The sun., 1891-06-21
ANOTHER EFFORT FOR WOOD.
IAwYER nArRD MAKES AN APPEAL
ron EXECUTIVE GLEhENCY.
Irit Falls TIC will Take the Case rsto tho
Courts Again - Meantime there Isa't
Much Room Left for Murdcrers.


rrn Falls ne will Take the Case rsto tho
| Courts Again - Meantime there Isa't
Much Room Left for Murderers.
Lawyer II. ]. Hairc. the counsel for Joseph
| Wood. ono Of tho murderers condemned TO die
| in tho week beginning on July Q. appealed to
| Gov. Hill yesterday for Communication OF sem
tence to Imprisonment for life. The letter bo
cent was ns follows:
Application is hereby made In the case OF
the People against Joseph Wood. who on the
18th day OF March. 1890. mt q court OF General
Sessions OF the Penco hold IN aud for the city
and county Of New York. was convicted OF
murder In the first degree. and is now SON
fenced to die during tho week commencing
July 9. for commutation OF sentence from that
OF denth to impiison mont for life.
This application 10 bnsed upon the record
pApers and copies f afIldnvits now In your
possession, and forwarded 10 you In November
last. setting forth facis not disclosed ut tho
time Of tho trial, the original afGdavlte now
Icing on fle with the Clerk Of the Trial Court:
also upon tho petition Of the jurors who sat In
tho trial Of the said cause.
In making this application desire to say
that do so fully believing that the condemned
10 innocent OF the crime Of whiol, he was con-
victed. and that fact alone has been the only
motive which has ac,uated me while taking
tue sters heretofore hal.
III. In the judgment OF your Excellency
taftor receiving the opinion OF the honorabls
trial uasss Gq ore mot tint tho
Heard e!S SS Ssha 'a' dssndans tS ths rseord @
is i1 any wise deficient will you kindly notify
ACCOMMODATING this letter was This petition:
40 IN, Ese,eney Dapd hi Gob:rnor NJ the s'ae Of
The undersigned mombors of tho Jury be.
fore whom Joseph Wood wns tried. md by
whose verdict hs was. q ne March term; iss3,
SEs Eeynos hs aqBSss Bst. 4 9asd JSsh .r
aud aIia' Jamss haram' % eonssinlas sllessiions as
to the previous good character Of the deceased.
q and It
BY your EScelleney commuted to imprison-
M fSBTE EsR Ms1a ns h4G
I;2nS ;r,nn:S CRAtYE,r CHARLES sr1LlE, HEnpErr }.
b..Hwe oiuiy iaiymen cannot DO found: Mr.
away. and thu other two at Grst declined to
sIETIH No "'.s SAs asked tho s'''na ''a' TO
Vie view ot tho renoIted thrsats | YIN say ila,
execution Of WoNd. whom / bel love to be limo.
cent. and shall use them: but had l not such
etouuhS WoliIl AoI ieSituto " use u iNolVuo
ones on hccount OF threats or Intimidation
BY tho newspal ers or the District Attorneys
office. The appeal to the Governor is made in
good faith and IL granted shall rest content.
tut II not my sworn duty Is plain to mo. and 1
shnll try other means to save my clients fe."
The other nenns. tho lawyer said would be
courts anain. this time on n writ oil error.
The mur'lerers colony at Sing SinG. rrison
Henry &. Tannine Of Company q, Ninth ReEi-
ment. who was sentenced on Friday by Judge
MARITIME 70 bo executed In the week beginning
dead house are now full An addition will have
TO be built unless the executions announced
for the week OF uly 4 take place.