The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-07
AT THE PRISON.
The witnesses of the Execution Gather

The Witnesses of the Execution Gather
Ing at Sing Sing.
SING SING, July 6.-AlI day long the
newspaper men have been haunting the
Penitentiary to get if possible something
about the execution by electricity of four
muTdPrers, which everybody expected would
take place some time to-day. None of them
were allowed to go beyond the line of tile
guards established by the Warden, although
preparations seem to be in progress for the
executions. The statement is made from a
semi official source that there would be none
to-day; that they would occur in all likel-
hood at daybreak tomorrow.
Several witnesses arrived this evening
DR.. Southwck of Buffalo, DIR. Alphonso
Rockwell OF New York, DR.. Daniels of
Buffalo, Warden Durston of Auburn. DR..
Carlos Mcdonald of the State Board of
Lunacy, Professor Ludahy of Columbia
College, X. A. Davis of New York. E. A
Brown. Prison Purchasing Agent, DIR.
Ward, DR.. Tuwnsend aud a Rochester ply
sician are all at the prison. Father Cres-
dan, when going home, said he would not
be back tonight. One of the witnesses
stated definitely that the execution would
not take place before O'Clock in the morn
ing. There are three or four witnesses to
arrive, but they are expected by late trains.
Every one OF the witnesses here, except DR..
Mcdonald and Warden Durston, decline to
talk, claiming that they know nothing of the
IL las Dttu decided LllaL
Father Gresham and Assistant Father Ho-
gan will accompany Wood and Slocum to
The execution chamber. Deputy Attorney
General Hogan arrived this evening with
the death warrants. Two priests entered
the prison about 9:40 O'Clock this evening"
Warden Brown said DIT midnight that un-
less some papers were served on him he
would execute all four of the men. The
warden said no one but himself knew the
hour hxed-not even the condemned men.
The general opinion at midnight is that the
execution Will occur after o'clock in the
evening. The warden said: "The men are
all awake. l was just down to see them.
lhey are very quiet, but they evidently
know that something is coming" Father
Cresdan and Father Lynch were in the prison
at pIidnight, as was Mr.. Edgerton, the prison
chaplain, Ihey VIII Join the condemned at an
early hour, some time before the hour set
for the execution. They will probably be
the first to know what the hour i. 1t is
not improbable that 10 o'clock will be the
hour, though the general expectation is
that 1t VIII be nearer sunrise. X. j. Haire
the attorney for Wood. arrived in Sing
Sing at Y o'clock. and drove Immediately to
the prison. lie had In his pockets n certi-
fed copy of petition for haneas corpus,
hled by him with Judge Lacombe.
Alter conference with the Warden Law
yer HARE left the prison. 1t is believed he
went alter notary for the purpose of
swearing to some paper t. bs filed with the
Warden III support of his claim for a stay.
Hare returned later, bringing a copy of
Wailace's report containing a decision on
which he bases his claim that the filing OF
his petition acts as stay in the Wood case
SING SING, July 7-2:3 A. M.-Break fast
is being prepared in the Warden's house for
the witnesses. Lawyer Hare came out of
the prison few minutes ago and said he
had had long interview with the Warden,
the result of which lie did not know. When
asked If he had any hope of Woods repreve