The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-07
CLIFFORD
Will HANG
Peshall Is Out Of the Case
and Says He Has
No Hope.
.DALY'S APPEAL IN VAIN
United States Supreme Court
Decided There Were No
Grounds for Inter
ference.
.DALYS APPEAL IN VAIN

There Is every indication today that
Edward Clifford will expiate the murder
of Superintendent William G. Watson on
the gallows tomorrow. OF course Lawyer
Charles ]. Peshall is an unknown guam
tity as usual, and there is no telling what
he may accomplish between now and to-
morrow morning. He is liable to come in
at the last moment, according to his habit,
with another stay, but there is not much
probability of it. Rumor has it at the
Court House that Peshall was in North
Hudson yesterday trying to raise funds
from Cliffords friends for travelling ex-
penses and the expenses of whatever legal
proceedings, if any, he proposes to take.
He has not taken anybody into his con-
fidence as to what he contemplates doing.
He was at the County Jail yesterday and
tolden Warden Sullivan that he would se-
cure another stay. Mr.. Peshall said this
morning that he was out of the case and
it now rested with Congressman DAILY.
He said he was afraid Clifford would
swing tomorrow.
Word was received from Congressman
William D. Daily this morning that the
United States Supreme Court had refused
to interfere in the case. Mr.. Daily and
Lawyer James j. Furey made an appeal
to Justice Shiras last week. Congress-
man Daily sends word this morning that
Justice Shiras brought the matter up at d
conference of the Supreme Court on Sat
urday night and the Court unanimously
decided that there was no ground for in
reference. This destroys all hope in that
direction.
Sheriff Ruempler and the other officials
who will assist him at the execution,
feel assured that there will be no further
delay. aWrden Sullivan has removed the
prisoners from Ward g. where the exc
cution viii take place, and has completed
all his preparations.
Hangman Van Hise drove in from New
ark with the gallows and arrived at the
Jail at 7:30 P. NJ. Soon afterward he and
his sons commenced to erect the gallows.
Clifford is reconciled to his fate and is
bearing up with remarkable fortitude. 1t
was expected that he would collapse
toward the end but he shows no indication
of it today. 1t is just possible that he may
have lingering hope that Peshail's per-
severence and ingenuity may secure him
another reprieve. Clifford spent yester-
day, which WAS probably his last Sunday
on earth, very quietly. He ate heartily,
read the newspapers and slept part of the
time. Father Mckinley spent several
hours with him. Clifford slept coSndlv
last night and ate a hearty breakfast this
morning Father Mckinley called upon
him and spent some time.
The death watch are guarding the con-
demned man very carefully to prevent
any attempt at suicide, although it is
generally believed that he has no inten-
ton of making any attempt at self-de-
struction. He says himself that he will
face his doom like a man if he has to go.
He stands at the window part of the day
looking at the people passing along New
ark avenue.
He says that none of his friends have
called on him since he was last sentence
ed, except one or two, and he feels that
they have abandoned all further hope of
saving him.
When he got up this morning he asked
eagerly if there was any news and on
being told that there was none, did not
seem greatly disappointed. A barber was
called in this morning, who shaved him.