, 1873-11-05
STOKES.

11is ari1, to tsaalY-Htng.
Iton. the -fete York Tribune. tSoc. ..
Edward s.. ssokes wnH conveyed from tho
Tombs on Saturday morning to tho State Prison
ut Sing Sing, aud, contrary 10 expectation. with
out any noticeable purtiality on tho part Of tho
officers who hail him In Charge. So carefully did
tho officers Keep tho news from all oxcopt tho
representatives Of lilo press and Wnr1nn john
ao1l, that OIL Saturday morning even Tho Tombs
o0icialu were ignorant Of wlnt WIS about to Imp
pen. At about III O'Clock Deputy Shcrin Shields
and ha assistant, 11r. Cahill, ontered tho
prHon aud told .'tolfeB to get ready for tho jour
ney. Whom StokoH nppoared in Tho corridor,
drosso1 II, tho dirk checked suit UNI BLACK felt
Int III fnMi1inr 10 tlloso who A1tonded tito Init
trial, liz lookod palo mud anHionR; & an!t' aaK!e
placo near tho Hloye, tonlarkcd hat it mus: 10
chilly III tho open mir, and drawing = hal'dkot-"
clioi from hts pockct. tied It around hiD neck.
lr,tto',el his coat up to Tic tllroat. lighted ci.
gar, paecd l,io hands ~ hla coat losket, and ID
tho preparations IN progrcss by tho Deputy
:encot on Oct. 81, in tho Court Of
General sospionB. to an lmpriamment
tho third dcgroo upol 1,ewrolaeo Drog., nankcn'.
for whom llo wnu Cashier, completed l'lH toilo
aud joined Stokes. Cotso was neatly nf,tl III.
decd comfortably drcsaod, aEtl had anticipated
VIC HlbGELt3HH 1E ING Siill4 lIaE1h thAuSi Wy
nl1aving off his Dundreary w1lisl;ors and 1nus-
lacho. 50 oxpaaiiiol'sly was everything; done
TINT tho co,lyicta. mnnnclcl by single brncolct.
and nttcndod by the Deputy SheriitH, loft tho
Ion,bH fow minutes aftor 10 O'Clock. a Fourth
avenuo car WAS hnilod. and seats were ta'son, tho
prisoners sitting ia corner noar tho front plat
form. Tho prisoners Hat 10 close to each
other tint tile ha,,d-cntfa could not be
Hcon. While passing from ono car to
n |
was heard to auy. "11o 1oo1,a woll, too was n
general 1orr,ark At 20 minutes paet IL o'clock
tho eonyicts woro seated IL the smoking car OF
to tho railroad omployos, attracted their notice.
mi, 1t required Ito tlo for them to find out who
wero tho 1non in custody. Like wiltl-siro tho
news spread through all the cars OF tho train,
lalies null gentlemen forgot tloir nuxioty to
obtain goate, employees forsook their work, and
MI Joined tito newsDoys in tho rush to soo Stokes
On tho waay M tho river stokes conyelsol
Deputy slleriira: Whouevor llo epolso Of tho
trial, ho affected to fool that lo waH badly trent
ell. Int close observer could detcct n heartfelt
rejoicing that ho hud escaped oyou another trial
and mucl, q Bevcrer Judgment. u would have
died, aaid l,e, ii had bean confined nnother
twelvcnoutl. iu tho ,rensn.'' On arriving at
Sing Sing, Mr. Shields allowed Stokes md Couso
to cat lunch before they entered Tue prison. III
| tho Office Of tho prison tho conricth wcro re-
coiycd by Warden ,Hubboll, who told them
| legally to mitigate tle misery. Of their
! condition. In response to tho usual
inquiries Of tho prison clerk. Stokes said ho
waH II native OF Pennsylvania, 32 years OF ago.
md waa o brolor when he committed the oire1iBo
| Of which lle was convicted. CouGo enid TINT he
was born ii. Jersey City. was s3 years OF age BY
occupation a bank teller, aud WIS convicted Oil
l!i0 owl, confession Of forgery. Tho two were
Stokes aaw his striped snIt he indulgedi T. little
pioasantry, snylng TINT lo Ind worn sonlotling
| eiuilar When playing bano ball he never Ind |.
pair OF pantaloons lit him so well: Ilo noticed
tho nbso,,co Of pistol-poeket; They wero thei!
feet S]5; then weighed, stokes turning tho
balance ct 1888 pounds and Couso At 12s
pounds. Tho regulation towc1 and comb were
then given to the eonvicls, aud thoy wero aH-
signed their celle, Stolsess boing No. 17J, OIL tho
tho conyics alsa tho deputy Bherltis. mud tho
| Farewell between Stokes nud Deputy Sheriff
| Shields, WHO has boon l.is constant custodian
| during tho twetlty-li,Io months 0f his contlne-
mont i'll tho tronabs, and franz whose kind attcl,:
tion Stokes derived ,nucl, chcor aud strength to
bcar mp under tho weasyirE ordeal ho has gone
through, was st'newliat affecting.
stukes is naid to 10 suffering from severe
rigar ,nap,,fnrtory l,as bec,. allotted to him. yet
it il believed ho will ho allowed to renain in the
hospital for time III. order to gain streugth
Conso is to bn " clerl; in tho chaplains Office.
!
| Secretary Richardson nv Chief J..s~
1ircs
nasaf,tatoa Dispatch 10 tic .ss,e FORT Herald.
That Mr.. Richardson expects to rn1naln III
Washington for gonle time ls evidenced il1 his
eaae or ono Of tho largest aud most elegant
pied by !. C. Kensetly, nul furnished
| in tho most thorough manner, To tho tiuo