The New York Tombs; its secrets and its mysteriesBeing a history of noted criminals, with narratives of their crimes . ounter, and as a jury of his countrymen have decided his crimewas manslaughter, he cannot longer stand accused as a scandal was provoked after the trial was ended by the con-duct of one of the jurors. By the kindness of the Court he had been allowed an oppor-tunity to transact some private business. This privilege heabused, and he used it to declare his determination that he in-tended to save Stokes from the ignominy of capital phraseology he used
The New York Tombs; its secrets and its mysteriesBeing a history of noted criminals, with narratives of their crimes . ounter, and as a jury of his countrymen have decided his crimewas manslaughter, he cannot longer stand accused as a scandal was provoked after the trial was ended by the con-duct of one of the jurors. By the kindness of the Court he had been allowed an oppor-tunity to transact some private business. This privilege heabused, and he used it to declare his determination that he in-tended to save Stokes from the ignominy of capital phraseology he used was not so refined as this, but that was 37 578 THE NEW YORK TOMBS. the meaning of what he said. Deputy Sheriff French, who hadthis juror in charge, stated that he and the juror visited BryantsMinstrels, the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and other notable placeswhere convivial parties congregate. In the hearing of a miscel-laneous company the juror declared that Stokes should never beconvicted. This fact was substantiated on the testimony of morethan one witness, whose evidence was furnished to the properlegal THE SOCIAL GLASS AT DAILYS. A few days following the conviction of Stokes he was broughtbefore Judge Davis and committed to the Tombs for contempt ofcourt, where he was detained for sixty days and compelled to paya light fine. He occupied the cell vacated by Stokes. WardenJohnson, between Stokes and whom there was not the mostamiable feeling, now that Stokes had been condemned, removedhim to a cell on the ground-floor, there to await his transfer tothe State Prison. Early on the morning of Nov. 1st, three days after his convic-tion, Deputy Sheriffs Shields and Cahill called at the cell-door ACCEPTS THE SITUATION. 579 of Stokes, and told him to prepare for his departure to Sing was surprised, believing he would be allowed a longertime to make his final arrangements, but he never to the last, he hastily gathered together his papers bear-ing
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