Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-23

and satisfactory evidence of premeditat tion
as sheuid characterlZe the CRIME OF MUIR
~ can fo;i M e saI 'nI ft ausI l tn'nh @
deyeIoped that discovery bv the convict
lust prior to the homicide of the recent
and fIapran intdelity of his w,fa en- Of
facted him that he took her life in an in
slant of blind passion and terrible rapa
This case presents another jIlustratio
Of the advisability of a classific alton of
murder into degrees in the District of CO
lumb.a, as has been done with good results
in some of the states G. c."
,c,.
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All tiie Papers III 'he case were received
d ''e " 'i''' i.oASe '"is iiioi mug iioii'
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~ - u'''e' WIN d ieeei. u''''s
=. e-'e Pc ,'-'so" ~ sec ''ie pa
nf the prasida,t,s ;nIorsnrnan+ Il ts
known. however. that Judge Cole the trial
judge, and District Attorney Birney each
reported IN faVor or ciemency in this case
un ,ne seneIii srouhu Una, ne, Ias,2r,
", W. So ot i et sc ~ ~ @ ie.su I " u. We.
IN .iie iiis1 aes,ee II .ne avs ol oie D'str'c'
ieeos h'>ed ues 'ees III 'na' ciiiiie'
News mt the Jail.
II was a few minutes before 10 o'clock
TINS morning Wien ''ie .eiepiiot'e a' 'iie
jail was rung up and Warden Leonard
was informed from the Department of Jus
tice that President Cleveland had decided
'A % ioa' ~.
y: D. Iayior 10 one OF lmpr'sohnent Ior me;
l ne "aEoeh Went lilnlediately 70 me cen
wiieIe me coHdei1ihe,l man vas soi,lfled, IN
'front.' OF "hich sat the oeath "atch, Wnlcn
was 10 nave kept MIN uhder steauy sur
Heiidhce uii'il the Iour ot eHecutio. On
trlday. Inc ReV' fatner McAtee OF 81.
aiossluS Cnurch haa pesn Win ,l,. nun nun -. IN
the carry morning preparing MN LOT the
end that an nad come 10 regard as Almost nos
certainty, ana ne was low dlohS. me
warden looheo through the pars Oh the cell
and said:
Tho prisoner JuforuoL
r
1dyior' nave soou news ioi YOU ne
President has commuted your sentence
The prisoner looked at Mr.. Leonard in a
- ,,,a,,ts, aa,,so 10 s.td.
.'I 80 =" M ,.n
doh peileFe II.
Ihen he turned away. IL was evident
.na' III, une in.oi 'i''lon va. Wv .li".. iol
~ , 10 80. ,ra,,nr nat ba was hssring
the truth. but the latter said nothing fur
ther. AS Mr.. Leonard left the cell door
Taylor sank oA MS knees ana gave hilnseH
up ~ pi s r,,,.,,r., ,roo7 for+ro ,r,o,,
w snread through the iaiI, and while the
prisoners generally expressed deep graft
1ication at the Presidents action, there was
no excitement.
Beam. VINO Is to be hung on FRIDAY, ana
who would nave been accompanied 10 the
scaffold by Taylor II President Cleveland
had not interfered, expressed himself as
being greatly pleased with the news, say
ing that he had believed all along that
Taylor's sentence would be committed, ana
that he had expected to near 1t every day.
A Catholic priest, Father Sullivan of st.
Peters Church. was also with Beam this
morning, affording him the opportunity to
receive spiritual consolation, which the
prisoner did not seem disinclined to accept.
Beam has shown SO far no signs of break
ing down, and his appetite is vigorous.
This morning he was given three poached
eggs, Hamburg steak and potatoes, bread
ana coffee. When he had partaken of the
meal one of the guards asked him how
his annette vas. Pointing to the clean