New-York tribune., 1884-01-04
TWO MEN RANGED IN NEWARK.
ONE GALLows FOR BOTH MURDERERs.
MARTIN ISSUES FAREWELL ADDREss-AN AUr

SY IN TIE CASE OF GRAVES.
Robert Martin, the murderer of his wlte an9 ana
child and James Graves, who murdered EDWARD
Soden a boy, were executed i'll the JAN at NeWHh
yesterday morning. Both men died OF stranguia-
ton. ~. De-
Martin was awakened at $50 a. m. and the Rev.
A. l.. Wood administered to him the Holy Com COM
munion of the Protestant Episcopal Churcn. ne
asked for stimnlant, saying that he dd not want
liouor. and he was given valerian and camphor,
and afterward cup of strong coffee. Graves sSiePV
soundly until o'clock, and ate hearty @ ~
Martins son Robert with Mr. Maddox, arrived at
jail at $40 and admitted for last tareweIl.
Graves had visitors except the jan 0Iclals, oo
of whom gave hlm milk punch, WhlSh ne ufrmn fron
the Warden's table, but he could not eat ~. AS
the morning wore on Martin grew uneasy with sus-
pense. and remarked that he wished the execution
could be fastened The Rev. DR.. Goodwin, rector
of the House of Prayer, arrived shortly a1ter
o'clock, and the two clergymen engaged III PRAYER
with Martin, who afterward wrote the following
farewell address:
In this my last hour earth, have something TO say
as 10 as 10 the past and my hope for the future Bt my
Sensation ihave shed innocent blood. the blood
of a wife and child From that fatal hour haVenoI
ceased 20 mourn over the awful deed Ny Judges naNe
pronounced that deed to be murder, yet a motive TOT
murder had not neither had any knowledge OF me act
II was an unconscious, Involuntary act In diseased
condition Of body and under the influence of medicine
a very moderate amount OF drink ana WIN me & win. i oo
greatest amount could not have done under any oIher c
die Without malice toward any; knecng daily before
thc crlchx during long term OF imprisonment, nave
confessed the sins of my life and sought Tor pdIuon
through the blood of the Cruciied ODE Ana now trust
nr wholly 10 His infinite merit, die hope in peace
with Cod but st in my last breath with the prayer Tor
mercy Oh Lamb OF God that taSst away 'S o5 si bot
takch away the sins of the world grant me ny paioh'
Amen. hobLhl uANiiN'
Martinwas engaged in prayer with the clergyman
when Sheriff Wright Under Sheriff Davis and two
deputies with Hangman Van Hlsc appeared. lis
arms were pinioned. the moose wasplaced ms
neck and the black cap his head. The procession
was then formed with the two clergymen thanking
the prisoner. Martin walked mechanically Win
his ewes fixed upon the ground but he showed great
fortitude. The Rev. DR.. Goodwin read froma prayer
book during the march, and the prayers were con-
tinued until everything was over. Sherih DAVIS
adjusted the moose and pulled down the cap ana
giving the signal the trap was sprung: MaItlns 4
body was ierked violently upward, falling heavily
There were few movements of the body afterward
and at 1910 the doctors pronounced Martin dead;
The neck was not broken. The body was lowered
and placed into an alcOve, and The trap vas reset
for the second criminal. ~
At three minutes to eleven o'clock the sheriff and
his officers made their appeara in the hospital
morgue, and the Sheriff cad the death warrant 10
Graves. Graves kept up whining during the
reading, and gave a sharp cry when the hangman
piuioned his arms behind A deputy stationed him
self on either side of him. and supported hlm do%n
the narrow stars into the Wardens once. No
spiritual adviser was present, Graves having re-
fused TO listen to Clergymen. He shalnbled along
the jail corridor supported by the deputies, winning
and CRYING; and when he reached the gallOwS ms
cries grew louder The officers hastily strapped
his legs aud fixed the moose and black cap the pres
sure of the upon his neck eXtortng cry that
would nave Dcen Il scream put' dt tl'u HoHI,H'i
the trap was sprung, and the murderer was JeTked
up with such TO &c that his head struck the cross
beam. III falling the body turned around with the
back to the spectators. He struggled for few
moments and then hung motlonless. Lie was eX-
tinct in thirteen minutes. Graver's neck was rot
broken 1t was remarked that his vitality
lasted longer than Martins, =, although
Graves was sitXy-tve years old, and Martin was
ffty-four, and of robust physique.
Martins body taken by his relatives and
buried in FairmOunt Cemetery by the side Of his
murdered wife and child Graves wi he buried in
FairmOunt Gene cry tomorrow afternoon, and
there will be no religious services lie has no reIa-
tiyes or friends in Newark.
An autopsy was made III the afternoon to deter
mine the question of Grayess insanity. DR.. Spitzka
who was the operator, said he had not expected To
find so much to support his idea of Graves's men,
tai condition. The brain was small. and both the
brain and spinal cord atrOphied. The brain
weighed fl - ounces and did not fill the skull IN
health. The changes. altogether exceeded in
amount and intensity those ordinarily found in the
brains of persons dying III the lunatic asylums.