New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11

It was short speech full Of fierce denunciaton a.,
defendant as a degenerate who had INDUCED his a,.
lite for the monStrous till il had brought him 70 Tho
Of the galows The closing for the defense was NJ
necessarily consisting chiefly Of citations which sbo
that the best any Of us could say for the prisoner
that he had never manifested "A hOmiCrda temper 7,
Judges charge was fair in purpose; but actuallv 80
favorable because all the salient facts brought out E
the witnesses were either against the defendant Or CO.
parativclv colorless. Mason, however, never looi.
more unruffcd than while he was jotting down pIr,.
after phrase Of deadliest import and the feeling a ~
who watched him was that, under some happier -,
pices such exhibition Of cooncss under fire vaJ5
have won him medal for gallantry.
When the Jury had retired, he wrote out the few ID
necessary to bring his narrative Of the day down .
date, despatched it by "The lntellgcnccrT meseros.
and then leaned back and stretched his cramped nue.
as ne Chattcd unConcerncdly with The few friends RI
surrounded him.
Gentlemen Of the jury the Judges voice soon r,.
out mctacaly on the restored 5tillncs, shave vs
agreed upon a verdict
1--WE have" was the foreman prompt response
"Prisoner stand and look upon the Jury, iur, H.,
upon the prisoner What is your verdict; Do Won en-
Joseph Mason, the prisoner guilty OF not guilty. an
Of what
1--WE find him guilty Of murder in the first deg,e,r
Mason's color did not change, nor Dds pulses quick
rs far as we could see. His counsel rose ~ opoose ~
District Attorneys motion for immediate scn,en,e.
but the prisoner stopped him.
40. no." said he. "Lct Us have everything clear,5
up today
The formal papers were speedily made out a-5
Mason was ordered 20 face the bench Before d.,
So he wheeled and swept the ~ tde room with 81
eve \ bailiif. mistakng the meaning " The move
,ncnt. sprang forward 20 intercept l. escape z -
started for the door; but ,hrank back under NE lkJ
scorn with which Mason seemed g. lash him. Tt-
came the solemn order that the pr oa.r De- taken To-
suitable place Of confinement, there '9 remain III ~
fourteenth DAY Of April next following 70 which iev
between the hours Of ten in the lorenzo. md two IN ~
afternoon. he should be led 10 'e r. # execution
and then and there hanged by q r. I'D he be dead
and might God have mercy OIL
THE next few weeks were so 'ei Do vain appeal, %
L the higher tribunals. The 'ra, had t.cd wide
attention public feeling was 'r.ng agar, '.e pr-
oncr and little as liked 20 comics. it even Pa. r,,ef
could not rcprcss the suspicion that our hono-. mag
isrates were more or less niluo by The atmo.p.t-.
that affected the rest Of the community.
While the appeals were pending ] was allowed o.
visit the prisoner with con-d,r. .- iom In comoarr
with his counsel who worked hard brat without heart
Mason helped Us with suggestion ne. al. proved irui,.
less. He tried 10 convince the great g-, who r..
viewed the case that he had fresh orce even err.
ing that he wrote the anonymous ...'ar ,at had pc
the police On his track and TRYING ~ pr.. ty having
an enlarged photograph of The letter u T., revealing
certain finger print which were compared H,,h hi, OWL
and found 20 agree; Pa. i' nl- before DAY when
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