The sun., 1873-04-04
THE GREAT JOKE ON TRAIN,
oUT oFMURDEREBs' ROW DEsP TTE
ms PROTESTITIONs.
The Trnp that wa. spruns BY the WHY
Warden Jobn-on-Tbc President Of the
Murderrrs' Uiub Depo-ed Awaiting the
Arrival Of III. PrixaIe secreIary.

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Arri'"' oi his rri'atc Secfe'"S'
Al precise,v ? a Yesterday morning the
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e"phant fu"peu nus eyes anu spr"ne IRON, us
peu' lie peeteu 'hr"nRh 'hc nsrs up "''u uo"h
hurdercrs Row. All was sill. Llfting pair
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His 'h,ea'e"'nR "''"uuV "',"'u ~eoPi' ~ ~
roy and DAILY who caught sight Of him IA they
sscended the iron stalrclse. They hastened to
inform warden johnson ou, .hat o''cia, "%
IA said that he told them TO "Iet him 90 IT.
This the keepers deny. At precisely s,oi he
,-,,i , Lts hsJ and a .,v his bI,nketa
around HIM. Then he bolstcred himself up, and
prepared for the worst He wrote to many Of
his friends and It'd up bundle OF epigrams'
which he beduesthed to Mr bemis, his private
secfel"rs' re NV ", '"V "o''',' ''.',
prepared for him by Mrs. Foster the m"tron
MANY of his friends called at the prison to ace
him, b,, by bis e,press de.ire nnlv IA few ware
the cour, ~ Anncela and sherie n,snn,n were
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with him for many minutes. The sheriff shook
his head mournfully. He said that some
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pleasant, but he should not wayer. sew
eta I ~al,rs ~ W. i,'eu w .'o i ~
iu WI wJiv ~ ,s, M ,,"em .ue eaep ,ansI
,, ~ ~ ~ W .,e'n W. ,n's ''' $500
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nIt'I my lnase ueNaItlr@en @ Ia' sago W i le.ies
wS nh'ueo ,nlo w, c"i'' ne ilaN icp',SSu
70 one oi M .neIn n"ul ,i' W. n h',ui,a'' tng
ps,Nsr, IT, t.as,. $500 'F'h'"'' '"" Nv &c ""''
preparations Tor
THr AwTvL MoMFNr.
He packed up his letters and epigrams and
neatly folded a batch of newspapers lie was
q large and comfortable room in the rear pri son
This he emphatically declined TO do, writing the
following:
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where they nrst put me wished to feinsn wish to
see no visitors and viii only ,se wheu the Court
opens the door. They hsye lust GONE to take away my
bed. wthWy ocl q be locked when 20 to court. n
ny papers ais '.ose mai[ ,ppr..s,ns your hindnsss 2
M ~ H. ~ ev rV ,9 ", ". 'e .er '@"u, @ iun, % pe
moi s,tshdsd 10 th ucr,er NJ, S IN ny The 4, NH.
What have gone through within IN, lciaOlc f,f ths
Isst nfttcn vrrk. csnstsnd TO De end. G.tT 7.
Cell %, ii.Go \. N.
"Thcy can't some that Ilttlo game over me &"
ssld the elephant To- ihe SIX reporter, , few
minutes afterward "ThpN will nnd that | am
Too old a bird TO be ,atiiflf hv sV'h chan" he
added, throwing back his cUTla from hi~ fore
Dbsn,. own ps ,h.t s~ !, wS. c".ITu sp ,'' 's s'e-
ptur
an tho mar, of c.r.jn ,,,bco,. ,,,,,o,s ,o N. rid
Of Mn, pow " '' VII '''' ~ wv ''N
,lephant'a rdnir.rs who wanted tn Ln,w when
tHeir chcftsin was to he e,r,r, ii ~ tc o'rt Tbs
warden told them tbs, as bo L,d MOI he, n
served y iih an order from tho D.trict Attorney
he could MOI tell. AZ three a'circk the elephant
Warl.n Jnbnson Lre,thI.. slv a1xait.d an orJe,
I'm, Wr ph,Ins tn bst'i tho .is,'1.nt o", sni
~ the minutes flew past and no such order
dssperuil"o ri. LcYi.rs ,,r,,,y rc.tIe.. svJ
scarcely snake ahny, n wbisuer orr.sinntliv "A
,,ruut ,,,,i. from rril ig M, stauh,nt hsr,1r,
Verv uneasy and wn dcred AT the delaV
Al thia lime I.,i.f Tusfi'e unly - rnurt room
was trn,, led l,y di, i,,inl,ul.Led nembrr,s uf mo
IAr mtrchoUt4 bankCr. and nth.rs ,unnv
them trNrrsl ladies A. the hand on tbe large
slock reared tho hour of 4 the vast as.enhis,e
mantle ed its iun,tenro AMI vhen ma haul
Touched IN hgure lie excitement rose 10 fever
heat District Attorney pheip. ronyer,ed with
one was y.tutod 10 cuIut,lctc mo firtIIre A.
length gof,ie Of The s,.c.ttSr, I'm the rear began
;n rruuil,lo and this arnus,d Nr pbains vhn
h.sfif, d,,t,t, IA. A . Istt,,v ~h.rtN f,r 1 b. ri.
ouer Wien that OF. yer arrived it the TONI
ho found Warden .uAnso ou almost frantic, and
we, we ~. H,,"l' wtaiiHA ms sr"h, 1eai shin over
XXX ".ri ~ III ii'iI ',u I'',r l VIZ nI't"n- l
nlo' ' ,'"S n'H Vcli, ~ i.'" ,"Ntt'u Wln ler-
i"'.n w., nV -. N"i 81 ine brlutf Sheriu was
tto,,.' ~ t,l 'h'hN E''lH-' III "h''u AL 'hs
|iN' I''"e"'
t\liH Gfurok tr.N,IS TGA1S.
Tn. eIenhunt with ke.u.r D,lv aud "a f,Sy
It.f..i. f'Iutyrt LX AN u..t',, n mon AM ..
mar, l,d tn i.. nov Toutl U,u.r IN, ,r,IS Al
of the i. hant " ,h HI kesrer s,tIsnrd IN"
audienc, ii, the CONT room. and Lusiirs, was
begun without drltv EJ-Ativrney-t;enernl
Cnl Il, IA luI I'nun.C iI.r4 ,Jo6n d. Mort CLARK
Bell rnd MIR Jotirdan sai by tho .lnrhsnt A
panel uf twelve was called ON tho fr.t ranol +
lie Sb.fIn's i.ry Bef,ro fhr, vr "a, v','rI, ,;cn
CLufurli u-i,od f.r "A n .tTnupIn.n, In rnu.c
eiaurautt - rriy,.g se.r,ir, a,, i rnrt,,'t ,,it
ness for tl1 d,frnce. Nr. Rsn,l. thr G"r-t,I
s,id vould t.,rn ist. Ia ~ ts,y d.v f,nn'
Ounb, ' 80 " Wv ""'' '''"
M clark Rel -is-a.trd ,L,, tl,. iur, L. i,,.