The New York Herald Newspaper, September 5, 1873, Page 4

AN IRISH MURDER, Sub-Inspector Montgomery, of the Royal Irish Constabulary, the Culprit. The Slayer of a Bank Clerk Brought to Justice. History of the Crime and Sketch of the Criminal. Equal Justice in Ireland at a Late Day. UNAVAILABILITY OF THE INSANITY PLEA. Montgomery's Demeanor Under the Delusive Hope of Commutation—Interview in the Condemned Cell—How the Convict Handled the Bullhook and Dealt the Deadly Blow. A mail despatch from Ireland, dated on the 23d of August, reports as follows:—All the preliminary arrangements for the execution of the convict, Thomas Hartley Montgomery, within Omagh jail are now completed. A Wesleyan minister, to whose ministrations he is becoming attentive, @aily visits the jail. Two other ministers also ‘attend, and the rector of Omagh, Rev. Dr. Smith, has invited simultaneous prayers for the convict on Saturday and Monday. Montgomery appears, so far, calm and collected. He will be executed on Tuesday, the 26th inst., the hangman—an Irish Professional who aspires to Calcraft’s position un- der the Crown—having just arrived at the Omagh prison from Castlebar, county Mayo, where he hanged a man for the murder of a woman, his wife. THE CONVICT MONTGOMERY—HIS CAREER, CRIME, CONFESSION AND DEATH. Thomas Hartley Montgdmery, the convict maur- derer, was born at Broad Road, foot of Barrack Hill, in the town of Cavan, Ireland. He was the gon of the late John Montgomery, a Sub-Inspector of Police, by his wife, Miss Hartley, daugnter of the late Thomas Hartley, Esq, of Countenan, near Skadone, Cavan. He was thirty-three years of ‘age when he murdered Glass, three years since, and his appearance may be recalled now in order to contrast it with the picture of him drawn at the moment of his death, under the hands of the hang- man. Tall, well shaped and athletic looking, he presented none of the evidences of weakness by dragging, or debility by intoxication, of which he spoke in Court in mitigation, or palliation, or total excuse of his crime. He appeared to be six feet high; black hair and beard and mustache set of features all of which were regular, and some of which were good. The forehead was good, the nose well shaped, the eyes good (tn 8), but they seemed to have an ugly trick of not being abie to look at you directly. Of the mouth it would not be 80 easy to speak, as it was almost entirely hidden by the mustache; but it struck one as hard- looking, that the lips were thin, and that it wanted mobility. The complexion was slightly bronzed; but there was a good, fresh, healthy tint on the cheeks. He always dressed in good taste, with scrupulous neatness, but without any appearance Of affectation, except the fact that during his sur- veillance, arid before his incarceration, he wore a different attire on each succeeding day. He con- ducted himself coolly and quietly, but looked awk- warily, as well he might; but no look, nor word, nor motion gave any indication of madness arising fom drunkenness or any other source. ENTRY INTO PUBLIC LIFE. He received an excellent education and entered life asacierk inabank. In this capacity he be- came acquainted with William Glass, his victim, After some years he was appointed to a position in the Constavulary force, and rose to profitable promotion rapidly. HISTORY OF THE MURDER OF WILLIAM GLASS, Thomas Hartley Montgomery, the murderer, oc- cupled, as stated,a high position in the Royal Trish Constabulary. He was an ambitious fellow, loved high life, and worshipped money as a means thereto, William Glass, bis victim, was cashier in the branch of the Northern Bank of Ireland at New- townstewart, and the intimate friend of Mont- gomery. If young Glass were to be told he-was to be murdered on the 29th of June, 1871, he would not bave suspected that the polished and dash- ing police officer would be the assassin. They had laughed and sported together, like true, fast friends. They walked together, and visited each othe til they seemed inseparable. THE CASHIER MURDERED. But on the 29th of June, 1871, aiter banking hours, the cashier was iound lying dead in his omice, his skull battered in and an office ietter file thrust into his brain through one of his ears, It appears deceased was eugaged looking at a map at the moment he was assailed. There was plenty of blood on the floor. some brandy had just been drank from a bottle found in one of the desks or tables. A Jarge sum ot money tn bills and goid had been abstracted by the cowardly mur- derer,@ small part of which was subsequently jound hidden under a pile of stones near toa river adistance irom the vuliding. Montgomery was the last one in the world to be suspected for the commission of the crime. He had, however, been seen going into the bank after it was closed for the day; a person not then fa!ly recognized was observed leaving it aione some time later in the evening. He wore a waterproof coat over nis arm, and when he arrived al Montgomery’s lodg- ings was entirely tree from any stain or trace of biood on his clothing. He was perfectly cool and collected when he reached the: THE MANAGER ABSENT, Glass had been alone in the office on that day, and Mr, Straban, the maniger, who lived on the premises, Was at the neighboring town of Drum- quin, at which a fair was being held, bank in that town being open on fair days. Strahau Was away at the sea, and the only pe im the house on the afternoon of the murder were Miss Thompson, a relative of Mr. Straian’s, and two servants. The bank consisted of two oMmces, the inner oifice communicating with the front ot- tice by doors, one on each side of the bank counter, There is no communication between these offices and the dwelling house, except through an entr&nce hall or lobby. In this lobby are a glass door, giving admitiance to the bank, and a door giving admittance to the house, Ihe street door, ‘Which opens into this hail or obby, is. a very heavy one. It was kept open duriug bank hours; when 1t was open the house door was, of course, shut. Mr. Glass lad transacted his business, and at three o'clock he was seen to come out and shut the outer door of the bank. Three persons saw him and spoke to him at a quarter before three, and one of them, Mary Fulton, says that while sie was in the outer office Mr. Giass turned into the inner ofice and she heard a whisper as though somebody was speaking to him in an undertone, but she did not hear what was said. