Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15
ANOTHER HOPE GONE,
Murderer Patrick Fitzpatrick One
Step Nearer the Gallows.
he JOKES IN THE FACE OF DEATH
And Declares He Will Make q Ringing
Speech on the scaffo!d.
WILL rIE IN ENMET SUIT OF GREEN


Samuel Early has taken another step
nearer the gallows. Yesterday Att
orney Bremen was notified by the
Pardon Board that the application
for communication of the death sentence had
! been refused.
Mr.. Bremen has ordered from the Court
a copy of the record in the case, and will
take it to the Supreme Court in the hope of
obtaining writ of special allocatur as was
granted in Alderman Dougherty's case. If
granted, it secures stay OF sentence until the
Supreme Court acts on the case This is the
last chance, and is an unusual move because
the Supreme Court is usually appealed to
before the Pardon Board is touched IF he
is not successful Fitzpatrick will be hanged
on Tuesday, May "a, 3 week rom the day
alter tomorrow.
1t will be remembered Fitzpatrick stabbed
EARLY, an Englishman, at saloon on
Eleventh street. He was to have been
hanged on March I, but after death watch had
been on for several days a reprieve came.
Man With a Record
Since his confinement Fitzpatrick has let
fall a number of suggestions that led to the
belief he has committed other crimes. He
has also told number of conflicting stories.
On the trial he admitted he had been ar
Tested IN Philadelphia on suspicion of having
murdered a man on the Lancaster pike. He
was finally released, and then mad just
served term in the workhouse before he
committed the murder. He tells a number
of different stories about how he got out Of
the difficulty at Philadelphia
H.. hn
waiting to be executed he said he wished to
make statement to the press, but W hen
Sheriff McCleary questioned him on the
matter he said he had nothing to
saw, save that he was not
guilty of willful murder. His own story of
the crime was that it was simply the old ami
mostly between an Irishman and an Eng
lishman. He declares he killed Early in a
dispute over the merits of their
respective countries Fitzpatrick is
most enthusiastic son of Erin
and declared that on the scaffold he will
make a speech. His only request is that he
green. He has also asked for copy of
Emmett's speech, as there are some utter
ances he wishes to make use of.
Facing Death Without Fear.
He is light-hearted and does not seem to
care much about his fate. When the death
watch was on him before he ioked with the
was to have been executed he had
been moved from his own cell
to that of the rangeman, which is
larger then the others. The rangeman, who
was Scotchman, had been placed in one of
the ordinary cells That night he called
out, "Say, Pat how do you like my room?
Is it big enough for you?"
'For all the time I've got to live, I
would do it on a clothes line, )" replied the
the murderer with laugh.
When the first rumor of the reprieve
came and the officers told him his
chance for commutation seemed good
he seemed affected for the first
time. He muttered something 10
himself and then said, 81 hope do get it
changed to life sentence, for it would give
me time to repent" Then, with signif-
cant shrug of his shoulders, and in a half
more to himself than the officers,
he remarked, "For I've lots of crimes to re-
pent for."
Strange Request to the Warden.
On another occasion before the respite
came one of the officers had fitted up an
altar for him in his cell. Fitzpatrick
seemed devout for time, and one night he
called to Warden McAleese: "Have you
got bit of candle?"
"What do you want it for?' asked the
Warden.
s.To read my prayers by"
ooh, you say enough in daylight for two
men, Patrick"
"Sure, if 1 said prayers from now to
Tips eve, and that's not before Christmas
nor after New Years, 1 couldn't say enough
for all I've DONE
The Jail now contains three murderers
who have been convicte of murder in the
first degree and who have not been finally
disposed of. In addition to Fitzpatrick
there are Frank Gerade and Dennis Cloo-
nan.
Gerade, who murdered his stepdaughter,
has been convicted twice. Insanity was his
defense, but 81 jurors have declared him
sane. In July, 1890, q jury passed OIL the
question of his sanity alone, and declared
him sane. In September 1890, he was tried
and convicted of murder in the first |
degree, the jury at the same time passing
on his sanity. The Supreme Court granted |
him a new trial on an error in Judge |
Magec's charge, and in November, |
1891, he was tried again. He was |
again convicted OF first degree murder, |
and on November 2S, 1891, motion for a |
new trial was made before Judge Ewing. |
The motion was argued day or two later,
but as yet, though almost six months have |
elapsed, Judge Ewing has not given his |
decision on the motion, and the case is un- |
settled.
The third murderer in Jail is Dennis Cloo- |
nan, convicted OF first degree murder for
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