO Inc why
rHK SENTENCE OF THE LAW
am about TO pronounce should not be passed upon
arrest that sentence. and am disposed to near you
patiently as The jury heard You and your witnesses
rounded, BOLSTER, now, by circumstances and IN
condition IN which 1t VIII be well TOR you to lay
aside malice, heart0urnlngs, lnsOlence, and every
| thing OF the Kind will hear You patiently in what
ever you have to say; but the duty Imposed upon
| me and must perform 1t. Now Will hear You, IT
| yon have anything TO say upon this SUBJECT"
| The prisoner here turned Ia his counsel TO obtain
his consent 10 make a statement.
Mr. Barrett nodding assent, the prisoner said,
| TO 60 ON THE STAND,
where all these people can hear mef'
The Court do not ike 10 have you 100 near me,
Bolster, unless you have been searched
Mr. carrelt-A0dreSs the Court, Bolster
The Court-fou can he heard around here, Boil
ster tpomting TO the space Immediately III front OF
| the witness stand.
BoLsTER's STATEMENT
Bolster advanced TO the spot Indicated ana spoke
| VIII offer no nsoence speak any nsoence,
as bear no malice TO any man. ! only want 10
the night OF the I'D OF February. !. accordance
with an appointment met Miller and Coombs at the
there They told me to meet them at the corner Of
Thirteenth and the Avenue. was TO assist them In
case. then went to the restaurant OF Reddy
Welch-Martin WEIGH. ! staid there till twenty
minutes past eight O'Clock. went 10 the corner Of
Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue there
waited until near nine CLOCK. wnen William DAVIS
comes across the street and says "Hallo, iiashe.
what you doing herer saws, II am waiting
10 20 TO The theatre says ..No, SIR" lie
remarked. "If YOU do here IL check. am not going
back.n At this Jim Green and the deceased came
10 Inc corner. He drew back, James DID, To strike
DAVIS. ] caught hod OF his arm ana SAID "Don't
do that Sonny; you are wrong!, AT that jim Green
struck me- Then James and Green beat me until
was senseess. and leaned this way describes III
against the wall when came TO nv senses linen
as soon as l came TO myself haoed for mercy
murder. and everything could. The only man that
! saw standing by me was man with light clothes;
ms name was Beverage; he Keeps a jewery store
on the avenue tine Court-"Ben Beveridge!'' The
prlsoner--"les, slr.'l He says, BOLSTER, who has
party. SAID n do not kaow.'' i did not know but
tnat ne was one OF the party, ana that II told him
FINISH THE JOB.
4 While Beveridge was standing there Coombs and
Is the matter Rashe VINO mas been beating your"
| ] says, Sonny james and another man. u Tor at that
tune =, aid no, Know 1fee a; ooom l says, Tome
the corner OF Thlrteenth street and Penns, lyania
avenue, on the opposite corner-some call 1t r.
OF the avenue. ! went IN there. NY lace was
washed. was so weak that could not tell VINO
washed my face and sat Inc Ia chair. TOOK
little drink OF gln COombs said, lyon had better
drink something, and see IL 1t will not straghten
drug Store and aet IN FMS was
COombs. went to the drug store on the corner OF
Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue; forget
the man who Keeps II.
Mr. Barrett-"Entwisie"
The prisoner, resumlng-l asked for doctor.
The doctor was not there. l then went to the sa-
loon OF Martin WEIGH. Then met Jones In that
he n ns says y go with
was there when came In. He looked up at me and
said. who is tnats Is that you, Rasher was beat
so a man could hardly tell who IL was. He Jones)
went with me to the corner vi Twelfth street ana
the avenue, to this drug store. and then DIR. Buckley
James viii pay you Tor THIS for Miller says 1t viii
all be right thought at the tune It was done
through mistake. After he finished dressing my
wounds he put the bandage over my head and over
my nose. NY nose was never broken before, nor
OF James, up here on Pennsyvania avenue, in com.
pany with Jones. There was no one else with me.
j went with no weapon and NO malice,
TO HAVE AN EXPLANATION,
thinking that mad been beaten through mistake.
then went into Wambolds and asked II James had
been In there went there with Tom Jones then
went ana looked into Ushers place and he was
not there. then met man on the street, near sy
| the theatre. ! asked INN did he know where
sonny was. He said he was up in number SO and
so; forget the number went there with Jones to
have an explanation and to find out why was
| beat, thinking thai some one had told him some
! thing that was untrue about me, and was beat
through a mistake. / rang the bell and asked Tor
sonny james. The colored man says, "He Is
not here says. Tell him to come down, II Is all
| right When | took Jones up there with me
| / a -k fpr
money 10 pay my doctors expenses aud IL
is ali right Tor / know he would nave not
something TO do II for" then rang the bell col.
I ored man came to the door, seeing my face bound
says, "Tell him That want to see him, 1t is all
rght;i for had no malice toward MN whatever.
Then James came 10 the head OF the stairs, put his
head ,ut OF The door aud either drew 1t back or
some one pulled him back. said, 1T Is all right;
e nun o ~ oI pr ssey to aress INV Wounds ana
you would pay him for II. Before had finished ths
sentence ne SAYS You prize fighting -
took part OF The bandage from my head just put
Here the prisoner took the bandage from his pocket
ana exhibited 1t to the Court had come straight
from the drug store on the corner. He took the
bandage from my head and beat me. Darden was
tue man that separated us, and he is over there
now tpointlng TO DardeD, In the court rooin)
The prsoner-"Denns Dardenn Chen turning to
Darden ne asKed) "Did not say then that II had
known tDis, sonny would not have come here,
thought IL was mstake.r This darkey said, '.You
mad better 90 way from here's My hat was gone.
Knocked OF In the FUSS says, @ GIVE me my hat,
and will go away from here AS quick Is CAM
went down straight from there the saloon oil Reddy
Nelchs. When l came Ia they says, "For Gods
sake what Is the matterYr says, al want 10 meet
James and have m explanation Without word
he caught hold Of me and peat me again. While
I was out Crops ana sherman had come INTO inc
saloon. presume they bad been told about the way
! mad been beaten. When came In and made the
statement that l had been beaten, Crops says,
Come and go over and find what he did IL for.r 1
says 'For nothing;r he says, go and nnd out what
he did ~ for, and II he has not reason
able excuse have HIM arrested ! says, mo I
won't go nave got enough will see him to-mor-
row. lie says, ''What Is the natter Are you AFRAID
To 20 after man has beat you that way. and have
explanation says, '.No.r lie says. Come we
win 20 with you ana Won't let him beat you again.
be had reached over and got the musket. The mus
kei was gos the night before this. Reddy Wecn's
place up stairs was broken into while he was down
| M the barroom; the door was burst open and his
| trunk searched. He had no arms In The house and
he bought this gun for his protection. and 1t had
been loaded that DAY, but did not II loaded:
saw him, however, when he brought the gun there.
| The bar was situated In this way describing me