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. Glass usually leit the bank soon alter three and dined at his lodgings across the way at a quarter past three. On the fatal Tuesday he did not ap- pear, but his lateness created no suspicion. Soon aiter four o'clock one of Mr. Straban's servants, Fanny Macbride, wished to see how near it was to five o’clock—the hour at which Mr. Strahan had evdered his dinner. She ran into the hali to look through the glass door at the clock, which was on the {ront wall, between the windows that look out mw the street. She saw biood somewhere in the office, but was too alarmed to look at the clock, and rushed at once to cali Miss Thompson. That lady sent her across the street to fetch Mr. MeDowd, and on entering the office he saw Mr. Glass’ dead body lying on its iace m frontof the counter. He had been struck in the inner office, bor map which hung on the ut the height of a mau's head, and he had stooped in nis tught towards the outer door, which he fad never reached, as there were hair and blood on the door between the inner and outer offices, which showed that he had run violently against it. Thesafe in the inner office was open and rifled, The murderer evidently knew that the bank did not record the numbers of its notes, and they were consequeutly safe spoil, amd he had taken a bundle of them and the loose casb, in all some £1,500. TIME OF THE MURDER. It was quite evident the murder was done after three o’cieck, and the question was, who could have been there to do it? ‘ihe last person in the bank was Mr. Kobert Moncrieff, a miller, whom Miss Fulton, who heard the whispers in the inuer omiee, jeft standing by the window in the outer owe. bat Mr, Mencried left betore Mr. Glass was seen to come forward and close the outer door. Montgomery, however, told more than one person that he was in the bank alter three e’ciock In the afternoon. He, however, was on sat bank premises Soph pe tar “8'-rgay bWO, Jor ot What hour hg galled | . NEW YORK BeRALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1873—TRIPLE SAEET. on Miss Thompson, had @ few minutes’ conversa- tion with her and left, AN EMBARRASSED 8UB- It must be stated that the Sub-! tor of the Royal Irish Constabulary was deepiy embarrassed in his fnancial affairs. He pocmiased, lost and overdrew his bank account, was continually harassed by creditors, who clamored for what was due them, and he had even borrowed moneys from the constables and sub-constables under his com- mand. Money was his idol his ambition. In consequence of this slavery to the gg of Mammon he has died at the hangman’s hands. The shocking murder of Glass, of course, caused gre: ment throughout the country, Rewards were offered and the police scoured the country search- ing fer the criminal. The usual Coroner's inquest held, Montgomery, though not suspected then, was' examined “as a witness, it was found he was. very dilatory on the crime in giving instructions te have search made for its perpetrator. He stated that whoever did the deed must have been covered with blood, A bill-hook, with which the fatal blows were inflicted, iound in the bank, was pro- duced, and could not be traced to any person, The Coroner’s jury leit the matter in the dark a3 much as before. AN IMPROVED FINANCIAL CONDITION. It was noticed soon after that Inspector Mont- gomery, who had been for a long time before dunned by his creditors, now began to show him- self to be fush in funds, though he had inherited no property and his pay had not been increased, He even paid some of his long standing debts, and, thinking @i syspicion had been Iillied, a8 iar as he was concerned, he recklessly displayed or used large sums of money. ‘This at once directed attention towards him; and, though he was high in command in the constabulary, he was not ullowed to run much longer at large. It was then remembered that he was the only man who entered the bank after it was closed the day poor Glass was killed, and that the only man who left in the even- ing was not recognized at the time, though the dress he wore was described. it was remembered also that he had asked a brother officer at the time of the inquest whether the last person seen comin, out of the bank could be convicted though no bloo was found upon him; and, worse than all, he had expressed the opinton several times before Glass ‘Was murdered that IT WOULD BE EASY TO ROB A BANK, Montgomery was arrested and indicted for the murder of Glass, There was not a scintilla of evidence against him, except what was circum. stantial, His pesition was high, and the gover: ment, it was thought, would not bear ha: upon an officer of a ferce bye which they depen much for upholding their rule in Ireland. He was @ gentleman, had £260 per year, and was allowed a horse and servant in additien. A rich uncle by Marriage had promised to provide for him hand- somely; and then that he should be guilty of such @ cruel, cowardly and perfidious murder—to be the assassin of his con- stant bosom friend, circumstances that caused the case. to be looked upon with intense interest, Montgomery was twice tried, and each time the jury disagreed. The venue was finally changed to the county Tyrone, and the third trial commenced at Omagh, July 24 last— two years atter the crime was committed. ‘The government sent down the Attorney General and Special counsel to prosecute. The prisoner had able defenders, Judge Barry presided, It was shown by medical witnesses that from the position in which Glass Was standing when assassinated, and taking into account the location of the blood on the floor, the murderer's clothes need not necessarily have been stained. There were four wounds on the head, cach mortal. By the direction of the Attorney General @ constable was called, and, TO THE ASTONISHMENT OF ALL of the spectators, came dressed as a gentleman, in the very clothes worn by Montgomery on the day of the murder. He was an object of great curi- osity as he stood on the witness table, without speaking a word. The prisoner observed with amazement his counterpart, tor the man resem- bled him in height and build. The constable then put on the waterproof coat worn by Montgomery when he walked, He then unbuttoned his clothing and produced the bundle of notes found under neath the stone and biilhook found in the bank. ‘The latter was wrapped in a ee of paper and was easily concealed, the handle being placed in one of the puckets of the pants and tue blade under the yest. The bundles of notes were then drawn forth trom between the pants and shirt and the gold from the remaining pockets. The legal lore of some of the ablest and most eloquent cown- sel at the Bar of Ireland could not save Montgom- “ on the third trial, le was found guilty, and Judge Barry sentenced him to be executed August 26. DURING THE TRIAL the prisoner paid close attention to all that oc- curred, ‘He observed a remarkably cool and coni- dent demeanor and showed. a keen interest in the proceedings as they progressed. He betrayed oc- casionally the reckless action of his mind by the eager glances, during the examination of wit- nesses, he passed from them to judge and jury. Me had well nigh given up hope, and that was at times easily 0 be learned from the expression