Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-11-28

I Low with strap matching th at used as hs,r /,
die Tor the slung shot The officers erough. the I
coroner,s ;npv 'Se i,oupSing morning. AMI me
Saturday TO Monday, he was taken before il. I
MehsrS' Ness0n Brumagin and Thomas Pun
,,arcy testified TO seeing the prisoner WITH the
dece ased near the American House on Friday
night. and Mr.. job Il. Carrow that Young came
into his place-the tavern at the Virginia end OF
the Long bridge about 10y o'clock the same
n'sh'' got a'lek OF WGJsxy and a cigar. AMI
SHOWING sin A ouRcH
asked II il was good in Alexandria, re officers
also gave their testimony IS TO the circam-
stances of the arrest, and the jury returned a
verdict that the deceased came to his de 4th at
the hends of Young. Before the coronsr's jury
Young denied positively all knowledye OF the
crime ard asserted that hah al not been out OF
commitment, and. after being 'mugyed" at
Gardeners gallery, Young was taken TO the jail,
where he was at once recognized by the guards
a. an cold fish," he having been there at least
once before under the name of "Charles
Williams"
THE PRISONER.
The prisoner WAS about feet inches in
height, about medium build, rather downcast
in his countenance, and generally had q sgay-
gering walk. He weighed about l45 pounds,
ana was apparently in iRtelIect below the aver
age. He was born in Rappahannock county,
Va, and formerly belonged to a Mr.. Atkinson.
He came to Alexandria in 1861, when about Is
years old, and followed the business OF a barber
As he grew older he got into bad company, and
took TO poker playing for a living, occasionally
NisiLlHg w Washington. since 1851 he mas Dee0
frequently arrested in Alexandria for petit lar
! ceny and disorderleconduct, and in hat city he
was looked upon as a "pretty hard boy" He had
frequently been in orr jail, each time for petit
| larceny. He was arrested September 18th, ISs9
| and served a short sentence. February 9th,
| 1870, be was again committed, and served a
| short sentence. July l6th of the same year, he
was again committed to Jail, and served six
| months and December 14th, 1871, he was once
more committed, and served out another six
months. He appears to have kept out of the
| 1all Tor the next ten mOnths-hlS last commit
meDt ION the charge of mtrder) being dated
March 31st last. He appeared in all these cases
to have acted 'on his own hook, ," and the Off
| GERS state that they never heard of his having
| pal or confdant in his operations.
| HIS QUARTERS AT THE JAIL.
| He was assigned a cell in the corridor with
| Tom Wright, and although he had but little to
| say to the guards or others, he appeared quite
laxative TO Wright. and it Is believed that
| Wright advised him to make up the defence
| duplicating Dave Haney. Previous to Wright's
| execution, Young was removed to a cell on the
| second floor occupied by jenkins, johnson,
| and other murderers), and remained there until
| about three weeks ago, when he WAS removed
| To the corresponding cell on the opposite side.
After Young was brought to the city, two other
/ colored men in Alexandria whom Young has
| persisted in charging with the crime-David
| and Josh Haney-were arrested. but they salts
| fed the officers that they were not connected
| with the murder, and were released.
The prisoner shortly after his incarceration
employed Col b. f. Sceva and Mr.. f. A
| Williams as his counsel but the latter having
| left the city after he was indicted, June 18th
| and arraigned on July LIST, the court, Judge
| Macarthur, assigned as additional counsel Gen.
Il. ID. Mussey and Mr.. ii; w. Garnett. When
| he was arraigned he was about TO make a st ate
| ment duplicating Haney, but was checked by
| his counsel.
| THE TRIAL
| was set for September oath. and was commenced
| on that day, the jury being completed on the
| following day. The jury was COMPOSED OF ten
| white and two colored men. The circumstances
| of the trial are too well remembered to need
| recapitulatIoD. The facts gisen above were
| proved by witnesses for the prosecution, and on
| the 26th of September the jury brought in
| VERDICT OF GUILTY.
| The prisoner received the verdict without
4 showing any concern whatever. His counsel
entered motion for new trial, and the pris-
| oner was remanded. After his conviction he
| requested 'dying rations" to be furnished, and
| consequently he has for some time been fed on
| better class of food than what is given the
| prisoners generally. On the 81 of October he
| was brought out, and the motion for a new trial
| having been withdrawn, Judge Macarthur SEN
fenced him to be hung on Friday, the 18th day
| of November, 1873, between the hours of 10 In
| the forenoon and IN the afternoon. His coun-
| sci having been unsuccessful in petition for a
eommutation OF sentence to imprisonment for
/ life, at Noung's request, asked for an extension
| OF time for a week or two, TO enable him bet
| ter TO prepare for death, and in this they were
successful, the President signing a respite for
two weeks, which postponed the execution of
| the sentence until to-day.
Preparing for Death.
| The prisoner, as stated before, has been
| known as one of the most quiet persons ever
confined IN the Jail. Until after his trial he
made no preparation for death. He was always
| respectful, however, to the members of the
| Nj. G. A. who visit the Jail Sunday afternoons TO
| talk To the prisoners on religious subjects Hs
| had evidently been wholly unprepared for con-
| Ylctl0n, having placed great reliance on the
| testimony of his Alexandria friends Rev.
| Perry Ryder, a local minister of South Wash
| ington, had frequent conversations with him
| up to the time of his trial on
1 N
| and about the middle of last month he sent for
| Rev. Daniel Draper, of the Union Bethel Arr
can Methodist Episcopal Church, on 18th, near
| NJ street, who, assisted by Mr.. Ryder and Rev.
| VIM. Gibbons, visited him quite often. On the
| afternoon on which lie received the official an
nouncement OF his respite he professed to have
| found peace with his Maker. He was not
however, loud III his profession, and the JaiIors
| s. ate that it only after all are asleep that
he can be heard, and then his voice Is raised
| In prayer.
YoUNG's WOMEN VISITORS.
During his imprisonment the woman with
whom he had been living, whom he calls Eliza
| Young, called frequently to see him, but since
| his conviction her visits have not been so fire.
| quent. He seemed to enjoy these visits yery
much until after be professed religion. A few
| days before the day fixed for his execution by
| the sentence, Oath instantly she, with other
| women from Buzzard's Roost, had an Interyie W
| with him, and he made the request that his
body should be sent to Alexandra, and that
| they should take charge of it, and see to the
| burial in that city. They were to come up again
| anu iHdhc arrangements IN regard to Z,
| but up to yesterday noon they had not called.
| Shortly after he was convicted he sent word To
| reporter of The STAR that he wished to see
| him, but it being evident that he wished to
make statement for publication, possibly to
| enlist sympathy in his behalf, no response to
| the invitation was made. Several statements
| differing somewhat having been made purport-
| ing to come from the prisoner, the representa-
1 tive of THE STAR whom he had requested to
| call on him, being anxious to get from his own
| lips his version of the affair, visited the iail
| yesterday, and was accorded an interview. on
/ going up one flight of stairs and turning to the
| right, The STAR reporter found himself in front
| OF one OF the solitary cells, which had been Oc-
| cupled for week or more by Young. The
| prisoner was found sitting on his pallet gazing
listlessly at the wall. He Immediately rose, but
| at first appeared disinclined to talk.
| Young's Account of the Murder.
In answer to questions, however, he made the
| following statement
81 came up from Alexandra about O'Clock
| on the evening of the occurrence, and went TO
| house on 18th street, where 1 played poker"
| QUestion-'Whose house?"
| Answer-"John Wallace's."
| O.-"How can that be? Didn't Wallace live