The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-06

from the hands Of HIS eldest boyi shudder wheM
think oft, and think you ought to devote your
accept for so horrible q crime The sentence &c" Of
the Court Is that you be imprisoned In the State
Prison at Sing sing, at hard labor for the full term
HOW wALwoRrH TOOK THE SENTENCE. '~.s
There was the same look on the young prisoners
face throughout the delivery OF the sentence. He
looked ali the while steadily at the Judge Not q
tremor OF emotion did he evince from the begin
ning TO the end. AS intmated IN the outset OF our
report, II the same throughout the circle Of
his family attendants. There was no show Of
leehng on the part OF any OF them.
THE CLOSING SCENE.
rev minutes more closed the scene. As already
SAID everybody looked on astonshed The con-
aemnea young man after the sentence spoke to his
mother, tleh shook hands with his counsel and
some OF nus friends. Then ofiicer took him In
Tombs.
AN INTERVIEW WITH CHARLES o'coNoR.
~, humor was T very busy Yesterday afternoon with
siderable postiveness, that M OConor had
arranged with the sheriff for the delay of a few
Tombs to the state Prison. True to its ns ,mg
tendency, this rum0r was enlarged as Ii gained
currency, and II was said that Governor DIX had
promised an absolute pardon to Frank Walworth
To ascertain whether these astounding reports
had any foundation reporter OF the HERALD
called upon Mr. O'Con0r ut his office, In the Pacific
Mail building, in Wall street, and he found that
there was pabulum OF truth in what was said,
but 1t was OF an inanitesmal substance, as will be
seen by the report OF the following conversation -
Mr.. O'Conor," said the reporter, there Is a
paragraph In the evening papers stating that In
toasy Frank %aiwOrt VIII be- detained at the
Tombs Tor some time In order that the result OF an
application to the Governor for commutation Of
at is not true sir, 1t is not true, answered Mr..
O'Conor; "but II Is true did speak TO the sheriff
might be sent away oven that afternoon and
wanted to know whether there would not be
answer from the Sherin, but presume he win not
send him away for few days. was only anxious
tnat he should not be rushed away without his
The poor boy has had enough to suffer without
having TO suffer more unnecessarily.n
well and showed manly nrmnsss in rsosiving the
sentence this morning."
"The world does not know" said Mr.. 0'Conor,
The letters read In court were bad enough, but
they are mild as compared with those could not
the blasphemy and indecency that the lettere
withheld contained. l thought at one time OF
handing one Of these letters to the District Sr Asso
SIN reterate yhet have said before, that the
those who knew the father best. did think Of
putting in some evidence that would more f1ily
9as sS svs pS nave wss rtf that
public opinion seems to have endorsed the YER
dict. Mr.; O'gonorf'
father In Saratoga Springs, and the trial held there
the jury would have acquitted him. The character
Oh DOtn ldJueE Bu0 bOu were VIGIL kuOWu tllerc,
the putting Of the father away would have been re-
garded as only that which was deserved
"rou manifested an intense interest In the course
of the triaY"
"Yes was scarcely fitted to take the part did
on shat account. All my emotional nature was
aroused. knew how noble u. boy Frank was, and
that his devotion to his mother blinded him TO
every oblpaton. 1t is q noble feeling, sir, and
whatever our camer Judgments may Indicate there
is no man but must admire hum for that"
Gle has fallen upon hard times Tor his trial, Mr.
O'Conorr
''Yes, the public sentiment was OF course out
ragged; son had destroyed his own Ia ther We
live IN a busy, bustng society, and we are mil
lion people; we cannot stop 70 make nice distfnc-
tions, ana The life or the liberty was demanded
one OF these had to give way, aud 1t has been
given.n
with the above reflections fresh upon his mind
the reporter bid Mr.. O'Conor good day.