of his countenance, THE THEORY OF THE PROSECUTION was that Sontgoraeey was 10 the inner office, and that it was to him Glass spoke when Mary Fulton heard the whispering. It is certain that no one entered by the iront door after Glass shut it. Fanny Macbride went out to buy seme cookies of some men in the street aud left the door ajar, but nobody entered then, for Miss Thompson watched italithe time. Between the time oi the closing of the bank door and the condemned man leaving, two or three persons heard noises in the bank, @ moan or @ groan, a loud Jootstep or two, an a noise like the drawing ofa table. Alter he lett the bank he Was seen at several points about the neighbor- hood, and, at a railway crossing, asked if his clothes were soiled. | When sent for as sub- inspector to sce the body he showed’ a disposition to belleve it to be suicide; and, having pleaded that he was tired and should go home to bed, he ‘was met on the road to Grange Wood, where ‘the notes were subsequently found. These tacts, to- gether with others menuoned betore and many contradictions in his own account of himself, form a chain oi circumstantial evidence impossible to overcome, His own coniesssion left the matter beyond earthly doubt. CLEMENCY BAD POLICY, At the trial a woman swore that after three o’clock on the day of the murder she saw a man, come to the frout door without his hat, took up and down the street, then go back into the bank, and presently reappear and leave. That man she swore to be Montgomery, but not until after she had beard the sub-inspector was suspected. Owing to Montgomery’s position im the royal constabu- and his tam- © expected that executive clemency would be extended in bis case ; but agall of the humbier classes convicted of capi- tal crimes are deprived of life without fail, and particularly such as are convicted ot murder in connection with agrarian matters—offences a@gainst the landlords anu landed interests—it was, no doubt, considered unsafe, no matter how much disposition to save the murderer of Glass from the ay existed, to interiere with the judgment of the law. CONVICTION. Judge Barry delivered an exhaustive charge to the jury, dweliing on the nature and iunportance of circumstantial evidence, ‘The jury retired at a quarter-past five o'clock in the evening; fiiteen minutes aiterwards they returned into court. ‘The learned judge was sent for, and when he had his seat their hames were called over. c “Gentiemen, have you agreed to We have, erk—Gentlemen, you say that Thomas Hartley Montgomery is guilfy of the murder of William Glass. (To' prisoner)—Have you anything to say ence of death and execution should not be passed upon you according to law? THE PRISONERS CONFESSION, Prisoner—In the first place Im thank Your Lordship jor the impartial consideration shown towards ine, not only during the trial, but during the preceding one, {wish to say, my lord, that at the time of che perpetration of the murder, and for tWelve months belore that, | was in a state of com- plete msanity. Inthe month of June, 1870, I was invited to Milecross, the residence of Mr. bBrad- shaw. At chat time I was in tie enjoyment of ex- ceileat heaith, and was there deliberately drugged and poisoned, with the object of rendering me weak minded. When I went to the doctor he told me I had only a few days to live, and that I could scarcely recover, and in that state I was directed and compelled, and, being weak minded, I consented to marry, though at the time in a deli- cate state of health, and then became worse and worse. In the month of November I embarked tu these foolish and ridiculous speculations, when I Jost enormous sums of money—larger sums than nave transpired in evidence, for some persons Who gave ine money have not come forward to say anything about it. J then became vicious, and this Wenomania of attacking banks took possession of me. I statea repeatedly to several members of the constabulary not beg how this sort of thing could be perpetrated, but that [ myself would do it, I told my Own orderly upon one occasion [ went to Holywood that I intended going to the bank there and killing the cashier, and would carry the money to the Cave fill and build a hoase of sods lor myself to live in, ¥ D The man said I was and followed me after that day, When I was wtowustewart I was in a state of compiete derangement, Head Constable Hobson means far Thvre than he has said when he said I was ire- qnently complaining of my head. 1 never could get sicep unless I kept towels on my head. I never would have injured one if I had not been mad. Sergeant Armstrong called it a terrible murder, and there can be no doubt it was a murder that no educated man or man of jecling could have per- jormed, Why, & savage of New Foaiand could have done nothing worse. but I was a demented bemg at that time, and bereit of reason, and there is a very great difference between my case and that of @ man who knowingly and wiliully commits an act of the kind, THE SENTENCE, Judge Barry said :—‘‘Thomas Hartley Montgomery, you have been convicted by a jury of your fellow countrymen of the murder of William Glass. In the justice of that verdict no human being who has heard the evidence in the case could entertain one shadow of doubt, The excuses for your crime, which you now offer at the bar, were not before the jury, nor couid have been for one moment taken into consideration, Heinous as your crime is before God and_ before man, you enlarged the jormity of the offence by the aggravated circum- stances under which you committed it, The unfor- tunate victim confided in you as av officer of justice, whose duty tt was to protect him and the property committed to his charge. He confided in you as hus iriend, and for the base aregd Os wal A9R Wok hearing of advan of that confidence to take him unawares and basely and treacherously siew him. I will not add to the horrors of your position further ob- servatfons. Your ites forfeit to the’ law, bat the law demanding that life will deal with you in one neagect more mere! than victim, You sent him his last & moment for reflection or pre; ton for that dreadful ordeal. You 8! we some time to consider your position; and let me beg of you to use that short f life which yet remains to you in endeavoring to reconcile yourself to that God to whom we are taught to believe no repent- ant sinner applies in vain. To me it oniy remains new to pass on you the dreadful sentence of the law. (The judge assumed the black cap.) The sen- tence and judgment of the Court is, that I do adjudge that you, Thomas Hartley Montgomery, be taken trom the ‘bar of this court where you now stand to the place from whence yeu came, the common jailof the county Tyrone, and that you be taken on Tuesday, the 26th day of August, in this year of our Lord 1873, to the common place of execution within