Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-30
SAVED FROM THE DeATH-sHocK.
Writ of Habeas Corpus Prolongs
Remmier's Life.

A Writ of Habeas Corpus Prolongs
Kemmier's Life.
fBy telegraph 10 the Dispatch.l
AUBrRy, April Notwithstanding all the
elaborate preparations for the electrical execn-
ton OF William Kemmler; Notwithstanding the
ignorant murderer had proessed his readiness
20 meet death; Notwithstanding that warden
Durston hal practically decided upon tho time
OF administering toe fatal current, ana nolWit'-
,ffandinE that most of tho authorized Witnesses
had arrived in Auburn, tho Whols proceeding 10
now stopped and indefinitely adjourned. ms
postpone ment has been accomplished Dy the
serving Of a writ Of hGbeGs corpus, and not IN
msuv year. has hero been so dramatic an Illus
trRtlon in New York state OF the tremonoous
power exerted by that venerable Anglossxon
process
den Durston. and not only unknown 10 the prl-
eOner but even unexpected by bim, lawyer from
the distant city Of New York. suddenly appears
and gives the condemned man new lease
OF life. Tho lawyer who caused this
commOtion was Roger NJ. Sherman, OF Rev
York city. lilo hal never communlcatei WIN
Kemmler snd very ligoly had never known any
ming about him except through the newspa-
pers just who employed sherman would Dc
Interesting 10 know. II IL only by chauee tha'
the present step Ostensibly in behalf OF hemm-
Ter counts for ANYTHING, for bad there not been
a delay in getting tho apparatus IN final order
and completing other arrangements the crImi-
nal would have been shocked into the next
world Ills morulDg just alteT uaJbIcaAs
THE WARDEN ASSURED.
Soon after sherman arrived in Auburn he saw
Warden Durst0p and told him that he hal wrlt
of hab,as c0fBils which would relieve the War
den OF tho ion OF puttiug an electric shock into
the murderer. Tho Warden was surprised. lie
did not know sherman and he was inclined 10
doubt the genuincncss OF Sherman's statement
DurstOn tolj the lawyer this was sooD after ii
O'Clock this morningl that any man might sho"
what purportod 20 be writ Of hGbsds corpus Tor
Eemmler and ask that II be accepted. must
have some assurances Of the regularity OF this
proceedine," said the Warden. sherman ex-
planned that he had obtained the writ from
Judge Wallace, Of the United Ststes Court. on
Monday, aud that the certified copy would he
sent from the Clark Of the Court et Utica. mat
was not considered sufficient, and thereupOn
Sherman wont before Supreme-C curt Judge
Dwight, who vas sitting In chambers, and made
andavit that hewas = lawyer ana al obtsiue1
the writ OF hdhtds corpus from Judge wallace. IL
was dated yesterday ard was made returnabie
at CAnapdaigua on the third Monday IN June.
Sherman had also prepared paper for keinm-
Ter q sign certifying that sherman was author
lied TO act as MS counsel ami 10 sppiy Tor the
writ Judge Dwight said this would nave 10 nc
eignei by tho prisoner IN the presence OF no
tary public Warden DurstOn was satisfied Win
these certiG, ates II the regularity OF sherman :
business aud except 10 announce tho news for-
mally 90 the Dewspaper-meD and 10 notify the
prisoner the MGrden's troubles for The day were
over.