Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-24
ANDERSEN TO DIE.
COOK OF THE OLIVE PICKER con-
vICTED OF MURDER.
SENTENCED TO Be HANGED MARCH IS.
The Prisoner Hears the Verdict with
Outward Composure, Almost wiz"
Composure-Motion for New Trial
Nude and OverruIed.
Made and OverruIed.

NORFOLK, VA, December 2S.-Johh
Andersen stands convicted of the murder
OF William Wallace Saunders, mate Oh
the schooner Olive Pecker, on the high
seas. on the 9th of August last ana uh-
der the sentence of the court must De
hanged on the 18th day of March next
unless the Supreme Court of the United
States In the mean time interposes u
save his life or prolong his existence.
AT the conclusion of the argument Oh
counsel last evening, the jury were sent
10 their room to deliberate, the court re-
naming in session half an hour. The
Jury then returned and said that 'he
time was TO short for proper considera-
ton of the case; whereupon the couil
took a recess until 10 o'clock this morn
ing the Jury meanwhile being excused
from further deliberation on the case
until the reassembling of the court. 1t
was an hour behind schedule time Wheh
the court was opened to-day, Judge Con
having been delayed by slight mlshap
70 the steamer Hampton Roads at Oiu
Point.
Immediately upon the opening OF court
the Jury were sent TO their ROOM AZ
ten minutes past u they came INTO tne
court-room and announced their Neruic''
as follows: . Tom,
1--WE the jury find the prisoner, Johh
Anderson alias John Andersen eully as
charged in the indictment -,
The prisoner, who has eAhlpi'eu az
tho trial. heard the verdict with outw"lu
sn,,,nosure almost with indifference.
Mr. George Mcintosh, counsel for the
nrieoner Immediately made motion TOT
a new trial.
Al the afternoon session, the motion
was argued The grounds assigned lot
The motion were ten, one of which related
To a motion made before the trial TO
ouash the venire for the petit jury LOT
the reason that the writ did not state the
nurpose for which the jurors We're sum
moned. Another related to the testimony
of a witness who gave his opinion IN re-
gard to the opportunity man at the
wheel-bouse aft had to see what was
Going on at the forecastle, the schooner
carving q dock-load of lumber and being
under sail. The witness was one OF the
owners of the vessel, being familiar WIN
nor construction, but not having seen
bar when loaded for the fatal voyage
The defence excepted to the testimony
but it was admitted.
The other grounds of exception related
TO the exclusion OF evidence offered Tor
the defence, tending to show the charac-
ter of the captain and the cruel conduct
of the mate. especially an alleged attempt
of the deceased TO throw the prisoner
overheard the night previous to the
homicide.
Mr.. Mcintosh argued the motion at
some length, saying that he had great
confidence in his grounds for exception.
The Court overrulCd the motion, after
a brief argument in reply by the Dis
trict Attorney, and Judge Golf sentenced
the prisoner
After reviewing the evidence brieny
Judge Golf concluded as follows:
ut is the most painful duty of my life
| I pity YOU as l never pitied man be-
| fore. The judgment is that you be taker
| by the Marshal and confined in close Gus
| tody in the Norfolk jail till Friday
! March is, 1885, and that you then be
| taken by the Marshal to some suitable
| place in the district, and that between
| the hours Of 2 and In the afternoon OF
that day you be hanged by the neck til
| you are dead"
| The prisoner hardly moved muscle
| while the sentence was being pronounced
but cried a little while talking to his at
| torney a little while afterward.