the walls of the prison within which you shail be then confined, and that you shall bé then and there hanged by the neck until you are dead, and that your body shall be buried within the precincts of the prison im which you have last been confined aiter your convicuon, und may the Lord have mercy on your soul, THE MURDERRR'S LIBEL ON HIS WIFE'S FAMILY. Montgomery’s statement, just before sentence, in attempted extenuation of his crime, aeprived him ot any remnant of popular pathy which still existed for him. Ip the statement he volun- teered as a confession, he flung dirt directly on his wile’s uncie, and indirectly on herself. He said he was “drugged and poisoned” and that this was done to weaken his intellect, so that he might be caught as a husband for the niece of HTZ REV. MR. BRADSHAW, Had he been a good man instead of what he proved himsell, he would not have been any very great matrimonial “catch” for her. She is a member of an excellent family, and the position of her uncle, both a8 a clergyman and a magistrate, refutes the tdea of such conduct as Montgomer. sought to foist upon him. Besides he is weil known in Down and Antrim and Armagh, and Other northern counties of Ireland asa generous and honorable man. He spent some £1,200 in de- fending his miserable assailant’s life at the inquest and during two abortive triais in Omagh, and was Tewarded for his humanity by @ charge base and unfounded. 4 PRESS INTERVIEW WITH THE GONVIOT IN PRISON. Montgomery was interviewed tn Omagh Jail, just previous to execution, by two reporters of the press, ‘The following 1s a verbatim report of the inter- view, taken in short hand, read to the convict, and approved by him :— SCENE IN THE CONDEMNED CRLL. The reporters say, under date of Omagh:—On presenting our order to the Governor we were re- ceived with every courtesy, and having submi.ted to the formal operation of @ search, in the course of which we were obliged to leave our pocket- knives and money at the warder’s iodge, we were conducted to the condemned cell. This apartnient appears to be in the centro of the prison, It is a larger room than an ordinary cell, securely barred at window and locked at door, cleanly whitewashed and furnished with two beds.’ [t intended that the warder who will remain with the prisoner until he walks out to tne scaffold may occupy one of these beds as a matter of rest, though he may not go to sleep. When we entered the cell we found the prisoner lying on a bed, stripped to his shirt and trousers. He was pale and wasted. The change that has taken place in his appearance, even since he stood in the dock, is very marked. He received us court- eously, and said he would give us any information concerning himself or the tragedy in which he had been engaged, with much pleasure. It will be suf- ficient to state that during the interview the pris- oner spoke of the details of the murder without the slightest sign of contrition or delicacy. He was, as @ matter of fact, as if conversing about an ordinary every day event, or asif the murderer The following is a verbatim report, taken in shorthand, of the conversation which ensued, The questions were put by one ef our party, and re- ported by another:— “Mr, Montgomery, we are connected with the Dublin press, and I hope you will not consider us obtrusive or impertinent in coming to see you. We are anxious to know whether there 1s anything connected with your case which you wish ex- plained or if you wish to make any statement to the public, as, of Course, they take a great interest im the matter.” PRISONER—Anything you like to ask me I will answer, Rgrortsr—There is one point we should like to bave explained, that is, how actually the murder was committed, and whether the theory of the Crown is correct? : PRisONER—The Crown are altogether wrong in regard to their theory of the murder, In fact, if the witnesses for the Crown had spoken truthfully I would not have been convicted, because the time I saw Miss Thompson, which was a cardinal point in the case, was alter I had committed the murder. 1 had the money and weapon about my person when speaking to Miss Thompson, and my hands were bloody. Rerorrer—But with reference to the time of mie whee g what occurred between yourself ayd #ass PRISONER—I commenced to swing the weapon about; it was lying on the table before that, aud I threatened to take his life. He saw the weapon beiore me, and I vold him I was dangerous and he ought to go out of that, and he laughed at me. KEPORTER—What passed before he was struck ? PRISONER—He went to 100k at the map. RePorRTER—Did you call bis attention to the “were another person. map ? PRISONER—NO. ReEPoRTER—And what brought him to the map? PRisonex—We bad been talking about some place in the county Antrim, and he came over to look for it on the map. REPORTER—What happened then ? PrisonskK—He turned his back on me. If his eye had been on me I could not have done it, but his back being turned, I struck him the first blow on the back of the head, and | may tel! you that the door of the inner office was closed. The Crown evidence was wrong about that. Glass opened the door and walked out and then fell, Isat down on achair and read the newspaper. If Ihad been a sane man I wouid not have allowed him to get out to the outer oftce. REvoRTER—Have you any hope of mercy on the ground of your belief that you were insane when you committed this murder? PRISONER—NO, | think not, REPORTER—Where wus the cash box when Glass was looking at the map? PRISONER—Lt Was iocked up in the safe, 3 REvORTER—You took the key from the person of sass? PrisoONER—NO; he had left it in his desk, and he |. Was avout to leave; he had not locked his desk, but he was looking at the map, and ‘ turned awa: and took up the weapou, which was on the table. He was asking ine what | was carrying that weapon for, and I said I was dungerous; that he should get out of that. REPORTER—Had he his back to you or his side? PRISONER—Ilis back was towards me. RerorTER—How many blows did you infict in the inner office * PRisoNER—Only one. He ran out after the first blow, aud I struck the others in the outer office. The theory of the Crown on this subject is all wrong. RevORTER—At what period of the day did you enter the bank ? PRISONER—It was during bank hours. ReporTer—Was there any whispering in the inner office ? PRISONER—There was not, Glass came in and looked at a paper, but he did not whisper. REPORTER—Had you any object in view in de- laying the telegrams * PRISONER—I. did not want to delay the tele- grams. The clock was slow, und that is how they were late, Kevorren—Was he dead when you put the file in his ear PRISONER—Oh | he was dead of course, REPORTER—Now, what about the lead? How Was that put into the stock of the Weapon without any trace being found alterwards ¢ PRISONER—I poured the lead into the