The New York herald., 1875-12-10
IHN SHADOW on DEATH
John Dolan's Life Spared for
Seven Days.
HE IS REsPITED BY THE GOVERNOR.
William Z, Delaney TO Die Upon the
GallOwS To-Day.
HIS LAST HOURS ON EARTH

The interior OF the Tombs yesterday presented rather
an animated scene The whole talk of the attaches
OF Doan and his chances. The efforts Or his
save him. or rather the result those Efforts were
awaited BY the reporters present with great
expectancy.
At an early hour in the morning the carpenters
usually secured by the prison authorities commenced
put together the fixtures Of the old galows but
trary to established custom the scafold placed
ia that portion OF tho yard next Elm street
In ali former executions the apparatus was
built facing the female prison, in the main yard, and
Immediately outside tho cells Of the men confined in
Murderers Row The result or that that the poor
wretches the Of execution had their ears saued
oil night long by the horrible sounds Of the busy ham
driving in nails TO hold together the beams
that were 70 end their existence earth By the
new arrangement all this is avoided, and the CON
demned are spared great pain. Besides, the
new place Of execution win not from It's diminu-
tive Dimensions permit OF 80 many outsiders
witnessing the death struggle or the victim.
The whole structure OF death was finished and
ready for use BY the coming Of night the rope was
passed through the puleys and the weight about 300
pounds attached to the rope prepared for Its
fatal fall-atal to the condemned-beiore the shadow
OF night enyeloped the place in gloom
reporter Of the HERALD, who has been communing
with the condemned since their couvlcton had long
conversation with Dolan while the structure for his
death was being prepared Dolan asserted vehemently
his innocence, and said that for reason the wit
ncsses he wanted not present at the trial. He
told the reporter that he OF II chief defend
ants of Chief McWiams OF the Jersey CT police and
had done good service for that department OF the
ernmcnt OF Jersey ~ proye,p he said, 'that
was intoxicated the night Of the murder Of Mr. Noe and
that within half mile Of the place. -
why remarked the reporter, ''did you not have
those witnesses on the tralY'
DoLAN-Wcll / don't know. There legal
objection 10 their testfying heard. lam not ac-
quainted with the Law and don't know why they did
appear
Doan after this told the reporter a long story about
his movements the night OF the murder, and also
about the witness, the woman witness Fanny Read
He had never lived with her, he said but Diamond
jim" awell known burglar, whom he had OF
McWllams' men, arrested in Philadelphia had she
was his mistress, and IL she and this 'sDiamond
JIM that had put up the job OF Noes murder him
(Dolanl to get square
The who did the murder, he sa!d is the man who
gave me the watch.
KEPoRTER-And who is her
boLAs--I know him. l met him in Waverley n j..
a. lair there and would know him again. liz ever
Get out OF this Ill follow him till get him.
Here DOlan read interview he had had with a re-
porter respecting this man. and, after conclud
ing, said TO the HERALD representative that he was be-
fore Cod innocent oil that murder any man living
After this the reporter LEFT Doan to the OF his
mother and the Sisters OF Charity, who waiting
Tor him.