Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-06-20
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partially, have patiently and atteniively
listened to the evidence in this cause.
Witness after witness has been ex-
amincd. and day after day been con-
sumed in an endeavor to arrive at the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
the truth, Of this charge. Exceedingly
able counsel have, done all that learn
ing, eloquence, skill, and experience
could accomplish in your behalf you
have had fair. and, may say, a
liberal. t.ial; and finally, the jury, in
the faithful discharge of their duty,
have pronounced you guilty, and that
verdict has been approved by the Court.
+" ! shall not harrow your feelings by
referring at length TO the enormity Of
your crime. every step in the perpetra-
ton Of which must be deeply engraved
upon your memory. To man Of your
intelligence no good could be accom-
plished by doing so. / commend you
to the suggestions of your own better
thoughts. Nor is it necessary to COM
ment upon il in the interests Of society;
the public press fully inculcates upon
the people the lessons TO be drawn from
such events.
II do not deem it my duty, there
fore, to do more than to pronounce
upon you the sentence which the law
afIixes to the crime of murder Of which
You stand convicted. which sentence is,
that you, Thomas j. Cluverius, shall
be taken hence TO the jail of this city,
and there securely kept until the Goth
day Of November next, on which day,
between the hours Of Q lii the morning
and in the evening, you shall be taken
to some convenient place Of execution
at or near said jail, and in the presence
only of such officers of the law as may
be necessary to see that this sentence is
properly carried into effect, be there
hanged by the neck until your are
dead.
"And may God of His infinite good
ness have mercy on your soul.
Willie Cluyerius was not in court.
He was in the city and close at hand,
but not in the room. He could not
bear to hear the verdict of the jury
he could not bear to hear the judgment
of death. The father was not in the
city. So Cluverius was in the midst Of
strangers. All around him was a
dense crowd of men, nearly all of
whom thought he was getting no more
than his deserts.
IN THAT DREAD ORDEAL.
Not one person in a million could
have borne up as did this little young
man. lie was absolutely mistaken.
He heard the sentence-every word,
every syllable Of it-unmoved emo
tiOnless. There may have been per-
chance a slight moisture in his eyes
towards the last; but that is not GER
tain. He seated himself composedly
and rather leisurely. Then he ran
one hand before his face. IL might
have been to brush away ly; it might
have been to fan himself; it might have
been to shut out frightful vision.
That was all. Court was soon after
wards adjourned. Taking the arm Of
Sergeant Lee, as was his wont, the
prisoner walked forth a condemned
man but the hand that touched Ser
geant Lees coat-sleeve was firm. No
nervousness no weakness.
Out through the same old crowds the
prisoner was taken to the carriage.
Deputy-Sergeant Loyenstein and some
other officers went with him on his
drive to the Jail. On the way hcneyer
spoke a word. In five minutes he was
sianding in his cell-door ; in No. IRON
lined cell, where he has been for some
time past.
ALONE.
lie fingered at the door, and Mr..
Loyenstein told him, gently, to step
back that the door must be closed.
Cluyerius stepped back. Then the door
was shut and the bolt shot into the
socket with a dull thud. The con-
demned mans solitary confinement was
begun. Henceforth this cell is to be
his home. lie is to be kept there. No
more going upstairs to see anybody.
The few people entitled to see him will
have to 60 to his cell and there see him
in the presence Of the jailer.
Now that all the excitement OF the
trial is oyer-now that he sees practi-
cally only the Supreme Court between
him and death-will, if ever, come his
hours Of profound meditation. What
they will bring forth, who can tell?
Those authorized to speak for the
prisoner say that the prisoner has told
them that nothing ever could have sus-
tanned him since his arrest but the con-
sciousness Of innocence and his un-
shaken trust in God. So he explains
his phenomenal calmnesS--the unpre-
cedented nerve that he displays.
The officers speak Of him as a good
prisoner.
THE APPEAL.
The preparation Of the record in this
case will take months. There is no
chance at all Of the appeal being heard
until the Supreme Court meets here in
November.
Prisoners aunt, Mrs. Tunstall, {quite
a well-to-dO lady,) has SO far borne the
expenses Of the defence. 1t is under
stood to be her purpose to spend every
dollar she has, if necessary, in the
effort to save his life. Her property,
certainly the bulk of it, would have
gone-so the neighbors say-to Willie
and Tommie Cluyerius anyhow. The
human mind can scarcely conjecture
how time can ever come when they
will need it mere than now.
The defence say they have no doubt
Of getting new trial. A good many
Richmond lawyers think they will sue
ceed. A good many others think they
will not. So it goes.
Willie Cluverius is getting a good
many letters from people who express
their admiration for his devotion to his
brother. He is two years older than
Tommie and is taller, but since they
came into public notice has always had
a more youngish look.
THE SEVEN BILLS.
There are only seven bills Of excep-
tions in the case. One refers to the ex-
clnsinn from The nannl of Mr. Iarke