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| ’W /«•! 1*1 ^ -4 Ifc ■V’-J, ~ V * lt;* I #*■•Tg 1 Fxbm tl*e Kewark1 Daily Advehlier. In /* I Iuiftc li. Wood—*JDId,lic make a Partial v# vM ' m ** * JCOHfeisIdn 1! a I i *' * . * I *£ - I tttt —t * -•* t{ ts*'m rlt; */{*! tS'l ^ vja;i * 'A cobe*^4d^it^of;tfti)iEdche*ter t/n-. Ion of .July 10V;ln|;iT!iijifii'ir» account of the late |aac:;l2^o6djt.hifl!Ftriar. and execn°* tioh/ Uk . spscial psinsjio justify tho re- 'Court/ District Altarriey Hendeei’and all iaa eirneetlj0 BoughtVKi»-i' conTi.ction.~' n#| jlfany JacquVmted with' -Wodd. believed ified • 1f* «%• *he ould not dio]-without? confessing It' U not strange 4hatlt;thope'nth by whose influence’ hawks CGDvictedsbbuld ris, earnestly desirea:conf#i' on.fromihim b,-.' ''i li* '-* i • 'Sk'si • r *. i* - A I rv »»• *Tet hUexecutionYlo Jujiiify themselves tn thc 'citimatibnrof tboaieiwhd baddoubt* of’ * r . -* - *« » v — * t w i ......op)roteFr not •■y.ibuKVKtfn ih'e^wrHdr^so^ berverls 1 at the lamguiige ,pf th prisonef ivhofis to be1_____1—j s^VJ'L. 1*1'-iaiieJ - r ' * vCcWsXI J' *fv? • -• •*» ravefo*’ of they*hatbaaincesnei*the last b j sin toirt-launched into eternity In a few honn9 as tq,make him eay;thing*- entirely^diflftrent, 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.lt;, Many of I.,'L * Wood's; relations am'_____ . • _ ~ T*j* ,\ t «.*S «•_Ateok-batonoo-ue:*n,besorsut5u-hic#t torasareichictare-illeMomaiUtheandfriends were 'greatiy surprised ‘id finding tho announcement of a partial confession* wntch, if troef;wouid lead to the^ conviction, notwithstanding his constant declarations of innocence, that ‘he wAs really guilty. Said article says; “Of thi justice of the sentence, few if any doubtep, ajtho/ Wood persisted in :jiis icnoceiico* crime from fir.st to lakt; Ijfjit a partial confession betrayed him,* and removed frimi theminds * of all ;at the last: moment what doubts they may hare entertained” *** * ♦ «0n the erening before; the execution, by request, District AttorneyHendeo, SherijT McCartneyJ*J. Khrshncr, Esq., and twoidopiities visited Hh? felon^aroom in the'jail. ^-Hetalked ’bpthe crime for which be ^as condemned, an|[ it was supposed h# was aboui to make ^confession. It was^'theri that he roluiifeered toi * * *say that he kjlew that his wife, J brother and brothar’s wife were killed by poison, and that an attempt*was. made torkill thechildren. Ho ^also knew who thl guilty party was, but would not reveal the^arne.” Ifihe forgerios were authentic, few could doubt his guiltf-but there were tbbae whobelieved it to be‘false. His brother, John Wood, Esq.,iofiNew Providence, ^oubtihgthe truthfulness of the statement, wrote to one of his spiritual advisers, Rev. J. Man-derille, requesting him to give the|facts in relation to this confession, and he received the following answer, dated July 1*9;—«• V .—LCAlt;pciDryinreatJypAlI A IMtPZjF°r81. Cr r^hcn-Hi*WineB«me(he i to ihe■ ofA *Mbeetonre^oihemDkar Brother—I received yours Sat-uiday evening’and taka this early opportunity to reply^ aa to the .statement published that your brother, made a partial confesgion to Hr* Hendee^ and others thenight before bis death. There, in not atuord of truth in it* f Jkfter I had changed his olothes I went down the stairs on an errand, and met one of the deputies, andhe told mo that Mr. ftendcasaid as above stated. I went immediataly bsck and r«-quested Isaac to go with me jnto the cell, •there, we could' be alone. J told himwhat Mr. H. bad reported, and he saidthere was no .truth in tho report. He then stated .to me what waa-^jaiil relative to the poisoning, and remarked that it was fortunate that he had a witness present,. •«* * -r § Vand wished me* fo ?end for him. Mr. ICershner was .called in and asked if he1 ^ trememharod the conversal?on the previous evening betwepn Mr. ITomlee. apd Mr, Wood: said be rcniembcrectit distinctly.He was then asked toet^te what Isaac did say, and Ida aUtejnen^ agreed perfeotly with that made to me hj\yo^r brotbe.