, 1873-01-10

drama wau nl,ous to begin, and ono could fancy
tho aou,d OF tllo rolling up OF an invisible cur
thin from bcfore tho judgment scat. 11o aalsed
the c9aT 70 ia se51 mos 70 e% nt S sxeo
Ireinnin Btoalod itself for q monlont M lo roao,
md tho great massive lead turmoil around tho
Court, and tho piercing oaglo eyos. fnstencd on
t,o Judge Tor molont. +. H., ,lo soho IN sab-
Townsotll wlrisporod to StoltoH, Dos psasos, vino
lna qnto n 1andif1ol appearance, whispered to
Townsend, md Btokes nodded caln1ly md quiet
ly back. stohoH looked bcttcr than l1o Inns at
my time sinco tho killing Of Fisk but under his
oyolilB tlloro woro two blnok rings, which ca.llo
OF two ratllor sloeplosH nights In lila coli
Yet, witln, his fortitudo. waa wonderful
Ho aoomoa qstiot md calm, and,sought no notice
from nny, but awaited hia aentcnco with solf-
posuossion TINT riya1lol TINT llsplnyol by many
Of tho bystandors III tho courtroom.
1t waB IN nwful ulo,nnnt when Dietrict Attor-
ioy Follows roso np 10 tho room, aud IN q sub
es esSR VIE da oxaotnessp sns ps1na foro
lifo for tlle iron NAV Of Justice.
Eyory head wnu bont forward as tho Clork, Mr.
sparlsB, IN TINT peculiarly grating voieo OF his,
aRld Tallsing forward to table:
"Etlwnrd y. BtokoB. Htand up TINT you mny
hoar tho aontonco, OF the Court pronounced upon
stokcn roBo Blowly, but without m effort. Tho
ladies on tho chairs put thofr arms a1ll olbows
mud thoy placed tlolr haudkorchlofa to thoir
eycB, Baying "Poor follow, poor folIow1"
stokos looked upon tho Judge mud tho Judge
looked upon Btolon. Tho oyo Of Stokes WIS
mont of twolvo long months had toll upon him.
His faco was ns rnlo as tho faco of the deaI but
tho lip or oyeid did not tromblo or twitch for an
Instant. The Olorlt aald:
why tho aontonco OF tho low should not DO passed
upon you :"
stokos looked up and throw his head back
and Strengthened hia shoulders, mud faced tho
MUSIC" !" % llo would lavo said lin,seli in l!te
happier days, boforo q har1ot had crushed tho
strong will and lion heart Of the mal. Ho
spoke slowly and not worry loud, aud hcsitated
but once. 1Io declared Bolomnly that ho was in
nocont Of tho orimo Of which he had leen con-
Tfctod, md TINT he Ind not Intentionally violated
my law OF tho land. Ho spoke OF mistake
that jurymnn had nade and pronounced tho
evidonco on which l,o Ind been convicted to be
false from beginning to end. Ihon, IN q brokon
Tho ti1no which would o1apHo before tho oxccu-
ton OF tho sentence aa short al possible. Tho
lattar part Of hiB address was uttorcl In broken
voice.
Judge Doardman began to speak tho burning
words preparatory to tho nct11al sentence with
distinct but Hadaened uttoranco. And lot 1t DO
Hnd Of this goutloma11, who Ia not much known
to this city or its citizens, Tint seldom or ever
has Judgment boon delivered Or sentence
pronounced with tho Bolomnity and eternal
1itucBs TINT characterized the renarks Of Judge
Douglas Boardman. He told tho prisoner TINT
all that wealth and atlootion could do had boon
done for him, and that tho yordioe had boon
snid that llo was himself unconscious Of having
urged the Inv against. Stokes in any way, and
that tho sentence Of tho law would bo giyon nd
much to make IN example as for my othor
reason. lo spoke Of the diahonor aud disgrace
md friends, which nothing nut death could
wipc out. uo spoke Of tho cauHoB Which led to
crime, Of nppotltes unrostraincd, ana OF passions
1erce, yindictive, and unbridled. And thon came
waters, aud tho prsonor Mt tho bar III Ill tho 1uHh
of manhood Of 81 years, and with tho thought
Of how many boggara in tho stroots wore hap
pior than llo-so duar iH lif0 to nll-henrd tile
dread and mandatory words Of sentence ,pcal
thundorouB majesty of law that oecidos tint llo
who eholdeth nuns blood, his blood ehall bo
ahol. Tho sontenco was aB follows:
Edward s. stohcs, in obedience to tho re-
recta that you bc takon honco in The custody Of
tho shorid of tile City and County Of Now York to
prison from whence you came aud that you DO
thero confined cloao confinement by said ShoriG
upon that day, botwoou tho hours Of II in tho
morning and 8 In tho aftcrnoon, you 10
hanged by tho neck till you DO doaJ, and may
God hayo mercy Oh your aoul."
Ab THO Juub0 AplMUnGIc0 LILO lNttoT llHfL u
tho sontonco several wonon began to cry and
many were sobbing audibly. Strong mon turned
aside, and, na they knew what was coming,
place1 thcir fingers In tloir oars, yainly trying
to shut ont tho words Of doom. Whilo the Son
tonco was being delivered Stolca stood still md
muto and listenod with attention, but neyor
quailol. The NrmnoBs and ntcctlincBs OF lilo
mnu wcro noticeabty wonderful. THO crowded
a,ldionco swung to mud fro Tor moment, hum
spread all over tho Court, and ut ai,n from tlo
Clerk the Court TaB still Ms tho grave.
LEAVES TIE COURT
Then Stoios turnol half round and looked for
something. Not finding 1t, ho Haid politely:
~ "Bil'y' ,lI won't you bo Kind enough to siro me
TLo hat was given him and ho placed it on his
head, and tho Sheriff stood by him and the dep
utioB gathered around tl1oir quarry.
AS tho prisoner arose to to go tho peoplo who
lad boon sitting iii tho jurynon'a aents 1nado
rush, the men Oh thu upper bonclios mado q
lush, and Tho crowd near tho door made E rush.
| Also the women made rush to got look ut tho
| face Of tho condomnod, and in consequence Of
all these simultaneous rusles thoro IVES
| choltod. Tho policemen and court oflicors
| made q dash and n struggle enanod, in
which tho crowds got tho worst OF 1t. Finally .
| passage WIS cleared. and stoles, accompanied
| othcr officers obtained an entrance into the su~
| promo Court Chambers, from whence thoy
gained access to the private room of tho shori1 d
| Office. As soon as tho crowd had dispersed in
sone dogroo-there wcro cortninly ton thousand
broadway fronting tho Court Honao, and into
this carriago Sheriff Dronnan, shioldB,, and
Btokos ontorcd, md they woro driven without
! any observation to tho Toombs, at tho Franklin
archiSay Stokes passed, IN ~ probability, noyor
to repasH again. -.
THE NEW ILLINOIS CONSTITUTION.
A RovteIv Of 1t by Mayor mctllll.
| Exuln lhe LEclp YORK E,fpreae. Lan Q.