New-York tribune., 1882-04-19
Two CONDEMNED MURDERERS.

SINDRAM AND LEIGHTON TO BE HANGED.
A NEW TRIAL REFUSED TO sINDRAM-THE HANGING
TO TAKE PLACE on FRDAY-wHAT THE MEN
SAY.
Judge Brady refused yesterday to grant the
application for new trial for William Sindram.
the murderer OF Mrs. Crave, which was made on
Monday under the statute passed for his especial
benefit. Judge Brady said he had examined care
fully the aftidavits presented to him. and had con-
suited with Presiding Judge Noah Davis III order TO
avoid the possibility of mistake IN case lnvoV-
ing mans life. lie had in the interest OF the
prisoner entirely dsregarded the oDJectons 10 the
application for a new trial, winch would be valid
in an ordinary case, and which in strictness would
be valid in this case Aside iron tne @
procured at the trial and was perhaps merely cumu
iative he thought that the evidence was totally
insufficient for the purpose for which 1t was now
brought forward. Against all the theories OF eX-
perts the plain fact remained that Mrs. Crave, Il
moment before the shooting, was In apparently
good health and was attending to her ordinary
duties. No one of the experts had pretended 10
affirm that the wound she received had no part IN
her death. The doctrine OF the law was that II
person by unlawful violence inluTe person having
a dangerous bodily in6rmty, this lnhTmlty snail
not become shield for the evildoer. If the death
be accelerated by the injury the person nctng IL
the weak and infirm would be deprived OF inc
protection which they in a peculiar degree need
In regard to the statement that Mrs: Crave medl-
cal treatment had not been skilful as 1t ought TO
have been Judge Brady said that maefactor who
creates the necessity OF physicians science cCnld
treatment of the victim, except III very extra
ordinary cases. .. ~,
After Judge Brady had rendered his decision, Mr..
O'Neil attempted to persuade him that he had not
taken into consideration all the facts contained IN
the atlidavits Judge Brady listened Tor time
with impatence, and at last sae that the couhSei
ought to see the lmpropriety OF his remarks ana
put an end to the argument. There can be no ap-
peal from Judge Brady's order. The time hXed 1or
the hanging of Sindram is Friday, Apri =. I'll.
The refusal to grant new trial produced no visible
effect on Sindram in the courtroom. lie neltner
seemed to be disappointed nor surprised None OF his
relatiy es accompanied him from the court house to
the Tombs He had induced his mother TO with
draw from the room before Judge Brady delivered
his decision, fearing its effect upon her. Later IN
the day a reporter of THE TRIBUNE called on the
condemned man. He was cordially received by the
latter although Sindram was obviously agltated
and to a certain degree unnerved by Tie 1act that
his last chance of escaping the gallows hau van
ished. He responded pleasantly, however, TO the
sautatlon of the reporter and said IN response TO
~ would rather be hanged than go to State
Prison for hfe Anything but that. do not con-
slider myself guilty of murder. Had my counsel on
nv trial only brought out the medical testimony
which has been so ably presented since | would
never have been convicted of murder III the frst
degree. My punishment would have been a lew
years Imprisonment. ] am condemned to be
hanged simply because am poor man, and could
not employ proper counsel. Worse men than i
men who have been guilty Of worse crimes than l.
have been let off with few years imprisonment.
! had no intention of killing the woman, and the
medical testimony presented at the latest proceed
lngS court showed tUaJ tnere WIS very eIdNc
doubt as to whether the pistol shot wound caused
death"
You have not much hope, have you, that tho
sentence will not be executed on Friday "
"Very little. My counsel is endeavOring to
obtain a STAY of proceedings, but the time IS very
short, and doubt whether any Judge would take
much interest in my case"
A little distance from Sindram, sitting on desk
and conyersi1g afiably with aged colored
woman was young man whose pallid complexion.
straight dark hair and red m0ustache gave very
little indication that he had negro blood i'll his
veins This was Augustus Leighton. the mulatto.
who is sentenced to be hanged on Friday at the
same time as Sndram. for the murder of his mistress
in West Twenty y-seventh-st. The neatly dressed
colored woman who WAS cOnversing with HIM was
Mary De Cordova for many years servant IN the
employ OF Peter Cooper She IS no relative OF .the
prisoner but reading of his case In the newspapers
She became interested in him, visited hlm, and has
contributed much of her savings in the vain at
tempt TO save him from the gallows. When the
reporter entered the small rallied space reserved for
condemned murdereTs she was earnestly endeavor-
ing to direct LeghtOn's attention to his spiritual
condition. lie did not give her the attention which
the subject deserved, and she appealed to his
counsel, Colonel Charles $. Spencer. Colonel
Spencer and others arc eDdeavoring TO obtain a
respite of thirty days for Leighton In order to lit
him more thoroughly for death. Leighton, like Sill
dram, will not admit the justice OF his sentence.
Here IS a case" he said, referring to recent
conviction; this man shot a boy and robbed him.
lie only got four years 1t is to deter such men as
this from committing these crimes that am 10 be
made an example OF"
Sheriff Bowe and Under Sheriff Stevens are max
ing preparations for the double hanging. There
will be fewer spectators than usual