The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-01-05
STAY FOR
TAYLOR
Judge Blair Gives the Ne
gro Murderer Two More
Weeks Of Lie.
ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE
Singing of Nearer MY God
To Thee" Causes the
Condemned Man to
Weep Like a Child.
ON The VERGE OF COLLAPSE

weep LIKE SHlIu.
'aage biair TINS morning IN the oCurt
| u oyer ana Ierhllnef granted Georse
| sior, tiie negro murderer, VINO was
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| iieases anu Depu'y ssilerih fank
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ie Ma'Neu - .iie par q the court. re
,iau pesii 'oiu ne was 70 near goou news
pu' oiu hot AhoW WHAT y Wouid pe. Al
tne raliihs ne met ms counsel, Joseph
-Noohah, whose hand ne shook warmly.
Judge BLAIR soon came from his cham-
pers ana at once ADDRESSING Taylor SAID:
| 70 De hanged on the sixth day OF Janu-
made on your behalf to extend the time
FOR that execution andfhe Court has con-
! cluded and now orders that the term of
z your execution be extended from toIngr-
/ row until Friday the 23rd day of Janu-
4 ary 1903,
TAYLOR HAPPY.
j Taylor looked almost happy as he WAS
! led back to his cell where he was soon
I Joined by his spiritual adviser. Pastor
i Briggs and his counsel
Judge Biairs action in grant;na 70.
spite is without recent precedent ia tbis
county in capital case. hut thera i
i 40 question of his right to do 20 Ia
has hone, and, in fact, 10 allow anv fur-
! they stay which he 1nlgat feel ;ncl;nod
to.
1 Hangman John Van Hisa Is axnectad.
to arrive from Newark with his aalloxvs
today. He. of course. will not ha ,,ar-
mitted to erect it.
WEEPS LIKE a cHuD
When, yesterday afternoon. the swant
strains of Nearer. NV God. to u,baa .,
sang by a dozen members Of the W. q
L. q. and a number of the prisoners
confined in ward 3, arose to the corridor
on the third floor of the County Jail. on
which the condemned cell is located. Tav-
lor abruptly terminated a converse tion IN
which he was engaged with his brother.
Tears welled to his eyes as he listened
an instant to the familiar refrain and
then he FASTENED to his cell and throwing
himself face downward on his cot gave
/ full vent to his feelings and cried like !
child.
/ But a short time before he had ~.
! pressed to one of the members Of tbe
death watch his disbelief in the doctr;no
of hereafter. II do not believe there
is either heaven or Il hell J, he declarad
/ and then he added iol,inely. ..Tf tI,ero
is will find friends in whichever place
| go to, but don't think there win. be
any horses there for mesto care for. =
j The last reference was in reference to his
occupation as hostler prior to his arr
rest.
OVERCOME BY THE HYMN.
4 The sweet words of tha ,,,artvrod
President Mcninley's fayorite HYMN had
however seemingly driven from the negro
murderer's mind the Atheistic idea to
which he had given voice, and reminded
him how near he was drawing to the
time xhen he must meet his Maker and
leara he secrets Of the great beyond. =
It was plain to be seen afterwards
that the singing of this hymn had
brought about a great change in the
condemned man. He became very quiet
and spent the greater part of the re-
mainder Of the afternoon and evening