The sun., 1891-06-02
Owing FUN WITH THE LAW.
or oByrc11dNs READY 70
a 0 ,SnpDrREB WOODS DEATH.


. TN,pks ne Ca. Keep shs Ma.
nis Lw-. or Three Yenrs by lsvosing
ln ls. Ds,sys Our Procedure fer"'ts'
-u y. an assembly OF murdorers In
1hsre W.. Court, General Term. at IL
~ pupIes smilor and Slocum. the vile
s'3ock o'd snd Wood, the negro. who Killed
suroeims. ms.,Ines. will be brought down from
san 'N u - bs sentencsd to death. the United
elns eins s.,r.m ~ ma Court having dscided against
s. .A.s an tho appeals they made
hsm ha. y" isvyer, n. J. HARE. Is determined 10
No0u .iive as long as It Is possible. slo-
tsep p .vsy IA following the plan OF LAWYER
cums :. to smIler. It is not certain that his
BARE "a, r,ate any further effort to save
eours e.u s.ou, the death chair.
hn hn ~ .ounssl OF tho murderers all say they
~. y. ,eeeiysd lawful notice that the cases
hiSe ,sun n0' man from the District At
~ go ssss. called on Lawyer Haire yester-
tofnO hsnded him piece ofpaper on which
Or. oL ,r srlttsn the following: -
n.p;' r. the sss; 2; III: s,e;Sss P:S.,.
~ !ss,ps AN Tor execution at General Term OF ths
',Essv ',Es.ssrvss not signed. Mr. Haire took
sotiee that his client was going to be
nuu..ssad. and ho looked at The Sun and
rsssI'h r1 Ia Il was TO happen. Hall an hour
i0una rlsrr from his of1lce called on
Nu sstriet Attorney and on Clerk
n n the Court OF General SEES
~ ,yye.wTIt,dinf yyennsaIsd fro@ nO'Sss sSs nssmens @
q. hsS ., otsa ST. 81 isS. when Wood was ssn:
eatsrtd y On dcsth Tor the second time. Mean-
hasef. .W,sr y Halrs got together lot OF 96loo; %
Sos, 70 hre q thS s.n,snee. Tsneea' 'e "A'A "''N
bso9Gnoss os sss ga that the cnse bad boon APP
..Ed. sai the appeal ac!e4 az hny:: Ely:
ns csHs.a .ea BY va. SHd essy ssGTS cSnst
~ puJSvn. N. not court OF competent 1uris.
tNst;S 1|st;oa and had no authority to hoars and
" sas sSs scSS,setion was based on the assertion
nn n Ss election In 1859 James Lyday n6ml.
hinassli for Recorder: sliealne th.t ina mere onHre
sI E ssesneE; He expected 10 set 'ne on0e
ss:s,lsSssIsy: &. ssIuS: absolutely certain Recorder
snnvtSs friends cast enough votes i2r him TO
es esss shs IysI u:ual oath Of .ofilee LAWYER Hatrs
ar iSs election was Illegal tSScepss ,Sce s IL Vas
so .dvs,tsedd g. snd nnI aEHG
usos ass ssSich Wood W. tried was ileas IId hs; 3.
% assn .bSs fecS 70 hs rtfS En,sd sssss
ccorf dS moi pass on tho merits OF this point.
SSSt Sui said that ihe case was improperly takenup
'S.Sss nn,sS OBJECTION is that Recorder smyth
h:a no right 10 rssentence Wood on OCT; 81
I'll because section sos Of the Code Of Crim-
ii Prooedure says that the second sentence
sSsii 81 pronounced By the Court OF Appeale.
~ fsneral Term. or the Oyer and Terminer.
M" AIN objection ia that Wood. having
andsrronc a part Of the punishment pre-.
SsSsiSsd sSdSt By law !soltar, coniinement. cannot
Ii Y! HATE said that II he did not succeed in
,.ttiae M 70 tho Court Of Appeals he would take
tss case direct to the United states Court
sSsn on a writ OF error. He had eight reme-
AN nj 10 apply before he gave up.
There were two separate grounds of arplt-
sstios 10 the State courts for writs OF haoeRs
eorvus: one to the United 6tates Supreme
Ccurt for . Witt, ono for writ Of error from
sH6ef the Court OF Appeals or the Court Of
SSes(ons, an appeal to the Governor for COM
mutsfiop Of sentence. and an application for =
new trial on tho ground OF newly discovered
slTthiui." said the lawyer. that these will
suijee 70 keep him alive Ut least two or three
vssre II they should all be decided against
6im. 10 the mean time am sure the. evidence
that viii give the man now trial will be
Two men, Sidney Williams and Charles
Smith, can prove, II can fnd them. that the
tll6S Wll done In self-defsnce."