stock of the weapon, KerortER—Of course it was the same lead you bought irom Mr. McDowell? * PRISONER—Yes, the same. McDowell said it was a week or a fortnight, but I say it was two months betore. There was no fire in the room in which 1 could melt the lead fora long time. I bought the lead with the intention of making bullets, for I had a pair of small pistois, though Ido not know where they are. ReEroRTER—OL course it was not for the revolver you intended the bullets * - PRISONER—No; I spilled a great deal of the lead in the fire, Rerorrer—There was some talk about where the Weapon Was bought, and where it was stated to ‘have been bought. PRISONER—I bought it in Belfast. RevorTeR—For what purpose, may I ask ? PRisonzr—Well, t deciare, | believe at the time I bought it, it was with the intention of attacking a cashier in some bank tn Belfast, RePoRTER—It was alter the murder was com- mitted that you saw Miss Thompson ? PRiSONER—The time I saw Miss Thompson was the interval between Mrs. McDoweil seeing me the first time looking out of the door and coming out the second time, RerokveR—And had you in the meantime com- mitted the murder ? PRISONER—In the meantime [ killed Glass, PrroRTER—And had you the Weapon in your pos- sossion ¢ PRISONER—Yes, RePORTER—Had you it conceaied ? PrisoNeR—I carried it about for days when I Was thinking ofthis; 1 was carrying about the weapon for aya et ‘ BPORTER—Di lass speak at all after Struck and before he died? bas eke RISONER—The poor fellow did not speak at ali before he died, It was an casy death, RerorteR—Did the moaning take place ag de- scribed by the witnesses ¥ PRISONER—NO; hor Was there any squealing, as stated by some one. RerorreR—I suppose he was insensible after tne first blow? PrisoneR—He Wi the door and fell. outer oMice, ReEPrORTER—And why did he not go to the street? PRISONER—He only passed the door and fell, OF course, if {had been in the possession of my com- plete senses and a deliverate murderer | would but he turned round, opened walked Out of the room to the not have allowed him to go out ofthe bac. “ J Would bavé prevented bic. hin REPORTER~-Why did you give the brandy on the former day? PRISONER—Because he was sick. ReronTeR—Was the brandy di formy own use n'a fas, and happened to nave rmy own use, in a jappen ave this and gave tt to him, he being borg Thad gone into the bank that day to get change of a £10 note. Reporter—Had you intention of robbing the bank when you gave the poner? was nothing in it. The PRISONER—NO, re brandy was not drugged. RePORTER—What ‘ou do when Glass feli? PaisoneR—I ran into the outer office, and I sat down and began to read the paper. He wae lying outside on the ground, and I sat down at the tabie in the inner office and reaa the newspaper. might have got out the cash box, I put the notes into the sleeve of the water-proof, and I wonder the police did not give evidence of it, ior 1 was in the habit of putting papers in the sleeve of the water-proof pinned up, and I had simply te put a couple ef ping into the sleeve of the water-proot and fill it up with the notes. There was blood on some of the notes. . They must have selected notes that had no blood upon them and given them to Dr. Hodges, for my hands had blood upon them, and my trousers and coat were covered with blood, "I just rubbed it off with a sponge, RePorrex—In the evening ? PHISONER—NO; at home, the next morning. REPORTER—Was the money placed by you where it was found? PRisONER—I can assert positively that the mone; and gold were found by a person. and carrie away; {t was not where Lleft it; 1 did not think that money was discovered; the weapon and RNR were not there during the first week of uly. ERFORERR Et this person an accessory to the murder’ PRISONER—He knew quite well I was doing it; he told me he had found the bill hoek. RerowreR—Do you mean the person that proved having found the bill hook ? PRISONER—NO. REPORTER—Did the witness who found the bill hook find it in the place where you hid it? i PrIsONER—No, I putiton the other side of the lane, KEPORTER—Did it never occur to you to make the defence of insanity, considering that you maintain you were insane? FRISONBR—Of course it did. I wanted to do it, and was advised that,in the first place, no jury would find me guilty on the evidence the Crown had. I wanted to tell that to the Court, but they would not let me, Tnis murder would have oc- curred beiore I leit the county Down at all if I had not been watched, ReporTKkR—There is one thing that suggests itself to my mind with regard to the conduct of Mr, Bradshaw— PRISONER—I have @ great complaint to make seetney him. He has been the worst enemy I ever REPORTER—His conduct in the Court appeared to be most generous, PRISONER—That is taking his own statement, ‘There was one check he produced for £40, and he said he had given me that money, but I gave aim four £10 notes for it in Beltast. REPORTER—It appeared from the evidence that he helped you. PRISONER—NO, indeed ; he did not, REPORTER—W bat kind of speculations did you indulge in? iH railway shares and general PRISONER—Oh, stocks. RevorTER—For instance, name one. PRISONER—Oh, Say Turkish bonds. RerorteR—What became of Mr. Bradshaw's money that he gave to you to pay the policemen— £280—of which you owed to the policemen £230? PRISONBR—It was not given to me to pay the olicemen, 1t was given tome to settle losses. Ke made me do whatever he asked me to do. Hac Onrahe tnere aid you put the money origi- nall, PuIsoNER—Where it was found, REPORTER—You say # portion of it was taken and put into the whia bush? ‘ bal ae did not put any money into the whin ush. RePoRTER—And did you put the weapon where it was tound? Fe PRISONER*Not in that exact place. REPORTER—Or in that neighborhood? PRISONER—Yes; it was originally put with the gold on the other side of the lane, The person who Jound the weapon said it was not there more than aweek. There was a good deal of weight attached to its being found near Grangewood, The regson I wanted to goto the ratlway was that the half- ast three o'clock train ~ » coming, and I went to eter’s Bank to look cue train; 16 was then that the Franny came = Me, RePORTER—Had yo ven at Peter’s Bank before you weut to the bala PRISONER—Yes, ald not afterwards, REPORTER—What was the object of going so often to Grangewood ? f PRISONER—] expected to meet Mr. Purcell. recollection is that Comman@er Scott said on going away that he would send Mr. Purcell tome. As to searching in Newtownstewart, I had no place to search. REPORTER—Have you anything to say with regard to your treatment by the prison officials? PRisoNEn—They have been very kind to me. In fact, since 1 have been here it has been a paradise compared with the state of mind 1 was in during the twelve months previously. RePORTER—Haye you any statement to make to the public, who naturally