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--------MB | I Mil MU « _-_1 'W y.-f-i lt;*/#•. --4 ^ 141/-^-v 'V»(,^ *r * % v **•- #«'*•-{?TtTg I From the Xewark'Datly Advcrtltcr. n r-iMtc li. Wood--»Id.Uc w»ko a Partial lt;v» \S • - i . ‘Confession 9ftV8 ft , ' * ‘ j ly ~ ■ ■••ie jail **'A. cohM^i(^ebt^of:'^'|tdbHe«ter Un*.r« of July _10V in^^iTittjjfiitjr* account of theI late XsiM’^Woddi't^ii^ftrisl'. and execu-n* °f tion,] ■ lakes special.painsj to justify theiis ro- 'Court/ Districi Attorney Hen «s/'and ill iftdiftft ] *I»V. oirnoitljf BoughtVKi*-5' cdnTi.ction.-^•rimia iMwjf? :«cqusinted with lt;Wodd. believed ifju-j J con ft ■■ i Rotstrangs -thtt’thoMwith by whose influence’lie was coDvicte’d.shbuld ylor is, vsrtfestly d«*iri^^m^fSbim ty* fliiToilr.thi..oxkc; io^jq,«ify' melmu1^rorv^ tbe.;catia atibb; of. tbo'del who bad-double ofGClarlf *, j Wh«thcr4b©-Di8trict!Au6rn«y“br0: -wkle.etidVi 4^;drfSdnrt::frirtd,!re ^iutter.Vited itf ha rey forier, ofon thearty.Ee that y, h as:b. in*14•gncesOnei-of the id lastied bytwain id tostart-not siy^fbu^wh^cn thVwjrl(pXH«o bervertsthe language ,pf to bem-ifi- * * * t, ^U 1.TCflTl DtiiV • ft--r*A \ J _ */■ r V#f 1launched into eternity In a few hohri, as to, make him say Jthihgii entirely^different, or manufactures from .the solid a cdnfesiion in full or partial, we. may expect such an outrage not only to afflict friends, but wake•indignation in.the minds of the public.^ Many of I.^L * Wood-«; relations and'_____ - •_ . *.1 T* j • ‘ .1 lt;*StateLook-f thatng on b 00-true:lown, to be fossorEmeute Eu-aphic urs toit wash arewhichfactscare-isville; from builtf thefriends were 'greatly surprised ‘id finding tho announcement of a partial confession* which, if true,; would lead to the; conviction, notwithstanding his constant declarations of innocence, that he ws really guilty. Said article says;'“Of thh justice of the sentence, few if any doabtep, ajiha' Wood persisted in :jns innocerifccr §t crime from fir.st to lafct; lyut. a partial ctfnfession betrayed him,* and remo?ed frim the minds * of all ;at the last: moment what doubts they may hare entertained” *•♦ * * “On the erenjng bbforlt;£ the execution, by request, District AttorneyHendee, SherijT McCartney;1 J. Kfjrshner, Esq., and twoidoputios risitedHhp fclon^s room in the*jnil. ^He'talked of the crime for which be irss condemned, sn|[ it was supposed hi was aboui to make a?confes-sion. It was'theri that he rolnntiered to| • A I•ay that lie kjlew that his wife, 5brother and brother’s wife were killed by poison, and that an attempt* was. made torkill thechildren. Ho ^also knew who thp guilty party was, but would not rereal thef fiime.”If the forgerios were authentic, few could doubt his guiltf-bul there were tbpse whobelieved it to bb'false. His brother, John Wood, Esq.t‘.onNew Providence, doubtingthe truthfulnes* of the statement, wrote to one of his spiritual advisers, Rev. ff. Man-deville, requesting him to give the|facts in relation to this confession, and he tieceived the following answer, dated July 1»9:—-cCAlAS- * VpenswDryingreajJypai:AffMi■ ■ ..... n PUF°‘Hi8l.Crthcfry Rye M WinceBSJJirinc ►n the ips to ; theay ofin A ‘ d Ml-to ee ngton be re^ fromy*iliemilo —.Y Ibis■ tliaf,bringit heD*ar Brother—I recoircd jours Sat-uidfty evening’fthd tako this early opppr-tunity to reply_: as to the jtatement published that your brother, made a partial confession to Mr? Hendee ' and others thenight before his death. There, is not aword of truth in it, , . After I had changed his olothes I went down the stairs on an errand, and met one of the deputies, and he told me thnt Mr. Rcndee. said ss abovestated. I went jmmediataly back and requested Isaac to go with me jnto the cell, .there, we coqld’ be alone. I told him what Mr. H. had reported, and he saidthere wiis no .truth in the report. Hethen stated .to me what trajv^aid relative to the poisoning, and remarked that it wasfortunate that he had a witness present,and wished me* to ?end for him. Mr, ICerahner was .called in end asked if he1 ^ tremembered the convereatfon the previous evening beiwepn Mr. Hendee. apdt Mr, Wood: said be fcmembcrecLit’distinctly. He was then aeked tostijte what Isa.ao did eay, and his sirttement Agreed pcrfeotly with that made to me by',you? brotbe.