The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-04-20
a LOOR NTO THE CONDUCT OF NEN
UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH

love ana friendship. TO any human being tho
right hand with which he dealt a murdsrous
blow. In the course Of his careful work the
author quotes Wakefield on the Punishment
OF Death" a. his authority for the belief that
"one little month OF that suspense whom II in
wolves death is su.iiclent to TX ploughed lines
and burrows In the face Of . convict Of ave-and-
twenty: sufhciont 10 dash the brown hair with
gray. and to bleach the gray to whlto."
Nearly evcry English novelist who has treated
OF murder has INDUCED the fancy or echoed tho
belei tina: murderers arc haunted by their
crimes and torn BY rsmorso. The sleepless
nights OF murderers their blsnohsd faces. viii
tened hair. thoir muttered confessions during
sleep. or frequent starts from slumber. accom-
panied BY shrieks OF fright or agony. are a. ia
mlllAr to novel readers as 10 the idea that
lover cannot properly engage himself In mar
riaso except he docs so with q long and bsauti-
full speech to the object OF his alteration. Tho
and only last November the Rev. William Wal:
sS s ss hs @
words:
body victim: Ds.:,s
lie is and whoever he IT, Gods puniihaents already
S%.oa: ii.
Do these statements bear comparison with
mSnts aseribed to thema Phrbe Paullin's
murderer has not been driven to surrender HIM
f ss e SsS Saa t Rose HS he :sS & ss
iiundisds. 81 other murders eommitted IL Or
nah. with the iaunty air Of the real murderer.
eommi::sd y. How can Tie justification Of
rrH I . BIZ az G the
her" DO quoted In verihcation OF the behavior
Of Aram. who never allowed his blood stained
Three murdsrers. under sentence Of death.
One T. George tee M MhG ssT IN
because she would not send out for more beer.
The second is Glusegpi Guidic' who DELHI.
fellow workman for a fancied grievance; The
third is Alexander Jefferson. the Crow HUI ~.
snd. We're s'Sss and rsd into the
party again and again. until he had killed two
rsperser n inauirsd II !! Mardsn Julian 'n'
No" said the warden in a loud and derisive
Is their hair turning white ?"
=, DO they dread the darkness3 Do they say
a'ns S' sso$s and
he looked at his Gu a as II the reporter
Bas iSsy arc w miserable; Of course u. 4"
continued the reporter knowing as they 90
''% &hy. said i, tSe Wardsn. IN smazsmens.
% happy. He sings s 80 loud and 30 much We
are hs Ssss ,pd we have tho
Lord bless you; You ought to soc them. OF
ssa thsy eea Never knew
any man to suffer such things rs you suppose
hss E s1sep1 my ST 70
right aftsrward. but never knew such thing
II never knew nun under sentence of death
70 experienee what you describe. :" he went on:
sesp
white. seeing the bodies Of their victims in tho
case 81. They are sometimes u little nervous
rust after the q their trial and sem
NIr. Thomas ii. Elliott, the bookkeeper. took
cell reading the Eco diiaiia ~ The lisht q two
with, q, plump. good natured face. He cannot
sneak Eog'ish. get he managed to bay that ,r be
was ana asx q his x
IN selecting then W showed him e DO q Cheerful!
he can account Tor the deliberate and frghtful
crime he committed. he says 1t was an acct:
the interrrster had translated bis testimony
In coli In the opposite corridor is Alexander
TO outsiders. but has listened to the views Of u
kindly but , misguided prison reiormer. u
against capital punishment. enough in
their way. but wholly out Of place-which now
form nearly his sole STAPLE Of
good appetits. Next door i, Mills the the vile
teiiigsnee and with . good face. MARRIED BY tho
strain OF excessive dFinkipg He Is averse to
E sq %
lief that because he was crazed with drink when
no sley his wife. he is acquitted Of responsible:
sleen. Its malaria. he says; :. I have SUI
iEsd irN i long tine and a. have 60, 20
10 VA %esy ehs"riu md aseorsssd his eel ee1
prints Thsp 6s was ,S r. said e ~ ,he
die an innocent man."
p.a MT 4, sss sad d liz ecq4ad
prisonors and ali rrisonsrs that ever saw.
tnsr egme be- hem
s Tss thns Eat hsy nsoSea
af Hss sss% Il ss Sss
which led to the crimo was unbearRble: So In
over. the contemplatiop Of their guilt"
You may 70 oil through my prison" said
Warden John Green OF Grow Hill peniten larry.
and you will not lind prisoner who thinks It
right and Just that he should BIZ confined: Each
onn knows he is guilty. but each ono knows
that the gnilt must ba proven. and so he argues
TO himself that II his lawyer had understood
how TO manage the case and put IL Just right
Snd the Judg" and jury had only seen \, i in tho
ton OF guilt does not enter into the case.
There 10 no remorse but there Is regret. not
for the commission Of tho crime. but for the in
ability to escape punishment"
Though tho reporter won't thus TO tho bottom
OF the question. and put inquiries such As
would form part OF primer In tho study Of the
Ju"stion. :hs had seen and talked to ut least
hfty murderers under sentence Of death and
had Witnessed the execution OF nIuartcr Of that
number. Among them he saw no ono OF the
traits upon which novelists and preachers
build their fnncies or frame their warnings.
One Of the nrst men whose execution he wit
neSsed was negrO.one oil three hanged in
Hempatead--who had an enormous mouth.
which he could twist into odd shnpss. On the
why TO the gallows he recognized AN HcQuaint.
His emotions that no involuntarily twisted his
mouth into = strange shape by way OF n salu-
tation. The Molly Maguires whose deaths the
reporter Witnessed in tho Jail ut hIauch Chunk,
believed from tho moment they wero arrested
until the moment they died that they were