Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-10-17

How NE RECEIVED TIE NEWS OF GOV.
ERNoR HARrRANFr's DECISION BLAST
ING BIS LAST HOPE.
Tuesday Mr.. Perdue, one of Udder-
cooks counsel, visited the prisoner 10 |
bis cell at West Chester, and read to him |
the folio wing letter from Gov. Hartranft |
ExsoUrivE CHAMBER.
HARRISBURG Ost u, 1874
Jos. i. PEaDUK, ESQ,
West Chester, Pa.
Dear Sir: After careful consideration OF !
the facts in the case OF VIM. T.. Undertook, |
believe 1t TO be my duty to issue the war
lam yours with great respect,
j. +. HARTRAKFT
Upon entering the cell, Udderz )ok read |
at a glance In the conntenance of his |
counsel that his mission was Of
serious character, and taking him by the |
arm be led him TO the farthest corner OF
his cell aud calmly asked, "haye you my
death warrant 2" Mr.. Perdue replied |
that he had not, but he hsd what 10 sub
stance amounted 10 the samoa letter |
from the Governor which he then drew |
forth and read rs we have above given |
At the conclusion of the reading, Udder- |
zook expressed his disapproval of the |
action Of the Board of Pardons, saying |
.hat they might have easily granted him !
his prayers, and also that tns lower
Court, without any improperly whatever,
might have granted him new trial, In
the face Of the glowing facts that his
witnesses had NOT all been heard at the
trial, owing to some gross mlsmanage-
ment on the part of certain parties. But,
said he, Strengthening himself up and
assuming an air Of manlness and injured
innocence, "tkey have all the way long
| thirsted-plotled for my lifc-nnd now
they can have III" He then couversed
upon some of the minor details of his
trial, and argued In strain as only could
have been done by one who felt himself
injured beyond all power of redemption.
He said to Mr.. 2. that he had been well
and ably defended, and gave his hand to
attest to the truthfuluess aud sincerity
upon which his remarks were based.
He gave no exhibition whatever of fear
or nervousness, his face wearing a Iuddy, |
determined glow all the while during the
painful interview. OF the four men can
gregatod within tho iron walls of his
prison cell, he, Uddcigook, the man
doomed 10 die "Rn iguOminious death
upon the sca0old," was the loast affected. !
/ hr. Perdle was 50 much exercised by q
strong feeling Of sympathy for the
| wreiched man as to scarcely BE- able to
conceal his emotion. As the visitors
were about to quit the cell, Mr.. Perdue
told the prisoner that his death warrant
would most likely reach the Sheriff this
morning, to which he bowed calmly, but
made no audible reply. The grating bolt
was then turned, and the doomed man
was Loft alone to commune with his own
terrible reflections.
the DAY AND DATE OF MS EXECUTION
FIXED.
HARRIsBURG, Oct. 4-Gov. Hartrann
to-day issued a warrant for the execution
Of Undertook on Tnursday, November
/ 10Th. He has also issued warrants for
The execution, on the same DAY, of Daniel
O'Mara and Patrick Irvip, convicted Of
murder.
an AFFECTING INTERVIEW WIN MS
MOTHER.
After the ordeal Of receiving the intel
llgence OF the action of the Board OF
Pardons, which we have already given |
our readers, Udderzook became much |
exercised in mind, and gave way to deep, !
solemn broodlngs over his terrible situa. |
ton,
In the afternoon succeeding the inter
view with his COUNSEL Mr.. Perdue, his |
aged mother appeared at the prison, and |
upon her solicitation was showed up TO |
the cell of her unhappy son. The inter
view was quite prolTacted one, and was
characterized with such outbursts of grief |
and sorrow On the part of both, as to
spread pallor Of gloom over the entire |
population peopling the confined limits |
OF the prison. The poor heart broken |
mother plead earnestly with the Giver of |
every blessing for lin TO look with rity |
and commiseration upon her son in the |
remaining hours allotted to him on earth |
The scene Is said to have been most
pathetic, and SO exhausted did the mother !
become as to require tic aid Of two men |
to conduct her to her present home, a |
few yards from the jail. After so much !
has been said aud wfittca Of Uddef- !
looks great nerve power, it sounds |
strangely to hear OF him being bowed
down with gTief-weeping like a child in
The arms OF his best, most cniuring Of
all earthly irlends-his mother.
Since we have CLEANED the lidngs of
this Interview, we have also been made
acquainted with facts showing that this
exhibition of grief is not by ANY means
tue first to which he has given vent, since
his incarceration. He has had his bright
and gloomy hours, but he always has
showed cheeTfulness far exceeding that
which most Of men could summon 10 his
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circumstances. - Wst Chester Nsrs.
From the West Chsscrr News of Thnrsdav
us DEATH wARRANT-THE PASSOVER RE
SIGNED TO MS FATE-AN INTERVIEW
WITH HIM.
This morning the death warrant Of
VIM. Z. Uddeiz1ok was received at the
office of Sheriff GIL, fixing THURSDAY.
November l2th, as the day for his execa.
ton. Owing to the Shetin hair,s ION
porally absent, the warrant " III not be
reaa unlh sometime this afternoon, Or
until after the return of that ofll,er,
Yesterday Mr. PerGue had second In. !
terview with the prisoner since the RECENT
Of tine sad intelligence expressing Inc No. |
ton of the Governor. The doomed man
has seemingly become resigned TO III !
fate, aud expressed hlmecl to his counsel
regarded death preferable 10 O. lifelong |
incarceration inside Of prison walls. Ills |
manner to day is not that OF broken
down, desperate man, but to the contrary I
is suggestive that he has resolved to meet /
death, as only brave, peni,eut man can. |
The Interview between the prisoner and |
counsel was Of quite a prOtracted an ia. /
tefesting character, and its general result |
serves to iueiie hope that peace may |
attend the few hours left the doomed |
man to prepare for the final and terrible .
ordeal as provided by The law.
Yesterday Hon. +. Putnam Stephens, /
Of Baltimore, counsel for A. Campbell !
Cess, had an interview with the prisoner. !
at ldderzook's request, in relation 10 I
Goss' trial on the charge Of being a co. /
consplrator in the effort TO defraud the /
ms urance companies, which Is 10 come |
oil In Baltimore next week,