-when alone with 'biin Yq the/cell, th, sub-IlllaPAVW”LAIDrednoj!U tinGRtanSTUrloimtiEj1 wowoo’cl, •wfeniriknfINow c of W.(x a mortRnt« iat tht» rnr\\*TV lADaniCiUrr On For mGoodYanAstance of which ^ un^reply |o Mr. H.'sjnterro^p,torieR),he haaisometimcs, ijhougbtgrnceis not nesee weresomeP‘ *nitteeactng e de* sivelyOon-Thcylar to o thejsitipnomin-* f* fito ofAi dfs-,t[•Ben-ng to e was%!?.«. p«i8ona: were poisoned, bat.qinoe, Ibftt package .wras,.found hfttl dQub.ipd]i^they were poisonedlt; apd, bnd-feJt Rjjfyhe,‘wbolq relative to* ihlt;. packigo-.was a plo.tlagainst him, r, He complfiioed-to me of,the.unkind irentmont heircpeived.tb.st, evening; from Hendee ;t;ssjd he, tsjjied^yeryrth^rsh to him, and hurtihis feelings ,ve,ry much. ‘Mr, H, was doubtl^ss .vcry anxious to. get something in(.;tha shape, of a confession,, from Mr, Wood,,hut.,that ,6a failed » ve'rvI * \ * m 9 +4certain to my rpindf rslle m*«,not the mao,to dorthat workt ,I:havernnt th^Jeaet confidence that he ^ made .anything like a #___!___ ratr . a i ' ' V , • . « .confession, or .{that, lie ever intimated to hirff tjiat he had. anr knowjedgn of thnperson who poisoned hl^ relatives.” *Tob»cAIMtfndiofficrjtyou w1 Iatt' 8 orrrdiTotlicjjtlpu, I' Such la the aocounfgiven by one of his spiritual advisers, and if' it may.be reliedon, what ere *ro lo:think-of i tfie fst(empt to fabricate a “partial oonfessio’n’*? Whose life-is not in jeopardy, * if suoh’a oourso is allowed? The unfortnnnte man-has'jtnany highly roapoc'trible TelaitiresJ' Wiioare fully psraqaded. of- hia. innocijptnj^f the drime forlt;which he wsA evheuted, who feel deeply grieved with«his:shameful at^,temp by falsehood .and ‘“misrepreientisdnon io convweft thhae’-hAvirig -doubts'of Hub guilt. If such a spirit has prbvailed during the trial, it-would not bo% at allstrange *if'an tnnooert 'mftn htts been executed, i ’ h , ?t‘, ■ ' 01 • - •’/hail ifjlt;r pjiofficerIfteprit«d aitcomjiccncrt.TTit,IltifthKoor, mno rid Gy • ‘bar.plrodfTimCanrucopy o rc^»rd0 ac-aUi.non atWo would'no^t compla'in' of;lt;bttt jualify! all laudable and4Honorable* effort touringCon* the guilty to justice, and* sustain the maj* as no asty of, the !aw,u though^ the 1'bldw ^tnightaran*j on nc*rost friend; but our belter ^ nature will ever protest against'the pros ecutor or any) one else'manufacturing a* a ser* confession for the oondemnodj and then bury- mending it abroad through the tancl by the’aid of the preasvLet it bo kho'wh-that Isaac L.Woedijj^ made no confession^.bat on the fcbntrary |oOtta asserted bis innocence to the last. No? press wondor he made a direct appoal to* Mfl II when on the scaffold, when he said^You,Mr. Hendee,; must/ go there too. »Youcannot escape, the judgment? seat*of,God*“ey ♦ « lt;• ^ .lt; * * i • Jostick.♦they _. . o ‘k ?.•r : ourvouldAN A■ucrt0‘1T n«SdfiAtStcwkmelectiiwite1•uch'/i cd, 6*i sm inbe a lt;rii^ ss the ret vise II §11 ct t*i voi whfCfifour?tttied and it nod ‘freghlitea^feimade plica tAct; a permitbyf ielt;to VOticansirnor.imx ‘ 1 * * V’iV‘: ‘ * 1B/J I Xvt«\ M++ v«im A*-*art*! \’Onl*:jQftb^arnerandithe^tiict-of;tp» * * «aforestwllnuHiltiotrwho)4*8ha
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Dansville Herald
Dansville, New York, US
Wed, Aug 04, 1858
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