Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-08-12
A Hart. Hearted Wretch DEE Care.
log Hls Mother, Sisters
af and Friends.
An Awful Sssns at tho Utica Jail
Mingled With the stsry Of
Z FratrIeits.
81 Guess III Worry Along a. !
Am":..Reisca'as Prayers
lust BsfoyS Desak


Ostrander. who murdered his brother. Geo.
Lyman ostrander, on the 18th Of December.
1850, yesterday e1piated his crime on the
gsllows In the Jail yard. oyt.ander kept
awake oil night, and was singing and
shouting all morning, Gll-the officers and
people began to arrive. At hah.psst eight
o'e,cek, on looking out OF his cell window
into the Jail yard, where he eoGid See the
crowd, he became greatly excited and
yelled ont:
Pm going 10 be hung at ten oeioek, snd
;he gaaows are ready in ,hs yard. I'll walk
out, by -----, sad them tell to cat the -
rope. Pliso plump 10 hi In min
ute, and in q wheelSsrrow, TOO. sid the
man whocuts the rope will be irh-l 10
meet me-"
The Rev. Father Ryan, . young Catholic
priest, lAbored long and hard with him this
morning, aud Osrander said he wanted
RS~ctSc me S1sr~0ent
and sss ready for baptism, but when the
priest told h'm he Yust prepare TO confess
his sins, repent ant' receive absolution, he
said
81 g less llE worry along - / am"
The priest nevertheless remained with
him hi the lay:, excepting during The timc
when the Rev. Dr. HEelosy . Methodist
minister who was appointed his spiritual
ADVISER. was with him.
The drop fell NJ thirty six minutes past
tim. The iall failed To dislocats Ostrander's
neck. and his struggles were horrible. lie
was pronounced dead iD'fourtern, and cut
down in seventeen minutes He died with
oaths on his lips
surstug Hts Nsthcr and aisssrs,
whnse testimony brought him ~ the scat.
fold and p~otrstiug his innocence. lie
also cursed the couc ofiicefr, and even the
friend who tnd shown him favors while he
was IN isil. otherwise bic harrsngue on
the .Caliold was wild and inooberrnL Al.
though labored with all the morning by
the priests. he bluntly refused 10 implors
God 3 forgiveness. brt persisted IN hi9 pro
testat.ons OF hts innocence. The body vas
sent TO- the county cemetery st Rome Tor
iut.rnent, but will probably fall into the
hands Of physicians. During the erccu.
tion military company guarded the out.
side OF The jail snd a squad OF soldiers were
stationed inside.
story OF the Crime.
Previous TO the murder the OstrAndsr
family Lived In lowiy circumstances near
West Camden. The family consisted OF
the parents. 0eorge Lyman, william
Henry and Stephen Ostunder, with their
sisters, Viola and Carrie. George O,uan-
der, the victim, had been EN- ployed In Con.
nectiout, and was respected Tor hi, indus
trious htbiis and Eentlsmanly behavior.
lie was home for the Christmas holidays
at the time the tragedy occurred. Henry
was the soapesrace of the family snd dom.
inu,ed the bousehetd nj will. When Georgs
visited hs home during the holidays he
Was well dressed aud bad some money.
These attractions made tho girls lavish
their aIsotions on the visitor. This Was
particularly true of Carrie, the youngest
These at,sstions on the part of his Sisters
ncttlsd Henry exceedingly, and on tho
Sunday manning OF
The F~ntrioiae
his spleen took the form OF several indiS'
mites oiIsttl To the girls. George intSr'
iered only when Henry called bis sister .
Of the bsothtIs was prolonged, during
which MTs. Oslrspder sew . revolver la
Georges bald. Later, Henry invited an
other dispyts by removing bis brothers
hat frOin the buIean 70 chair. Tbs up
shot ef ID all WIS tlai Henry procured bis
Ieyolyar and. after smother Interchange OF
hot wor,s,. fired at Gsorgs, killing him in.
stantly. The fIaiIicide then gave himself
up. fie vas tined IN 1854 and ,cntcnoed 10
be hung on Deosmber 10. He ~a' how
ever, rsspited until February s. 1881
n.otion % .or neS trial wM made In January.
Is-2, bat wss oyerrulsd. A ttay oi pro
ceedin u was then then taken 10 the
General Term o .,he Supreme Court.
A hssry hisses.
Tho-sse wss up before The General Term
in O,IobsT. IsS2. and many Interesting de
yeIopm-rr- occurred. The foIlosiDs letter
frun, onr u O,uApdsr's sisters Vas pro
ducsa
My,Ds.h BROTHER HrsRY-i have been
thiAkiBg vsitinR y0a before. but thonf"
pe.Lbps yo,I did not want ~ hear from me.
Bet my n .thet and Mr.. Cspron now tell me
thst you aished 10 ses me and WAS wiling
70 forrivs ms and wanted 10 hear from the:
sol asksd Mr.. Capson 70 write Tor me.
cannot vll You heW sorry sm thst you
ever did that deed, but know there vn
some excuse for you. Nov Henry.
hurt ysu with ny evidences, ] sm sorry:
Ikpo1 George Lyman drew bis pistol and
poip Nd it toward you bsfors yours was
discharged or before you showed yours 70
him. After thiskins this matter over care
fully don't want y0u 70 bsng nnd an
wiling TO help you by statins the wnps
truth o. IL vas without bsing iob usnosd by
On ybody, 20 that Whatever tAs result may
bs, wbethsr.yo on live or die. there may be
Io hardness between u, and II ever see
VOC sgsin you may know thst have sis
tsy's feeling toward you and want yoa 70
| have a broiher's fselinS toward me. ]
! have been uorblsd night and day. sod ]
could MT quiet my cSoscisncs since the
! trial. I have wished good many time:
| thai bed i0ld how George Lyman pointed
his pistol toward yon frst, and bov it -
taken from the floor apd put 10 the trunk.
and thea taken up stairs and giVeo 70 n.
Lutbsr: bot o. did no. I can only cay -
Won that N had anothsr opportunity 70