The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-19
THE NEWARK MURDERER.

Bolts Becomes Blasphemous-The Legal Hair
Upon Which His Friends Hang Their
Hopes.
A week from to. day Ii set down for the execution
OF George Bolts, IN the Jail at Newark. Out OF tue
thousand chances OF his hanging there is but one
that he will escape the gallOws. There Ia now no
DOUBT but that a Oil has been framed and viii be
introduced into the Legislature early next weeK
amendatOry to the law governing the trial
OF criminal cases for capital offences. The
bill Is described q general one. and not particu-
larry applicable TO the case OF Bolts, but TO any
who Is or may be in his unfortunate position. The
law al present requires that all applications for Q
trial in capital snail be made within the
term at which the defendant was convicted.
The purpose Of the bill In question Is to enable
the Court TO hear sucn application at subsequent
term.
THIS AMENDATORY ACT.
The act Is entitled supplement to the act relas
tive to criminal proceedings, ana provides that '1D
all cases heretofore tried hereafter to be tried,
when, upon conviction, The penalty Is DEATH that it
shall be lawful for the Court before whom the trial
was had, shall be had to hear one more appli-
cations for new trial, as well alter as WITHIN the
term at winch the trial Was mad. To apply to BOtts'
case 1t will have To be passed early next week and
approved by the Governor; ana then the Court
would have TO hear and decide upon The application
for new trial before Friday, unless Governor Par
ker should respite him. Even should the bill pass 1t
would lie entirely optional with the Court whether
new hearing would be granted That II would nos
tnat motion for new trai was argued subse
quent TO conviction, but Judge Depue decided that
no cause was shown why new trial should De
granted, and so sentence was passed. BOSts rela-
ives ana friends claim to nave new and important
evidence. III SO, then a new triaI may be granted.
II Is not FORGOTTEN, however, that the new
OF afIldayls which the alleged makers pronounced
spurious. The oil auled TO Is said Ia have been
approved OF by Governor a nd0l phi, the otier
tlfP nt6s a "a Vol rIy
kIe. This l. the very slender Unread upon when
Bo Is ana his friends buIid their hopes. In the
meantime the
PREPARATIONS FOR THE EXECUTION
next Friday are being made. The hanging will
take place la the main han vi The jail, and VIII be
conducted with the the utmost privacy. Few
persons Will be admitted outside OF the
representatives.: Bolts d,nles the AFFIDAVIT
made by Mrs. Wilson dlscaia ing that sne was mar
red TO nim. In ner evidence Mrs. wilson declared
al the trial that she had known Sous about seven
years. The copy OF the minister's record OF BOttS'
marriage to Julia jenkins bears date OF September,
1854. There rs broad lie between Them, and the
public seem Careless AS 10 where 1t Is really charge
abe. In q conversation with MIS-. Wilson'S father
o respectable, comfortably situated wOrkingman OF
Newark--he stated on Wednesday to the tiERAE re.
porter that three or four years ago Bolts his
wilson, anu told nun that he was gong to secure
divorce Tor Mrs. Wilson from ner husband, and that
he tBots) would then marry anu take good care Oi
her. The old man does not believe they were
married
Bolts BLASPHEMES AT A REPORTER.
On wednesday II Newark local reporter, represent.
ing a paper winch had described Bolts III
look ng elow cali ed at the jail and sought 10 inter-
view the murderer. The after waxed exceedingly
wrOth and tore out at the interviewer at q herce
rate. He declared, II IS said That were ne outside
his cell bars he would 'knock the damned head oll'
the reporter. The latter lost time leaving the
County JaI behind MIN,