The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-07

About three O'Clock yesterday afternoon, In the
courtyard OF the Tombs, standing by the gray
stone wall OF the male prison, and looking out upon
the enclosed ornamental shrubbery, stood quar-
tet of murderers policeman VINO mad just
handed over to the keepers Of the PRISON
dirty and fOlorn woman, that drunken
ness and misery mad evidently made criminal.
was passing back again to the outside world,
when his attention was arrested by the
group In the distance. who were evidently enjoy
ing quiet and pleasant chat. The policeman bent
q steady gaze, under his Panama hat, at the quar-
ret, and then turned to a reporter Of the HERALD,
who was standing near him, and asked the follow
ing questions:- @
"What are these men ?" 13- b.
'"Those men are murderers," answered the re-
porter. IoAl
'Them murderersW
This was all that 1t was possible for the surprised
policeman to utter. He looked at the reporter
with the strange mark Of incredulity that is char
acteristc Of the least intelligent members OF the
force 1t seemed necessary to reassure him thas
NO practical Joke was intended, and the reporter
restated his assertion in clearer terms, as f0l-
lows:-
THAT is what the law says they are. Is 1t pos
sible that you don't know thems" inquired the re.
porter. Gufrr
"No, I don't know them Now, you tell me,
though; amt that gentle man without his nat, IN
white pants light coat and vest, with slippers on
amt that StOkesY"f 9'- rott N
eyes, that Is Stokes" Iu. 9,sc,
81 think should have knowed him from the pic
tiers in the newspapers. Who's the other fellowsT'
: "The tall gentleman with the English-cut req
whiskers, brown straw hat and dark clothing ID
John Scaunel, who shot Thomas DOnahue. The one
with crutches, leaning his back against the WALL
and wearing light-colOred wOolen suit Is john
Simmons, the lottery dealer who Killed Duryeas
and the tall. slim young man, who IS so very neatly
dressed and is cleaning his teeth with toothpck,
is James King who shot O'Nen IN Judge SutneT-
lands Office"
The look Of innocent establishment was SO real
on the policemans that 1t was needful to give
him these details to reassure him that ne was
listening to the truth. These murderers dinered
so greatly in appearance from the general run or
toms representation OF satan
... In shape and gesture proudly eminent,
that 1t marvel that the unintiated spectator
should be unwilling to believe that they were muir
der-rs. In addition to this, 1t was not usual Tor
criminals OF any grade, and certainly not muir
derers TO have the privilege OF an afternoon prom
enade in the yard. But these four men are on the
sick list, and this privilege has been granted them
and SO far they do not abuse 1t. They are all mem
OF means, able to purchase luxurles that poorer
prisoners cannot command, and, therefore, their
personal appearance Is matter OF some moment
TO them and is attended to with more scrupulouS
regard than they would bestow upon 1t
were they freemen and walked broadway
".
they are enabled to dine each day together, and it
was the promenade just previous to what is face
tousy termed their 'cub diuner' that the repor-
ter had an opportunity of seeing yesterday. None
OF these four men have any idea that their lives
They believe that the laws delays and uncertain
ties will save them from that ignoble end nothing;
but that conviction would account ior the absence
OF shadow on their cOuntenances and the light"
someness OF their speech.
LESS ARIsroCRATIc MURDERERs.
These not the only murderers in the Tombs.
There are twelve others, but the quartet diner
from these in the notoriety and popularity OF their
crimes, added to their superior social position
There is one man, however, in the Tombs who Is
on the brink OF the grave ior he Is 70 be executed
tor murder on the BE- as un Tss
william J. Sharkey, who murdered Robert
Dunn In barroom. He is said to be unusually
quiet and wei behaved but when under the inhu-
ence OF liquor he is very quarrelsome and abusive.
Lately he has had spirtuous liquors surrepti-
been so intoxicated as to insult and attempt to.
injure the keeper, Warden Johnson, his counsel
INIT. A. Beach, and his brother. Sharkey 10 one OF
the dangerous classes OF the city, having graduated
from pickpocket TO murderer. ~
ROSESzwEIG THE ABORrIONIST-
In one OF the upper tiers OF the TOmbs IL another
man, whose punishment by death, in all prob
ability, would be rejoiced in by the people gem
that he will long be liberated and go
free. The trunk tragedy, when the body OF Alice
trunk and taken to the Hudson River depot Tor
shipment to Chicago, and the subsequent tracing
OF an abortion and malpractice 80 "pr." Rosen-
The wre tch Rosenzweig was sentenced on his trial
to seven years hard labor at Sing Sing prison, but
u writ OF habeas corpus was sworn out for his
removal, in order to hearing OF objections IN his
case, and on the 25th OF November last he was
turned TO the Tombs, where he now awaits a
rehearing. He is undoubtedly the most famous
murderer in the Row, after Stokes.
THE COMMONPLACE MURDERERs
The remainder of the murderers In the Tonlbs
awaiting their trials are not prominently before
the public eye for several reasons, mainly, how
ever because in most instances the capital offence
which has been committed by them was done
under circumstances where intoXlcatiOn nerved
the hand for the murderous deed and where the
lives they took had been more or less made value
less by drunkenness. Among these are John Nc
Cabe ST., and John McCabe, Jr father and son, lor
the murder OF The mother and wife; John McDer-
mott, for killing his wife Thomas McManus, for kill
ing Michael Kirwan; Peter McKenny, Tor killing
Michael Looney, and Edward Kirkland, for killing
John Duffy. Caspar Schulz, German, an old
man, about hftytwo years OF age is also awaiting
trial for the killing OF his wife, There are two
women, too, charged virtually with murder-Mar-
celia McKenna, charged with infanticide, and Min
ME Kamer, victim, it Is said, OF Coroner Kessler,