The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-25
SAID 81 did not intend to Kill him. SIR" He theD
dropped his head again upon his breast.



dropped his head again upon his breast.
PASSING sENTBNCK
.Juoge ingraham continued his remarks, and pro-
ceeued to pass sentence as foll0ws:-Wo can feel
Win you and your friends the difficulty OF the posi-
lion Ia which you are placed. It is not for me to
REFER 20 the circumstances OF the homicide Our
duty Ii discharged when we designate the day
when the sentence OF the Court Is to be carried
into effect; but before doing 30 / cannot omit
urging upon you the Importance OF preparing Cor
the solemn event. The time allowed you for this
time will come when your lie must be Terminated,
III that sentence Is carried There Is no other
Court to which you can appeal. There Is no further
appeal for you to any earthly tribunal. except the
Executive OF this State should think ft to exercise
the power vested in him by sending you a pardon
to do We urge yOu not to trust to any such hopes,
and thereby be induced to postpone the prepara-
ton necessary for the solemn event which must
improve the time lett You. 1t vii!
soon pass away. Although the time will
nation OF the short period lett YOU See to it, there
FORE before it be too late that you make prepara-
ton. We have nothing to do now but to designate
the day and the Court, by virtue OF the power and
authority vested In them under the statute and In
obedience to the directions OF the Court Appeals
designate Friday, the 7th OF March, 1873 the day
on which the sentence heretofore pronounced on
you Of death shall be carried into execution.
CLOSING OF THE ORDEAL.
Foster maintained the same attitude to the close
OF the sentence. The writ was read TO tho
ohern directing him to see to the execution OF the
sentence, ana Foster was removed to the TOmbS.
Foster In tho Condo mined Cell.
"iillam Foster. after ne had been taken from the
sherifrs ONCE, where he remained few moments
subsequent to his sentence was placed In q close
carriage and into this close carriage Deputy
Sherins Shields and Stevens stepped to accompany
the
CONDEMNED MAN TO LAST HOME
on earth. During the ride Foster spoke very little
to his companions, and seemed terribly depres sed.
He said, 81 was drunk and did not know what
was doing" Foster is a big strong man and
reticent one. He has displayed during his confne.
ment a cold reserve that is most astonishing.
Only the few friends whom he has left have been
allowed to see him, and he has manifested very
great dislike
TO RECEIVE REPORTER
from any newspaper.
AS he passed through the first gate OF tho
Tombs, where the passes Of admission received
by Keeper John Mccartney, and while Shields and
Stevens were standing by him, he said
'We John, don't think will give you much
bother.
WON'T ASK ANY TICKETS
OF admission from you. have done with all those
things. don't want to see anybody"
Then the doomed man, his head bent on hts
breast passed into the next gate of the Tombs,
which is defended by Keeper Kendall, an old white
whiskered and vigilant keeper. AS he walked
through the yard he
LOOKED UP TO THE SKY,
and saw the place at which the gall0ws was 10
stand, and then, for the first time he became nerv-
GUS, and shuddered visbly. From the cell which
he used to occupy the second tier in the south
ern part OF the inner prison he was taken down to
cell No. s,
ON MURDERER's ROW.
The cell Is badly fitted up and is very damp and
unwholesOme as all the cells in this section Of
the prison. When Foster entered the condemned
cell and the door was closed upon HIM he broke
II ma n w tJn fNYnvW
himself on the wretched prison pallet and wept
the afternoon he was not visited by single per-
son, not even by his lawyer who had defended him
before the Court of Appeals.
HIS WIFE, WHO HAS BEEN MOST DEVOTED
to him, hearing of the terrible news, did not have
the heart to call upon him.
The other prisoners who are confined in
human beings, with or without provocation,
were fearfully dismayed by the tidings OF
Fosters sentence 1t was deemed almost certain
by these criminals that Foster would escape the
consequences OF his redthanded crime. No other
murderer who has ever been confined in
the T0mbs has had so many chances OF escape
three different times.
Sharkey, the alleged murderer Of Dunn. seemed
more
AFFECTED THAN ANY
OF the other criminals under capital charge In tho
TOmbs. When he heard that Foster was being
taken down to Court he Is reported to have said-
guess"
King, the alleged murderer OF ONelll, is very
moody and employs his whole time reading th0
newspapers. He will not say any thing
ABOUT HIS CRIME
and keeps his inner door locked as much as posi-
BILE, with the exception OF the moments when his
meals are brought in. Bleakely. who stands
charged with the murder of his niece prostitute.
In Nelson place, viii not speak to any stranger
dozen calls since he has been confined in the
TOmbs