The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-21
HARRY SWEAT REsENTENCED.
TO PAY THE DEATH PENALTY FRI
DAY, JULY Is.

An Effort to BE Made TO Secure Ex-
ecutive CIemency-Sweat Was Cool
and Declared, in Answer TO the
Judges Question That He Had
Been Convicted on Ferjured Tes-
tfmOny-Hfs Crime the Murder of
Pat O'NeiII on the Night of Oct.
:. For which He Was Convicted
Dec. 23 and Sentenced to BE Hung
Feb. 1O-The Trial of j. IL. Wright
Continued Until Tuesday.
Harry Sweat was resenteneed to hang
by Judge Falligant in the Superior Court
yesterday. The hanging is to take place
at the Jail in private between the hours
of 10 a. m. ana p m, Friday. July Is.
Unless the pardoning board intervenes or
executive clemeney postpones the execu-
ton. Sweat will explste on the ga.lows on
that day his crime in the murder of Pat
O'Neill.
Sweat was convicted on Dec. "a last and
sentenced to be hung Feb. 10. A motion
for a new trial was made by his attor-
neys. which, being oveTuled by Judge Fall
ligant, was appealed TO the Supreme Court.
The appeal remained some time before
that body, and it was only recently that
the motion was refused and the decision
of the court below upheld. The time
fixed for the execution of Sweat in the
first instance having passed, it became
necessary 10 resentence him.
It had become generally noised about
yesterday morning that Sweat was to be
resentenced and there was quite crowd
in the court room when the prisoner was
brought in. He was neatly dressed and
was looking wen, though a little pale
from his long confinement. His attorneys,
Judge A. II. MacDonell and w. NJ. Hey
ward accompanied him 1t was noticed
that Sweat was cool and collected through
out the proceeding and that he showed no
excitement. When asked by Judge Fal-
hgant If he had anything to say why SEN
tenee should not be passed upon him,
Sweat said:
IAN 81 am not guilty, I was convicted on
Judge Fauigant then imposed the SEN
tence IN the usual form, after which Sweat
was led from the court room and returned
20 the jail An effort viii be made TO OBJ
tain a Communication of SWeafs sentence,
and petition TO the pardoning board has
been in circulation for some time, and is
understood TO have been numerously sign
ed The petition is being circulated by
SWeats relatives Under his sentence
sweat has just thirty-eight days in which
TO i've so the petition viii have to be pre-
sented very shortly in order to allow of
consideration before the date named for
the execution
The crime for which Sweat was sentenc-
ed g second time yesterday was committed
on the night of Oct Z, the victim being Pat
ONeill, an eX-member of the fire depart
ment, and al that time member OF Com
pany L Of the First Georgia. being then at
home on furlOugh prepare tory TO being
mustered out. The trial, which begun on
Dec. 81 occupied three days. The trial
was remarkable for the number Of revolt
ing details which were brought out, show
ing the relations which existed between
Sweat and the wife Of ONeill, The de-
graded character of the woman and her
conduct at the time Of the deadly affair
between her husband and Sweat exceeded
anything of the kind In the memery of
those who listened TO the details Of, the
story as told by the witnesses. sweat
and the woman mad ., bSieSnl. mt
on his fuTlough he attempted to take the
children from his wife and place them in
the hands of some person better suited to
keep them. O'Neill was by no means inn
macuiate He was undoubtedly aware OF
the relations which existed between Sweat
and his wife and was also probably
drinking at the time of the aHray. Had
Sweat been contented to lei him alone
and moi attempted 10 interfere with him
in the disposition of his children, the af-
fray, which resulted fatally for O'Neitl,
might not have occurred After the af-
fray Sweat rejoined the woman in house
of Ill repute, and the two were found TO-
eether when he was arrested by the OIL
hcers.
Sweat comes of a respectable family,
and was at one time a young fellow with
good prospects in life. Tie held good
position in one of the departments of the
Central Railroad, and is said TO have
been a bright and capable clerk. He be-
gun drinking heavily and conserving with
low characters, and continued this man
ner of life, sinking cons antly lower, I'M
III his deadly ARRAY with O'Neill Which
appears likely to cost him his own life;
The trial of James II. Wright for the
murder of Alfred Brown, colored VIII not
take place to-day, having been continued
until Tuesday. The CONTINUANCE was made
az the request of his counsel, Hon. T.. q.
du3ignon, who is in attendance uDon the
university commencement at Atheus