-when alone with 'him :,ii the/bell, th* sub-RlnviVpA1wiLA?reC°GRniSTlrloT*W(o'cliIMNoiv of Wj a morBnt«jat th^ inrWoT w1 wDaiCia:/—Ore OFor *;QooiYanstance of whiq^wgs (in.reply lo Mr. H.'ajntVrrnyp.toriea}he bndigomcproes, (JiougbtiJtSmt, inDheneenotseeerometeengde*ely30-»cytothetpnlio-roflts-en toprisons: were poisoned, bat^inoe,tbit jjBckage ,. wfaBf.'founii hit! dQub^diji^they wer* poisoned* apd, hnfejt qjjf the, 'wbolq ralalite to^ ihlt;. packigo^jr.ae a plo.V; against him. r, He complpioed-to me of,tire.unkind rentmoht heiropeivedth'atj ejsning; from Hen dee; r's«jd he, tnJHed^viryfi H’^rab so him, and hurt .his feelings .re,ry much. ‘Mr, H. was doubtl^*s.yery anxious to. get something ir»(.;tha shape, of a confession,, from Mr. Wood,,lmt.,that ,6a failed is terv certain to my rpind* r^IIe waa‘,not the mao. ,to do.that work. . I ^are^not the .least., confidence that he t made anything like a copfejsion, or jthat, he ever intimated tohitff that he had. anr knowledge of the person who poisoned hi?, relatives.” *Tob»ia:MtSndoait^rjHtAt#you f1 la1- ‘JorrrtjaT o'tiWha-the it,offic?'ifteprtt#d sicomjjcncs;TwrituhKoOiimno tW(5 • ‘bar. pirocTlli Canti copy jrcK*rqaciiti,*iou a' Such is the aocounfgiven by one of his spiritual advisers, and if' it maybe reliedon, what are #o 4o:think-of' tfie fatlempt to fabricate a “partial oonfessio’n’*? Whose life-is not in jeopardy, * if enoh’a oourso iaallowed? -The' unfoftnnnte man-hns'^many highly rospoctnble 'relritivesj'tfiioare fully parsi- ded. of- hia. innocShfeij^f the drime forlt;which he wiw* e^ctited. who feel deeply grieved witMthis1 shameful at^ (tempt by falsehood ^and 'misrepreients^non io convinee those-hhvirig -doubts1 (if lt;hi8 guilt. If such a spirit has prbvailed during the trial, It-would not bo% at allstrange uf'an tnnooert 'rnkn htts been executed.) * h „ oi • - .Wo wouldno^t compla'in' of;(btit justify! all laudable tnd4honorable eflforl touring on* the guilty to justice, sod* sustain'the msj^no osfy the law,u though^ the^blow-tnightm-j ^ on ne*r**t friend; but our better nature will ever protest againsVtho prosecutor or any ? one elso manufacturing a confession for the condemned} and then ry. isending it abroad through the lanS by the1 aid of the preasi Lei it bo kho'wh-that' Isaac L. Woodi{{fmade no confessioh^-but on the Cbntrary I of#ti asserted big innocence to the last. No?ess wonder he made.a direct appoal to' SfrC H when on the scaffold, when he said^You,furjldAN J tiCito*. TnStilt;rtrtlelectWW5nUch' lt;d, lt;5 Am li be arhd stheriivise i til cto T lt;whlcfour,tilledaitdiiabtl *1regti:IsaitmadepliesAct; ipchal byf* Co voiMr. Hendee,; must/ go there too. »Youor*cannot escape, the judgment? se*t*of.Go'd*He7| ' ’ 1*^4 , * j » JoflTICK. iMiT♦ * ' Y'.’ * ian.lOn Ism'eiand:iUetrictofVlnfonslwlnunitiolwboliOt.i
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Dansville Herald
Dansville, New York, US
Wed, Aug 04, 1858
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