The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-21


-,ith ~ Burds comics sion. Schuyler him
,sr who stoutly protested his innocence
a the face Of the Rsllows, says h" knew
la world would ind out the truth some
lay
| In the meantime a woman lawyer II
Iaslng steps to have Schuyler's case tax n
,atorc the Board OF pardons. which does
1T meet until NoVsmber. She IL W =
| lesnor r. iehha -dt. daughter of Su-
RENE Court CLERK william &. G~hharlt.
Mss Gebhardt. who has been a practising
,.ornev for some time. will base her plea
or Schuyler upon the confession Of Burd.
Crime a Great Sensation.
rhe people Of Hunterdon county n-ver
we're 40 incensed over a crime as on the
fay the body OF Manning Riley was found
N Upper Parker road. Riley. Il young
nmer. was extremely popular In the
community. The indignation was in
-.ased by the brutal manne. IN watch
% was killed. The evidence pointed to
nv probability that the murderer. lying
n wait by the road. had torn a picket
rom fence and beaten Riley to death.
schuyler. who lived at Nenoy. n nearby
WI. wus arrested at his mothers home
~ the following day. charged with the
zine. II was believed that District At
,-ney George Knowles Large. who con-
|
hain Of circumsta initial evidence against
'huyler.
| There was a weak link In the chain.
1Sever. that later probably saved Schuy-
-" from the galiows. The state sought
show that Schuyler held q grudxe
yainst Riley az result OF whipping
: received at Riley's hands eleven years
,-io-e
The prosecution introduced testimony
.l...f
,hed motive for crime. producing wit
7esses who swore that shortly after
. S.ley was killed Schuyler went into a
'otel barroofn at Califon and. spreading
out pair OF bloody hands on the bar
loasted that he had made away with his
a enemy.
In spite OF his protestations OF inno-
,ence. plausible alibi. his explanation
hat hs hands were bloody that night
rom n hemorrhage and his denial that he
loasted OF killing Riley. his trial was COM
'leted in three days. the jury convicted
him after i've hours elaboration. and he
vas sentenced TO death
Schuyler's lawyer appealed for n new
rial, but II was refused. The condemned
nan carried his appeal TO the Board Of
pardons. and while the board was hear
ng his case Gov. Stokes granted a re-
Drleve.
'iunterdon county. who complained that
Jersey justice" was tagging. 4 delega-
ION OF business men, headed by the Rev.
Dr. Baker Smith. a Presbyterian clergy
man. went to Trenton to protest to Gov
stokes and 10 insist that Schuyler be
hanged for the crime. The unusual fact
ot clergyman pleading for the execu-
ION or prisoner stirred nationwide
comment
The Board OF Pardons refused the ap-
peal and Schuyler again was sentenced to
e hanged In the Pennington Jail yard on
June 8, 1907.
The day OF the execution arrived and
schuyler. from his cell, could hear the
hammers pounding at his scaffold. A
leW hours before the cline of the execu-
ION message from the Board Of Par
Ions came to the Sheriff changing schuy.
.rs sentence from death TO life imprls-
onment. Four days afterward Schuyler
vas In cell In the State prison here
where he has been kept from that day
- This.
The story of Frank Burd.
IN September, 1909. Burd was arrested
AZ remington, released and rearrested or
suspicion that he was n highway robber
ne was convicted Of carrying concealed
Weapons and sent to the state prison
Burd cannot even write his own name
70 when he wanted 10 confess to the muir
yer OF Riley he sent for Robert Darken
VINO wrote down what Burd told him
This was the confession" az Il existed
lntN Burd enlarged upon II later in al
Interview:
AS long as they all want TO put m,
way so badly | will confess to one OF m,
Erongdoings which will put me away
Vh!ch IA n murder committed sever
ears ago. II has never been found on
and ! want 10 confess"
Later to Sherin II. David l.. Holcombc
'nd Judge II. II, Herr Of Pennington Burd
told this story:
Manning and I had fight in Logtowr
!sht after got out Of the Reform school
X VAS In stable there. | was only a
AaI boy, lie beat me up bad and / said
would get square with him, and | did.
! saw him coming out of the hotel the
Hrht he was killed and followed him
ook'ng for u rock to soak him with but
could not ihd one because II was dark
hd there vas snow OH the ground. Their
tooA fence palllng off the fence and hi,
I'm with IT, lie dropped and l soaked
nm, again and then got away.
lne next day | went down to High
orl'ge and caught a freight to Phillips
Jury ana then went over TO Eastou. Thcl
never found me out. I did not mean I,
al nm, but just wanted to beat him up
ana ! did not know that | croaked him
round out about this afterward. Ther
ap' IN trouble In Easton and went away
49, when l got out heard about Schuy
ef getting life for It. and 50 | couldn'
tand II any longer and want to tell tina
did IT,"
oHern Holconfbe believed enough OF tn,
.orE to start an investigation after h,
turned to Pennington. He has Learned
"at burds recital OF his movements tn,
Isnt or tho crime are correct In detail
IT,, also mas learned that Schuylers rela
,.,'s suspected Burd at the time OF tn,
Val, hlt we q nerer nhlo 10 ana min,