feel a great interest in your case? PRISONER—I wish I had the voice of a trumpet to make myself heard over the three kingdoms—to make my case a warning that men don’t discharge their duty to society who will not seize and detain men affected with insanity. When I was moving about robbing banks / should have been locked up for one month. REPORTER—W hat do you attribute your insanity to? PRISONER—I was deliberately potsoned for the purpose of driving me weak minded. The object was to reduce me to sucha state that I would not be able to protect my own interests. It was in order that Pyvouta not insist en a marriage por- tion. REPORTER—Was Mr, Glass conscious when you put the file in his ear? PRISONER—HNe was dead long before I took the file off the table and put it into his ear afterwards, ‘The visitors then retired, fully impressed with the belie! that every word stated by the prisoner may be taken cum grano salis, THE POLARIS. + A Forthcoming Review of Hall’s Exe pedition by Dr. Petermann, of Gotha—The English Loquacious and Do-Nothing Policy Rebuked. From advance sheets of a forthcoming paper (prepared by Dr. A. Petermann, of Gotha) which has been kindly sent us we translate the following interesting items. Dr. Petermann treats specficially of Captain Hall’s American Arctic Expedition, and publishes along with his article the most elaborate and elegant map of the track, discoveries and regions visited by the Polaris that has yet appeared, For the drawing of this map the Doctor says he Is indebted to the “Diagram of the explorations of the Polaris, drawn by Sergeant Frederick Meyer, Signal Service, U, S. A.,” which he has taken as _— authority. Dr. Petermann says:—“The American North Polar Expedition of which lately authentic tidings have arrived in America, had & great success, notwithstanding ail hostile, jealous and bespotting voices betore and alter. An Englishman—Dr. Walker—who originally intended to accompany the expedition, but at her departure remained behind, did every- thing during her absence, and evep published a special pamphlet, to discredit the expedition ana to prove that she would not meet with any succe: Yhe English certainly have, during almost nine years, always been talkers, and have criticised all other views and endeavors but their own, but have done nothing on their own part. Before and after the expedition their criticism culminated in asserting that Captain Hall, the commander, was unfit, and now, alter his death, they add that the vessel aiso—the Polaris— was entirely unfit for ice navigation. In contrast with this English criti- cism appear the results and doings of the Ameri- can expedition, so much more important.” Dr. Petermannd adds:—‘“The same voices, having no scientific judgment, have, without hesitation, represented ihe issue of the expedition as a total failure, Which ts only possibie with a partial and unjust perception, asserting the advance to the North Pole .o ve the princtpal object of the expe- dition. White Dr. Walker had prophesied that the first season would prove useless and without result for the expedition, on account of a too late departure, the Polaris, on the contrary, has steamed through Smith’s Sound, Kennedy Channel, and a newly discovered strait, Robeson Cannel; has at- tained the latitude of 82 deg. 16 min. north, and has wintered in latitude 81 deg. 38 min. north.” ‘And again :—‘‘In regard to the land discoveries of Hail’s expedition, he also has set foot on land, so far, at the highest north latitude, namely, 82 deg. 9 min. north, besides seeing from an elevatron of 1,700 feet @ continuation of land to latitude 34 deg, orth.” AGjr. Petermann conciudes:—“It now is shownfthat even in this aificult and ice-bound region eternal ice is not rhs und it alsots proved that the advance to the North Pole by vessel remains the best means, and that sledge journeys are of but le reliance.” were culumns of the second heading, ‘From the Report of Frederick Meyer,” give @ short state- ment of geographical and other scientitic results, ‘The third heading's columns are @ translation of areport of the London Times, and in the columns of the fourth heading further remarks from the New York HeRatp’s und other reports. Dr. Peter- mann says:—‘ihe meteorologist, F. Meyer, de- serves great merit for his surveys of the east and and west coast.” Le give the following data refer- ing thereto :"— it latitude 82 deg. 9 min, north he observed at an elevation of 1,700 feet and @ distance 01 horizon of forty-five miles, a bright line, which, others tak- ing for land, he deciared to be water. The west coast he thinks to have sighted to latitude 84 deg. north, and the east coast to about 82 deg. 30 min. The entrance to Newman's bay is eight to - , “Sumner Head- Jand,” is situated in latitude $1 deg. 65 min. borth; THE VIENNA. EXHIBITION. The City Fete and the Distribution of Prizes, from the Pen of Mr. Edmund Yates. The Apathy of the Vienna Authorities. Over 18,000,000 Florins Paid Out and Only 2,000,000 Taken In. THE AUSTRIAN KAISER INDIFFERENT What Mr. Yates Thinks of Mr. Jay and Mr. Jewell. THE DISTRIBUTION. VIENNA, August 19, 1873, Most of those connected with the Vienna Exhi- bition, the exhibitors, jurors and officials of every Grade, more especially those of German origin, have for some time been greatly disgusted with the supineness exhibited by the city authorities in regard to any recognition, in a festive sense, of thelr presence and their exertions. Beyond the entertainment given by the Minister of Agricul- ture, in the first week of May, the municipal au- thorities have undertaken nothing in the shape of festivity, and though this, perhaps, may be ac- counted for by the fact that the awful monetary collapse of that month sent ruin wjdespread through the city, 1t was felt that when matters began to recover themselves a little some effort should have been made by those interested in the matter, not merely out of ordinary gratitude, but out of that peculiar gratitude which has been de- fined by the cynic as ‘a lively sense of favors to come.’