Evening journal., 1891-07-03
FOUR TO DIE NEXT WEEK
But the Legal Programme May
Be Interfered With.
sIoCUNs CHANCES SEEM SLIM.

He wants to Die and His Counsel Has
Given Up the Battle. but Sing Sing
Onscials DO Not Believe the Dynamo
WIN BE worked.
NEW YORK, July SIN a quiet room in
the south wing of Sing Sing prison six
murders await the long delayed execution
of the law with cheerfulness which be-
speaks no great anticipation Of its speedy
coming Four have been doomed to make
the journey to the other world in the week
beginning with Monday next, but so often
has the date of the journey been changed
that only one Of them apprehends the car
rying out the latest sentence.
The others have been told to hope for
further time, and faith is strong within
them.
slocum Wants 20 Die.
James J. Slocum, the ex-baseball player.
is the exception to the rule. He is the
most hardened Of the four, and he declares
in manner which leaves no doubt Of his
sincerity that if he has to be done up he
prefers to have the Job" done quickly.
He would rather have an end Of things
than endure the silence and self com
munion any longer.
SmiIer willing 10 Live.
Smiler the Salvation Army man, is will
ing to live, and be believes that death is
still a long way Off lie is fat, cheerful
and voluble, aud sometimes breaks out
into a lively song Wood, the negro, is
very devotional, and pays earnest atten-
tion to an that the Rev. Father Creeden
has to say to him. He says he is ready to
go when the time comes.
JugIgo sane Enough 60 KIN.
As for Jugigo, the Jap well it is hard
TO look upon him as a human being, His
Ignorance is appalling. His habits pass
all belief
The prison officials deride the story that
he is insane. He Is sane enough 70 kill,
they say. He was an animal when first
brought to the prison and will be TO the
end Of his life. But he has intellect enough
to realize his position. He knows what he
is to be punished for and studies his Jap
anese Testament with zeal which shows
that be is not devoid Of reason.
All in Readineas
Meanwhile all is ready for the execution.
The machinery Of death awaits but the
signal Of Warden Browne to perform its
work. The men have been selected for the
various parts In the tragedy.
The pine eofiins lie In the stateroom, and
beside them is the barrel of quicklime
which win consume them and their con
tents as soon as the doctors have finished
with the autopsies There will be no
bnngling save that which may be caused
by the lawyers or by that eccentric fluid
which the law has named for carrying out
its punishment
siocum VIII Probably Go.
Since Mr. Browne assumed the warden.
ship Of the prison the barriers raised by
the new law have been most stringently
upheld. Solitary confinement and secrecy
have been his stern command
Even the Sisters of Charity who went to
see Mcllvaine were denied admission until
they had brought an order from the court.
and the guards have been enioined. on
pain of instant dismissal, not to breathe
word Of the happenings within the con
demned cells Slocums lawyer, George
a. Hooper, had given up the hattie yester.
day. He was not inclined TO play further
with the patience Of the courts and the
pubic, and when asked IL he would make
Any further eilvis. % save his client he said
that be would not.
~ These Lawyers win Fight.
Ambrose H. Purdy, the counsel for
Smiler, declared that he was not yet ready
TO clay down. on the case He did not
propose to allow the execution Of Smiier
next week, he said, but he refused to state
what steps he should take. Lawyer Il. j.
Haire, counsel for Joseph Wood, is pa
tiently awaiting word from Governor Hill
telling him Of a Communication Of Woods
sentence Unless il comes today Lawyer
Hairc will apply to one Of the judges Of
the supreme court at Washington for
writ Of error with a stay of execution.
Lawyer Roger M Sherman, counsel for
Jugigo, is out Of town. 1t was said he had
given up further efforts. Warden Browne
was in Albany yesterday completing the
arrangements for the executions, but his
faith in their imminence was about as
diaphanous as that of the rest Of the prison
officials. Meanwhile business Is brisk in
the murder line, and the cells of the Tombs
are filed with untried men Of blood.