The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-12
" NJ. Norman to be Hanged.

VIM. Morgan, formerly resident Of
this city and we'll known to many Of our
citizens, was on Saturday last sentenced
in the st. Louis Courts to be hanged on
the 28th of May, Tor the murder of his
| wife in that city On the 9th of July last.
| The circumstances of his crime were de-
tailed in The STAR at the time of its oc-
currence. Troubles had arisen between
| himself and wife and they had separated,
she taking their daughter with her. He
at one time succeeded in regaining pos
session of the girl by force, but she was
returned to the mother by the Courts.
On the day OF the murder Mrs. Morgan
was in company with her lawyer pur-
chasing some furniture on Seventh street
in st. Louis, when Morgan followed her,
addressed few words to her regarding
the child, and finally attacked her in the
street, stabbing her with pocket knife
and killing her. Her remains were, it
will be remembered, brought to this city,
where her relatives reside, Tor inter
| ment.
Morgan will be remembered by the
cal lier residents of the city as one of the
principal actors in the KNOWN othing
riots here in 1854 or 1855, and as rela-
| tive of the guerilla chle.tain, John Nor
gan. He was also accused of killing a
man about that time in carpenter shop
| in the western part Of the city. He was
at one time during the war threatened
with lynching here, on the grounds OF
being a rebel spy. He lived for many
wears at the corner of Sixth and College
streets, and spent much of his time at
the Gilt Engine-house on Sixth street.
| AT the time OF his arrest after the MUIR
der he refused to respond to the charges,
and has preserved his sullen demeanor
much of the time since.
| He was sentenced by Judge Jones of
the St. Louis Courts. His iace wore the
same pale, sorrowiul look that 1t did dur
ing the progress of his trial, and his
whole manner showed unmistakable evi-
dences of much mental suffering.
At 1880 Deputy Marshal Horan led the
prisoner up to the bar of the Court,
where Judge Jones, addressing him,
said, "WilIiam Morgan, have you any
thing to say why the Court should not
now proceed to sentence you in accord
ance with the verdict of the jury? ?"
| The prisoner hung his head and began
with his left hand TO play with the sill
| very white locks which tell down his lett
temple.
| The Judge repeated the question, but
| again the prisoner made no reply. lie
| did not even seem to notice that he had
been addressed.
Then the Judge asked Deputy Koran
to call the prisoners attention to the
question just put to him. The Deputy
approached Morgan, took him by the arm
| and said: s'The Judge istalklng to you,"
| but got no answer. The Deputy then
said: 'Do you hear meW again no re-
ply.
haps he can't hear WELL"
"Do you hear meT' cried out the Dep
uty. in very loud voice.
The prisoner stood motionless, and
made no sIgn watever that he was con-
scious OF what was going on, but con-
tinued playing with his curls.
"Bring him up Closer" said the, Judge
TO the Deputy.
The latter then caught hold of his arm
a second time, and gently pulled him for
ward. The prisoner took couple of
steps forward and stopped, his fingers
still playing with his curls, and his eyes
cast to the floor.
He still preserved his peculiar de-
meanor, without speaking or attending
to the questions put to him. The Judge
then read the sentence, condemning him
to death by hanging on the 2Sth OF May.
During the reading Of the sentence and
afterward the old man remained motion
less, and seemingly unconscious of what
was being said and done, and looked as
though he had been entirely deserted by
every earthly being.