? THE SPECULATORS. And here, en passant, let me just touch for an instant upon the monetary question in regard to the Exhibition. The wholesale suspension of banks and great commercial houses which took place during the month of May had no direct connection with the Exhibition or its promoters, It arose from reckless gambling and miscalculation, and to those concerned in it it was bound to turn up “heads or tails,” fortune or beggary. As it hap- pened, the star of ill-luck was in the ascendency, and the speculators were ruined. But the mischief did not stop there. From the opening to the present time the Vienna Exhibition has been one DEAD, FLAT, DISMAL FAILURE. The distance from the recognized centres of civili- zation and commercial enterprise, the long delay in getting matters into proper working order, the intense heat, and finally, the dread alarm of cholera, which, widespread though tt has been, has never even yet revealed the true state of the care, have combined to bring about this result. The Viennese are a san- guine people, and in this case they allowed their expectations to outrun all prudential caiculation. They built enormous new hotels, immense cara- vansaries, magnificently appointed and fitted and furnished in thc most luxurious manner, which have never had anything like their proper comple- ment of guests, and which now are almost empty; they stocked their shops witn high priced goods, which remain unsold; they provided theatrical and musical entertainments, at which the waiters and the polieemen constitute the sole audience. The Hotel Austria, in which I am now living, is situated on the Schotten Ring, perhaps the most fashionable boulevard in the city, and, though not so large as the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York, is furnished witn equal splendor. It was opened on the 15th of May, and the prices demanded for rooms were suficiently high. Init { now occupy two large and elegantly fitted apartments, a saloon and a double-bedded sleeping chamber, on the frst floor, with outlook on the boulevards, for which I pay eight gtilden, equivalent to less than four American dollars, per diem. The attendance is excellent, the cuisine, with a French chef at its head, is per- fect, but so great has been the competition and so small has been the number of visitors that the pro- prietor is only too glad to take me at the price and to do everything to induce me to proiong my stay. With the exception of the Hotel Metropole, the Goldenes Lamm and the Weisses Rass, all other hotels in the city are In the same plight, Further, THE EXHIBITION BUILDING, with its annexes, its exterior pavilions, its gar- dens and its various arrangements, cost between seventeen and eighteen millions of florins, The receipts, everything taken into consideration, have not yet reached two millions. It closes within little more than two months, and what was looked upon as the most remunerative portion of the season is passed. The gross loss falls upon the government, but it will be easily understood that with such frightful disappointment pressing upon them the Viennese are not likely, as the Americans say, “To feel good,” or as the English slang phrase has it, “To be in good form.” Nevertheless, it is thought tnat the municipal authorities might have shown some hospitality to their visitors, and the large-hearted citizens groaned under the assumed niggardiiness, They were rendered more bitter in their comments upon the city’s parsi- mony by the fact that the rival city of Pesth, which might easily have declined any responsibility in the matter, had invited upwards of three hundred persons, connected with the Exhibition, and given them THREE DAYS’ AMUSEMENT AND JOLLIFICATION. It became obvious that something, however small, must be done, and that something was done on Saturday night. The Burgomaster, in the name of the city, issued invitations to the number of 3,000 for an entertainment in the Stadtpark, a very pretty garden situated on one of the boule- vards, having in its midst a magniflcently deco- rated hall called the Kur Salon, which is used for the concerts of the Musik-Verein. The hour named was eight o’clock, and on arrival I found a crowd of carriages and magnificent creatures in liveries and cocked hats to receive us. This was all tne reception we got, and we were then left to wander at our own sweet will, ‘he Emperor was away at Isehl. It was expected that he would have re- turned for this ceremony, but he did not choose to do so, and his absence gave his subjects another cause to grumble at tne laxity and indifference with which he has treated all matters connected with the Exhibition. The truth probably is that His Imperial Majesty is disgusted at the total fatl- ure of the concern, and that he has been but too glad to withdraw himseif from the heat, the noise and the dust, whfth are everywhere prevalent in Vienna. In his absence the prominent personage whom the citizens delighted to honor was his bretner, the Archduke Charles Louis, curiously like to the Emperor in face and figure, a gentiemanly, good-natured man, who hag been officially connected with the Exhibition as 148 “Protector,” and in that position has gained everybody's good will. He moved avout among tbe various groups, chatting pleasantly to those he knew, and willingly permitting the con- stant presentations which were made to him. If he had been a stranger in New York he could not have been introduced to more peopie. These in- troductions were made through the medium of Baron Von Gagern, # tall, gentlemanly old man, with @ silky white mustache, who speaks excel- Jent English, and to whom has been confided the task of looking after the distinguished visitors in Vienna, With the Archduke was his tntimate per- sonal (riend, the gallant old General Von Rainer, a grizzled, hirsute veteran, whose breast was cov- ered with medals, and Prince Wasa, who ought to have been King of Sweden, and probably would the northern, “Cape Brevoort,” ig 82 deg. 02 min, north. Ou the east and west coast he has measured all heights. At Thank-God Harbor the hills were from 900 to 1,300 feet high, and at their summits he established stations and surveyed the emtire sur- roundings have been if that bold soldier Marshal Bernadotte had never been born. TWO AMERICAN MINISTERS, Mr. Jay wag (hese, Very GOI IE VOCK Gris, v¢ polished ; and another American Minister to a for- eign Power was also there—a very differeht man from Mr. Jay; & man whose bright, silvery hair was seen flashing in the midst of every group where a good story was being told, whose frank, honest laugh rang out loud and clear, causing the sti buckled Austrian officers to stare in astonishment and the guzzling burghers to look up from their wine and wurst—a fine specimen of an American gentleman, Governor Jewell, now on his way to his mission atSt. ‘Petersburg. The company gathered in the Kur salon ana Spread over the beautiful garden, These last were illuminated a giorno, as the Italians say, till all was clear as at noon, with the ‘limelight. In them, too, were placed two enormous buuets, one on either side of the steps leading to the terrace. To show how liberai had been the catering I ob- tained a COPY OF THE MENU. OOO LOLE LEER EOLDLELOLETE REDE DS TOROLODODE OE KUR SALON, g am 16. August i873. 