Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-02
|" Chip Smith.
Scenes at the Derby Depot and in Am sonia-The Transfer of the Remains to

i spectators waiting to take the train or peonle assembled from seeing the unusual crowd at the station. The coffin enclosed in the box l lay ln the hearse which was backed up to | near the track, passage way through the l crowd being kept open to the cars There l was general feeling of sympathy apparent l in the faces of the throng about the hearse, also disposition to severely criticise the 1 justice of his having been hung An elderly ! woman, with keen eyes and worn face, l talked to a man by her side, expressing her 1 self on the subject of the hanging as if tak- ing satisfaction in freeing her mind, and she 1 ran on thus They hanged the poor boy 1 because he hadn't any rich or big friends to intercede for him. His lawyers, God bless l 'em, did all they could. Why didn't they 1 hang the Alexander woman and Bassett, who l killed Suffering Jack? And why didn't they hang the fellow who went to the house and l fought and killed the priest? Poor Chip, perhaps he didn't kill anybody at all. Per- haps it Hayes pistol that did it." Her companion, man of 5O diss nted from this view. "At any rate," continued the woman "Chip was poor deserted boy, and nobody l knows if he killed anybody. How about the ] minister that killed the girl and her baby ? They didn't hang him. guess they hung Chip because he wasn't 8 Protestant. He ! was poor forsaken boy and there's worse ! ones than him that get free.''
 grave man near middle life stood regard ing the scene and remarked to his companion l his doubt at the propriety of capital punish l ment. It was doubtful to him if such scene a hat haf toJ r., impress people with the right effect It was evident that the scene's effect was lowering ! and inimical to wholesome moral sentiment Better confne murderers for life away from public view. The people present were sorry for Chip Smiths fate and disposed to cen sure the law. The lesson taught by the scene was the duty of those who have the care of the public morality to throw safe- guards and good influences around boys and young men such as Chip Smith, from what ! the speaker had heard, had not had. I am told, also, said the speaker, that Chip Smiths mental calibre was not up to the average, but he knew right from wrong, and ! the gleams of the better nature in him, had they been nurtured carefully might have saved him from his sad fate. Especially guard the youth as great step to grand reform.
 At this point 8 rush was made in the crowd by new corners elbowing to get near the hearse, and one of the group, young man, looking at the hearse, exclaimed with determination as if he would like to hit somebody, ''They ain't agoing to ship him into back car, are they ?'' his remark having reference to freight car opposite the hearse, Gone of the cars of the down train which was waiting to pass down to the yard).
 At this point Deputy Sheriff Higgins escort
 ed Catholic clergyman, Rev. MT. Dunne of
 Ansonia, to near the hearse, the crowd re-
 spectfully making way for him. The deputy
 soon returned and brought from the top car
 riage of the jail pair of shiny slippers and
 bundle of clothes. He remarked, in an-
 swer to an inquirer, that the shoes were
 Chips shoes which he wore on tho scaffold
 and the clothes Chips clothes. They were
 taken to the hearse and soon after placed on
 board the train, which had just come up
 from the yard to start for Ansonia. The
 throng about the cars grew denser every mo.
 ment and fairly blocked a considerable part
 of the platform, and when the train came up
 those going to Ansonia made rush for the
 cars and the crowd in general pressed so
 closely to the track that the conductor gave
 repeated warnings to keep back and not
 hurry. Superintendent Quintard was pres
 ent exercising his customary vigilance. No
 accident occurred. The remains were
 placed on board the baggage car
 and Deputy Sheriff Higgins and Rev.
 Mir Dunne and a few others went up in
 the car with the remains The crowd gazed
 with awe and pity as the remains were placed
 on board. Two of the bearers hats were left
 as the train started, but were seized and
 thrown into passenger car window and fell
 in the laps of two young ladies, by whom
 they were handed to the water boy, who
 passed them in to the losers. On the arrival
 of the train at De; by, as also at Birmingham,
 particularly at the latter place, many people
 were in waiting to witness the arrival The
 report quickly spread and people of all sizes
 and ages hurried from all directions to the
 platform. At Ansonia dense crowd occu-
 pied the depot platform and the ground in
 front, and when the box inside which were
 the casket and remains was borne forth on
 the shoulders of the bearers, Deputy Sheriff
 Higgins solemnly walking with his head un-
 covered at the head of the cortege, the faces
 Of the throng wore an aspect of deep feeling,
 and some wore 8 look of indefinable alarm
 and agitation, as if the majesty of the law and the presence of the victim had struck a sudden horror upon them. long black un- dertaking wagon, with 8 pair of spirited horses, which young hostler was holding, stood in waiting at the depot entrance. All eyes were strained if to see if possible the remains. The massive pillow of flowers on which was inscribed in purple immortellss ''Thou art Forgiven,'' was greatly admired upon the coffin box and many peered at it to see the inscription The horses given the word started swiftly up the alley-way leading to the main street, followed at once by throng of boys and men, and the team passed on through fresh crowds up the main street, l gazed at from every store door and shop win | dow and dwelling stoop and window, by | faces wearing look of ave- grave and half l alarmed at the strange sight. The time of 1 the funeral had not been decided. It was undecided whether to have it Sunday or to- day, with the preference for to-day to avoid an undue demonstration and public excite ment. The relatives of the deceased re- nained at home and were there waiting the arrival of the remains, and when they arrived here was large throng of people there in waiting and standing about, while many boys md men had followed the hearse to the house 'f mourning and grief
 Two masses, beseeching happy death for Smith, were said at the Church of the As- umpt1on in Anson1a yesterday morning. | father Daily celebrated the first, at a. m, nd Father Brady the second, which began at 0 o'clock. At the second mass, which was 'votive," the church was filled with people, .mong them were the mother of Smith and he mother and widow of Hayes whom he , lew. After mass Father Brady spoke words { f consolation to his audience and subse- | uently he consulted with the mother, sister nd uncle of Smith concerning the funeral of he latter.
 About $155 was raised by "Chip'' Smiths r1ends in the town to defray the expenses of he funeral
 The full particulars of the execution of ! Chip" Smith will be found upon our fourth age,