The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-05
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The Convicted rrige Fighters intcrvicwcd
NKhnt hoy hax Of their Sentepce


SALEM, N. j., Nov. 8-There IL reason 20
believe that gentlemen In the prizo hahtinv Tine
will hereafter ciyo New Jersey a vide bcrth {;
tho climate ~ not wholesome for them. Tho
sentences imposed upo tue I've men concerned
In the kilIinR Of Walker have One snack Of
the tradl ional Jersey justice. A motion for II
new trial In the case Of the prisoners Clark and
NeMy was PROMPTLY denied. ths Crlrt holding
that tho evidence warranted tho verdict, and
that any man who goes to prizs ngh', knowing
II to be SUCH AMI for tho purpose Of with 'ssing
", ~ legally party to the 1ght and respon siblc
to the law for whatever may happen. A second
appeal. to let these two men on with a gne,
was disreearlod. In pronnuncinr sentence,
yuose Reed a Id II wnsa otsc for exempi nv
punishment, and Significantly added that Justice
would not be FUZZY satisfied untu other partiOs
stood where the Jh ,oners were thon standihV.
10 Sun reporter VINO interviewed tho pris-
nnois after the Judge got through v ith tnem,
Weeden said he thought IL WAS terri ie son
would not 90 against tim. - never had any IN .
ten i'n OF doing walker any HARM" said
WeodeD;"1 merely went to nght him fair
stdnd-up ngnt, and thought az much Of him ts
INV own brother, nd always used hun tho same,
and am IA sorry for what has haDpened a. anv
one living. didn't want to ught tho last tine
on account OF his being 80 much bigger, but n ,
aisnvs kept running after mo to make he match,
and tried to yet out of ~, but could not. l ani
confident III father knew ali az ~ " long be
foro the match WA mad. lie toll the ~ his
own house SIX months before e was made that
hia sou shOulJ Il hit me or MIKE tlehry as soon
m he could hnd the money. told MIN didn't
want to fight hin. whipped MIN the first time
and was confident tn ne couldn't begin u
1ght me, AMI therefore didn't wdnt TO take any
undue advantages, and " he hadn't kept run
ming after ne never should have fought bin at
ALL 1 think what has happened ~ "A just rfant
from Heaven, for no was praving night aud
morning hat " he c1uldn't Win he wanted &C.
die right on the spot. think the cau.e e hb
deeth was when he found no couldn't win he
died Of a broken heart"
Spring DICK thought both the judge and jur,
were bit prejudicei. There has been ~
much talk aUoLt IT," said Dick. " that the,
couldn't htlp be. ! would rather have beer
tried and sentenced before some other Judge
| I've cot n good IA art to servo INV sentence
though. NJ use OF a man fretting over IT, Inc
! only thing that touches me Is NV wife. who ha,
Just come over rom England. she Is all alone
aud str niger IN the country. Mrs. Lunt, Oi
III Spruce street. PM adelpha, has been ver,
| KIND to her, anO feel very thankful to her.
/ think some Of those big nnhs In Phila lelphi'
might have done something for us. hev might
| have sent some money To cheer us along mere
| most uf Us NV nj had any money here. there,
! Neary-tne Door follow h sn't had four cent?
| dollar. but when 60 hit or ccv or gil
OF beer always shared II with Nearv. don
tniu any sensible jnry would have brought II
such verdict AGAINST all Ave ~ u. hel
couldn't ave done IL Without being prejudiced
Those Jers ymen VINO Got no IN the norninl
gong to be a prize 1ght. ana vent to II, are jus
Martin Neary SALT: 1.-THE yer llct was an out
raee. uOn't believe u ere was - uersun Ia cOur
who thought sucn a verdict would he rlv .. l
thev had not Withdrawn the CHI rye of murde
In the first degree, that jury would nave b'ough
US alt ~ guilty Of that. We have been unfnrtu
nate to be uOrn outside Of jersey, Tor II we wer
] blasted JerseVmen We mtght nave gone Tree /. as
/ when the sheriff came, CLARK and | went AVA
and tue Jerseymen stayed, and are runninl
! around Salem tO-day."
sam Collyer Thought the verdict proved n
/ once that tue jury mad made w their minds q
I fOrehand, ana were not governed 10y the tosti
/ mOnv. IL seemed so strange tn hun that he de
| cl ired he did not know what u say ABOUT ".
johnny Clark said he VS. WOtfied over hi
! sentence bee fuse MS ,ther. mother, add stat I'll
! had Just come over from tue old country. anC
! we're dependent upon HIM for support, ~ wen
! his wife and two children. elf they mad ont
/ fined me-" said Clark, "It wouldn't have been 81
/ bad, for could soon make IN up. | could 40
$500 II iuse AZ hencnt In Phil idelpniA ht an
| time. Wh,n first cane to THIS country mad
~ my MUD | wouldn't nght Sbody. aud
havu't. Ine last benefit | I'd was At Cpncvf
Han, PM delphi aud thirty-twO men = 10 50
/ ga h for seats on the stage, and eignt OF tuO>
thrty-two men represented over Si.tOO.OOJ. IN
two Of them were &c this hSht. There We. 9 lot
Of the hest dressed men IN Philadeluhia th rre-
nien IN high positions. and representing weRitl
I think IN Sc CHAOS might have helped m. gu
here. lh~y were eqnilly guilty with us. an
they wouldn't have missed a tribe apiece.
know them all, but all the PRISON doors IN tn
countfy wouldn't IN ke me tell VINO they wer,
they ought ~ help Us II isn't any more thu