3 KALTES FLEISCH. Kalbsbraten. Huhner-Galantine Prager Schinken. Roastbeet Westphahier schinken. Filet de boout. Zunge se Rauch Hubner. damburger Rauch- nse fieisch, Enton- Beaten. Gothaer Cervelatwuret. Truthan- Rehrucken. ~ Strassburger Truffey- Rehschlogel, pastete. Sandwiches. KALTE FISCHE. er b. Liye gerauchert. ‘ozoseh. ager Haringo. Schill Sauce Surdinen im Oel. Forellen. + Sardinen, russische. Rheinlachs. Krauterfische (Anchovis). Russischer Caviar. Salat—Compot—Obst—Contect. Kise. Gefrorenes, Oesterreicheseothe und weisse Weisse. Europaicher Champaguer. Klein-Schwechter Marzen-Bier. AO NLIE LORE DOLE OLENE DEDEDE LE DELON: Cate, Sodawasser—Selterwasser—Gieshibler Wasser. LOONIE DODO LELE DE DT ILL DOE E LOIN : THBY ATE, and they ate—ye gods, how they ate! They dived over each other’s shoulders and under each other's arms. They bore off toppling pyramids of plates and sat on the borders of fountains and in shady nooks and devoured their contents, They drank beer and Austrian wine steadily from eight tlt eleven, when the pop of the first champagne cork was heard, and then they surged down upon the buffets like wolyes on the fold, and the cry of “Champagner!” “Champagner!” was heard from 3,000 throats, In the Kur Salon, which is # large and beautifully decorated hall, there is an orchestra, led by Johann Strauss, the illustrious composer, a good- ‘looking, dark-haired man of about thirty, an im- mense favorite with the Viennese public. His man- ner of conducting his band is simply perfect, and im dance music he beats time with his foot in the most animated manner, as thoagh he could scarcely re- strain himself trom dashing off into the dance, This night the band played several special 1avoi ites, among them “Wein, Weib und Gesang,’”” and “Wiener Bluth,” & new and very popular waltz; but whén they struck up ‘‘An den schdnen blauen Donau’’ 4 THE ENTHUSIASM OF THE CROWD could no longer be repressed. A stout, bald, elderly gentleman in spectacles seized a flaxen: haired girl round the waist, and in an instant the room was filled with waltzing couples. The sete was kept up with great spirit till midnight, and then only broke up to be reformed in smaller knots and coteries, It must have been well into the small hours of the morning before the Britannia Hotel, which may be looked upon as the Americam headquarters, could be considered quiet. On Monday, the 18th, was to take place the dis- tribution of the prizes, about which so much had been said and of which so much was expected. People remembered the GRAND DISTRIBUTION DES PRIX in Paris, in the year 1867, and the superb pageant surrounding It, and looked for something of the same kind. All the glories of the first day were, we understand, to be renewed and improved upon, all the foreign princes were to come back, ali the native Hoheits and Durchlaachts were to be there again in fuliest force. The ceremony was to be held under the dome of the Exbibition building, in that rotunda which has no equal in the world, and over it the Emperor was to preside. Hélas! hélas! vhomme propose, mais Dieu ais- pose! The Emperor would not come back from Ischi, the exhibitors who nad choked up the mag- nificent rotunda refused to move their trumpery, the foreign princes were spread all over the lace of the earth, the Hoheitsand Durchlauchts were away at various watering places, and the grand ceremonial dwindled away, and shrunk to most miserable proportions, It was held in the Winter Riding Schoo! attached to the Imperial Palace, a poor barn of a place, which had been floored over and tawdrily decorated for the occasion. There were two galleries filled with ladies, who seemed suffering awfully, for the windows were all closed and the heat was intense, while the hody of the hall was packed with some 3,000 sweltering men, few ofwhom were m uniform or court dress, but the majority in black swallowtail and white choker. One of the first arrivals was Mr. Garretson, the United States Chief Com- . missioner here, who is immensely popular, not merely with his own countrymen, but with the Austrians and the English, and who has done his best to remove whatever unpleasantness attached to the recollection of the proceedings of the first commission. Precisely at one o'clock the Archduke Charles Louis entered, accompanied by his two brothers, the Archdukes Albrecht aud Leopold. (Of the latter a good story is told:—He was for- merly a field marshal, but made some serious blun- ders in the war of 1866, so was deprived of his command and, as compensation, made Lord High Admiral. The first time he went on board his ship he rebuked the captain, who was sitting tn the stern sheets of the boat taking bim astiore for in- terfering with the rowing of the men, and desired him to leave “that thing” alone. The captain was steering, and “that thing’ was the rudder.) They took up their positions on a dais at the end of the hall in front of a few veivet chairs, and old Gen- eral Von Rainer read them an opening adaress. To this the Archduke Charles Louis replied, an- nouncing himself as the Emperor's substitute, and calling ou Baron Schwartz to read the list of prize winners, This dreary proceeding occupted nearly half an nour, during which many of the people left. At its conclusion Herr Leuchtenburg, & Prominent citizen, returned thanks on the ex- hibitors’ bebalf, thee band played the Volks hymo and the ceremony was atanend. * And so, once more adieu to Vienna! Once agatu do L intend, in the HeRALD’s service, to visit her, at the end of October, when le jeu est fait et rien ne va plus, when the big bazaar puts ap its shut- ters and its denizens disperse to the furthermost parts of the earth, whence they came. EDMUND YATES. FAIR AT NEW ROCHELLE, Fair for the Benefit of the New Roman Catholic Church of the Blessed Sacra- ment. A ladies’ fair 18 now in progress at the Town Haii in New Rochelle, the proceeds of which will be devoted to the erectien of a new and commodioas church, which is much needed in this section. Rey. Thomas McLoughlin, for the past twenty years the much esteemed pastor of New Rochelle and Mamaroneck, hopes to officiate in the new edifice before many months have elapsed. The fair is well worthy of a visit. There are six tables, presided over by a large number of the Catholic ladies of the vicinity. Valuable and beautifal arti- cles are La intl for chances. Among. these articles is & magnificent solid silver trumpet, which is to be voted for and presented to the tire company of the town receiving the largest number of votes, “Twenty-five cents is charged tor each vote, There are two companies in New Rochelle, composed of Some ol the most respectable and pepular citizens, and much laudable rivalry ts ghe result. The friends ov both sides come forward nightly to cast their vallots, and a close contest is anticipated. THE AUBURN CEMETERY BILL VETOED, ‘ ALBANY, N. Y., Sept. 4, 1873, Governor Dix has vetoed the bill authorizing the Common Council of Auburn to purchase or acquire land for a public cemetery for the ase of said city on the ground that it confers dangerous powers, as it permits the city tg take lands in fve ang Wowua in tg county.