MAXWELL'S DEFENCE.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 253, 7 April 1888, Page 6

MAXWELL'S DEFENCE.

An item in the mail news 1»\ last .steamer troin Sun Kianeiseo state I thai the execution ot the sentence ol death passed on Maxwrll (alia- Biooks), tlio convicted uiiudciei ot I 'roller, h.ul (>new nune been stayed, pending a petition kv ie-lu"ivinv now beioie ihe Kupieme Com!, ot the United States. Matcinents h,i\ t Keen made that. ]\la\ well had ionu--od to «. oinnult in<4 the rinne, and H nun he lemembeiod that a deteem c wasiMnl toha\e elicited an adnu-Mon ol mult, hum the eundemned nuui h_\ j^ot'in", impi ironed and woiLinjj, himM.lt into tin < ontidt iKi- ot \la\well So l.v tiom adimttmu hi- uuilt, lioweui, Ma\\\ell h.i-> ,d\\a\s -umti\ maintained tlia 1 I'lellei -> death was aeeident illy ( an-'ud iluough the admini-tiation ol ehknuluim. 'Dits bmiLihiiL; siiii\ t!i> eond- limed man u^peated in wntUn toim -nine tinee mvuiths a'^o, ai, -\\ lueh I ime we pnbh-hi d a tt^i'HU ol lit — naiwitiu ot how I'ullei \\a> Ivilkd, and how lie plawwll) lueanu alainud a( (he pio-p(<t ul bem'j, -u-peeted oi ninulei ni ( _> tils ccuukiiU and llul to \iuklaiid. Ma\.\ell, ,ts-i-i.d h_\ his iathi i and sulnitois i^ maUmii -liennons et'oits Id ml tin suiliint ul ilt.Uh-, t a-ide, an i " loiiti^um i-< tin la-l tiling that hr 1- h!vel\ to malvi^ \ >t l.oui- Uli'ui.uu o! li')iiiai\ 14th sa\s Sauiael \(\\lon iliouU- iatlui ot lluuh M. I .look-, c' >.••- MaNWill, the munluii ot Piclki, .uii\lu in tin- iu\ Ki-i infill Hum i!\df, l-nu land Ihe -. hool X atiit > \i~iU'l thi <_;aol to ihi'v ,I'ni \s,i- un ''I* d h\ hi- -on linmijji ihi l>ai-. I'iin- l'»i tin iiiinie w< l i< tlun diHil-i d, and if .e-poii-i to mniil'H - ,\h Hn.oU- -aid Ir -tol liad -^Kat liopi but -uu l the ai I urn ol tin snpume ( oni i in. »\a- pupaiid toi tnw'miiv, iii 1 - l>i-( \\o\h l -•- vi t'u (i.'Miuoi - c k i.iem ; IK' I- toltltltd Wllll lliall\ Litll- tIOMI DiomiMi nt p oplt lie \. is leu nil) told ot two \ulMt-si- who km w ot Hu^h 1 - e\ pLllllßtltinu Wit 1 ! dll.L ('Hi ol tlu-( tta , .it tlu ilui.l wht'i !!ul;!i and I u 11. i WLi- tlu n and km w l'n \U i wa- mi k Tin. mill . t In- d o'l tin 1 I i pita lonia tiom I. upland wi'h hiiii and hino luul iluuh loohnu vu'i di >_- IK m Und- in m t tin. n lt-tmi'a\ md pkn\' it Keloit hi' ("luiiiu] m hi- pita loi p.iidon Lin uld^iiilii nan now n.j'vi - no t oMipiamt j ul ilr i. .uu t-