Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-27

His Condition Unchanged Last Nlsht-
How He Appear in His Csll-His Re
lfgious Affendant--The Commission
Of Iunaev Summoned TO Meet This
sTorning-work on the GaIlows-
The dav appointed for the execution Of
The negro Wallace l. but a few hours
distant. Yesterday and last night the
condemned man vas comparatively quiet
although al times Ii vas violent DUiAnz
the greater part Of the daE n kept mp d
rambling talk. and late last nignt al7,5a-- d.
81 agsin a suit Of clothes with winch lDe
Jail officers had succeeded in dressing nm
He ate suarinzIy u the food sent . MIN.
One 1f his. ueculiarltles Is TIA. ~ " III H,t
81 - ali when watched Inc All At
reudauts noticed tins cJuple ~ Joy
80 H i inclined 70 keep away IRON
~ door u his cell. and Yesterday and the
f4- previous cr0uched in the corner,
ubere be- refused u recognize anyone
Al one time h. sang stanZa
or two u a song, ana II %
true that an insane person cannot carry
tune with reasonable precision u ma! nr
concluded that Wallace = 81 spuhoeT
mind than be j. thought 10 be By some.
4 NORNING NEWS reporter Ventured 70
advance the above theory IN the presence
Of gentleman who has on different occa-
si0ns been in attendance upon several
r.lr=rr.- - 10 were in confinement a. luud-
iic.. when the latter remarked
that be did not pretend U
BE- an expert on the euJ@c1,
f.ur that he knew a crazy woman who had
a superior voice n sing several songs, but
II his memory served Tim right she sang
one air into another. and though each
rgrtiOu u a song was well sung. the s.
lection was not finished. but abandoned
for a number 81 stanZas. each u differ
ent air. and one quickly followed by
another. and 80 on making a strange
medley. He added that he did not know
whether that way Of singing would Indl-
cate insanity OF not.
The question ~ u the sanity Of W al
lace viii be passed upon to-day. Deputy
sheriff 4. !. Franklin Yesterday brought
the matter u the attention Of the Ordl-
binary. who issued an order commanding
the sheriff o. summon Dr. 4. Z. >chley-
DR.. J. B. Read. Edward Lowell, \. j.
Miller Thomas Ballantyne- Jo4n
-chwarZ. sanford ". Branch. J.. +.
Bvck. John Lang. Joseph G.. GOrham,
A. Fernandez and Peter Reilly, 10 ap-
pear al the superior Court room this
morning al 10 O'Clock 10 be sworn as
Jurors in commission Of lunacy prepa-
rat0ry % "a trial IF the issue referred 20.
The order under the circumstances -
necessarily a very liNIiEIdtlFt yits " u-ii
the Jury shall have been organized they
will probably proceed 10 the jail where
the examination of the case VIII be pro-
ceeded with.
\ reporter Of the MORNING News ask
cd al the Jail last night if il would be pos
sible % remove the prisoner 10 the court
house. The answer was that IL could al
course be- done but that it might not be d
very easy job. and that he had not learned
that il was the purpose Of the authorities
10 order il. Meanwhile Mr.. John :. stur-
tevaut. acting under the direction Of the
Deputy Sheriff. il getting The scdiiOld
ready for the execution. Yesterday he
ordered from Messrs. Hawkins * Co.'s
mill some new material to complete the
structure, and 1t i probable the work up
on ID Will be finished to-day.
The condemned man, since his coniinc-
ment has been visited 10y some of the
white and c0lOred clergy Of the city. He
seemed however. 10 more freely enter in
10 the spirit Of religious subjects when
Rev. K. Hamburger. the rector Of It.
stephens Episcopal Church, colOred, con-
versed with h i'm. His condition during
the past few days has prevented religious
attendants from holding any. cOnversatiOn
viii, him