Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-11-21
Still Under Sentence Of Death.

REPORT OF TIE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THE
CASE OF BARNEY WOODS
Attorney General Williams, after examining
the application for Communication OF sentence
and accompanying papers in the case of Barney
Woods, convicted OF murder and sentenced to
be hanged on Wednesday next, m sde the fol.
lowing report to the President yesterday:
w.. aEPARINs S OF yTsIlCE.
have considered the application on behalf Of
Barney W Gods for the Communication Of his sentence
that find DO Satisfactory ground upoI wbich ~
rtconme nd the inter positiOn OF executive eli, m
Earnest and sympathetic appeals are made for
him on account OF his family; bat their great sor-
Whit b befals the relatives ana friend. o. an VINO
are eondenn.o TO punishment for the grave crime Of
murder Justice would require If Clem+nsy 10 this
case Is put upon that ground, that all other cases
where re-scis OF similar nsi ure exist it should
betAsIcied and II Is hardly necessary to say that
pupishment for crime, in almo.t every Instance
SUBJECTS those bound the criminal BY the tender
feriIg. "
lee no reason to doubt the guilt Of wosdy. His
frltl De claim hat By reason Of sfnta inbec fty or
CeraDk meBt produced b. frs or inOxic.,iOn h. il
Dot rtspOnslblt Tor the billing Of Chez sem IN bot
the eyidel i'll ustifS Executive
aid besides, his was he IDENTICAL and only int
dict of suiliy, AZ charged lie the Indictment Tbx,
he Wa appIeheDsiye that the Chs. semans would
sod Dsse threats tha, account that he fired nSon
them after be had ascertained by inquiry who tbeY
and show, with as much cIesrness a. proofs ut1aIIv
do such cssss that there evil intent in the
cumstsnces than he would have been with1nt
liquor but drunkenness il to be sn excuse Tor
crime In court or upon application for pardon
then Will only bS cessary for the nansls,er 10
prepare himself in this way to shed with IMMUNITY
the blood Of his fe low man
one OF the chief objects Of punishment in cases
Ike this 10 TO deter others from the cOumi.sio, OF
similar cases, ano, In view Of the prev alinz tea
oency 10 take life upon the most frivOl us occa
slOIs,u seems to be Lecessary safeguard for 40.
clety 10 have understood that u pom the foo,s.ps
OF with swiftDess aud certainty follow,
The death penalty: and to that ead feel b .uud 10
"a malt
case. 1EO. ID WILLIAM, Attorney Geaeral.
Besides the papers which have been noticed
IN Ihk STAR, petition, signed by four or five
nuhureu citlZens, and also a petition of the fol-
loving Jurors in the case Z. T.. C'Brien a
y: liant, Geo. wilmer, j. KrkwoOd Patrick
CiaIk, M Il. Parker. John VI. Divine and CIay-
ton Cheny, asking that the sentence be commn-
Ieui we're tiled in the case.
The PRISONER TO-DAY.
THIS morning, on the cell doors of the iail
beng opened TO a!.Vw the prisoners TO Exercise
IN the corridor, Woods and O'Brien got hold of
morning paper, and the latter read the report
OF the attorney general IN the case of the for
mer Woods listened attentiveIy To the read
ing, and at the conclusion said that he was not
disappointed a. 10 the result, but remarked that
he had some hope yet, at least for a repreye
subsequently Mrs. Woods and her eldest dauyh-
ter called 10 see him, and they had long in
teryiew, during which Woods was affected to
tears at times.