The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-02-08
CLIFFORD STAY
Peshall Secures at Whining
ton an Appeal From
Grey's Refusal Of
Writ.
MAY PREVENT EXECUTION
Both Murderers Take Their
Last Day Coolly and Seem
Resigned to Their Fate.

Lawyer Charles ]. Peshall, who started
| for Washington yesterday to apply 70
| Supreme Court Justice Shiras for some
writ which would postpone the execution
| of Clifford has been heard from at wal
mington. The following despatch was re-
ceived frsrl him.
wilmington, Del, Feb 8.
Jersey City News
Clfford's case goes again by appear
| to United States Supreme Court.
c. j. PESHALL.
The first information on the matter re-
ceiyed at the Court House was telephoned
| to Sheriff Ruempler by Lawyer Warren
Dixon, who had received despatch from
Peshall and James Furey. 1t seems that
they appeared before Judge Grey of the
United States District Court and applied
for writ. The writ was refused and they
! Immediately filed an appeal. Judge Grey
allowed the appeal and Peshall and Furey
/ will arrive home with the papers tonight
| and serve them on the Sheriff.
| No informant tion on the subject has been
received at the Prosecutors office. Just
what will be done next is not definitely
known but the stay. if effective, will pro-
1
more as the United States Supreme Court
will have to pass upon it,
Edward Clifford and James K. Brown
are spending what is, in one case GER
tainly, in the other possibly, their last
day on earth very quietly They are en-
tirely reconciled to their fate and have
made up their minds to face death cour-
ageously. They are seemingly in ensellenr
i0I<inpN
| Warden Sullivan.
Browns wife visited him yesterday ST.
ternoon and remained with him for
| about three hours Mrs. Brown is petite,
| with a pleasant countenance which bears
evidence of refinement. She will call again
today and take her last farewell of her
/ husband.
Fathers Joseph Foye and Patrick Smith,
both of whom were formerly at st. Jo-
/ seph's Church, called on the condemned
/ men last night and remained with them
until after ten O'Clock. They We're accom-
1 panied by Father mckinley of St. Joseph 5
/ who has been with the the condemned
mon nearly every day and who is their
| spiritual adviser When the priests were
about to take their departure Clifford held
out his hand to Father Smith and said
/ goodbye.
-tI--s-Don't say goodbye, said Father
Smith, 1--WE will meet again, | hope
| Then addressing both Clifford and
Brown, Father Smith said
/ s.You should both be very happy men
i happier than I. You have had ample time
to prepare for death and are going to
/ heaven. while I remain here and God
| only knows what may happen before my
time comes
The priest took himself away without
saving Goodbye clifford and Brown re-
tired about half an hour afterward and
slept soundly until about six o'clock this
morning. At the usual hour they We're
served with breakfast consisting OF
steak. boiled potatoes, coffee and tea
No tJer McGinley was the first visitor
| after breakfast, and he remained untll
of+erSnoon although other visitors called
| in the meantime.
0slifford's brother Thomas, who ilves III
/ philadelphia. arrived at the jail about
eleven o'clock and was Immediately SHOWN
unstairs. The greeting between the
brothers was cordial, although SAD. Iney
4 enga ged in conversation, which was only
interrupted by the arrival OF Father Law :
renoa from the Passnionist Monastery in
West Hoboken. Clifford's orotnefS re-
senfbles him very much only he is mucn
4 smaller man.
i Clifford and Brown made generai con-
fession to Father Lawrence. After ms
departure the condemned men were served
with an extra dinner, which was prepared
under the personal supervision OF Marion
Rose Murray. The menu Was:-Oysters
on the half shell. chicken soup, roast
turkey celery, boiled and baked potatoes,
plum pudding with whipped cream, mance
and pumpkin pie and Branded peaches, al
washed down with claret.
Hangman Van Hise telephoned to the
Sheriffss office about one O'Clock from
Newark that he was just about to start
and would reach the jail at three o'clock.
He said he had everything with him.
Mrs McRae a member of the Salvation
Army and a frequent visitor to the
County Jail, has for some time past taken
a greatinterest inClifford. In hermany vis-
it's to the jail she has never neglected an
opportunity to pray with Clifford und ta.k
with him of his spiritual welfare. Clifford
looked forward to Mrs. McRae's visits
with pleasure, as She is an interesting
i tallker and possesses q gentle nature,
which wins the hearts of most prisoners.
MRS. NcRae few weeks. ago asked
clifford if he felt that he would lead a
Christian life should he be spared from
the. gallows. lie replied
II now fully believe in God, be the end
what it may
I On her last visit Mrs McRae for some
reason neglected to Visit Clifford. She
was leaving the corridor when Clifford
saw her and ran after her He shook her
by the hand and said that he had pre-
sentiment that they would never meet
on earth again and he would like to bid
her a last farewell.
They knelt and prayed together for the
last time Mrs. McRae had hoped to visit
Clifford before his execution, but She now
finds it impossible.