As showing the depravity of the man he said after receiving sentence: "That is an awful dose, and I haven't had my breakfast yet." Possibly in prison he will reflect upon his evil life, and be softened, and repent.

He might have been a good citizen, worthy of his country; but he hardened his heart and sank deeper and deeper in his degradation.

Oh, the hardening of the heart! It was Pharaoh's sin.

It is the sin of many an one now.
Another highway robber, Edward Davis, was sentenced at the same time with Wood to serve in the State Penitentiary for thirty-three years.
He also pointed a pistol to the head of his victim.

But thirty-three years! He will probably die in prison.