The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-11 00:00:00

•
IRE WRITE CHAPEL TRAGEDY.
5',M 1r51 . last week
Brtalt,
week,Aey.Alderman and Sheriff
, er•Sueriffs Mr Nottage (one ,
tleiti4 • , • accompanied by
the
nd t e
Alderman f
Mastrates)' Mr. gi Sidney Smith, (t he Governor),
ahe R
aid . ev• Lloyd Jones (the Ordinary
of -IN ewgat e),
11);_,. a visit to the brothers Wainwrightin their refs-
03,4ive cells, 7'he object of this official visit was to
totilltlllieete to the prisoner Henry
21- Ilder sentence of death,Wainwright,
'll'ae°f benetober, had been fixed that
his Tuesday,
execution.o t:; the
4h, itPrisoner Henry, in reply to a question
~..'-'• Alderman Nottage as to whether or pnoott heliad
to•Y recinest to make 'd he should wish for permission
vitvrrit
Itt, lir. pelli,anisai,
his attorney, asking him to
tight
i,, Mid that there were several friends whomtande
ftrzi
,wsh to see and with whose names he w 0
lii hh: 4 t,he, Governor The Sheriffs afterwards visited
how ,Thae," the Yclinge'r brother, Thomas Wainwright ,
With ir" sentence of seven years' penal servitude, but
hi, ttle or no result worthy of mention.
rw
In a- • e
E'lVing : I'4
resting article in the Pictorial World,
terna4,B2.,e6inne of the Judge's summing-up, the writer
1.4115 t wa4 e
et
S ngland, in the presence breath-
IZlnelicillie:4ll,attio- "Y dratuatically yet simply told by the
.s., kodioth. cof E-
of a
lest, ha
a it'rY of twelve on Wednesday
of ereitej4ectuse eo4bre which had reached its ninth day_
Dictures
,---"` While he told it with dramatic intensity, and
det4,ll, ike.l)ainting of words, but pitiless impartiality
.in
ill,wst not attl):llZainWright listened as listlessly as if his lifer
elared toleiaoo. In fact, he enjoyed the forensic treat, 114440 11101,4°T' keenlY as any of the listeanser W
he told the
time tile troeti_a court to hushed silence
48IectangrY,
dissipated by the
the I el her
taadeeg woman betrayed, but still trusting,
, mercenary, . made
.__ing tone
kw 4dge .1 Detrayer while with laRCI
iT, aY by i,,,Y
ocrLUred the life of the clever young man, led
itne for 11;11 al tastes from wife and home, neglect'a gbusi-
to hlWith hi, le,an delights, driven to bankruptcy yet strug-
s4 to Idtity to ,Lnrser nature, striving in his desperation to
lo , Os owl, .I,l',elnisbarulless mother of his children as well
hi. Isiti:y dem " and children, nut ilat last despl stroked
air ended
1
tr:,.o,seard eauelf.n_?d murder, Henry Wainwright only e by the
o,,At_ steor7. .g,',arsoall around were husled. in
11,1110 laLry, ,alialo ers,.whont" he hail inveigled into his
le
11 but his was the callops-
tf'eckbotZt!leVab Ateeltt a
e.t
r -epreeloinillWhile Lord Chief Justice
ktoWrhiteeit'4l3eilie strange story of the remarkable murder
pal
decial' when lfs was,„the demeanour of. the principal
tr 8 the, f t ' 6 story was told, and the jury retired to
,e'i'plitee wa,..e..?0f the two brothers, the scene changed.o . The
thet4tie eta.7e'', ndertully solemn when the twelve go_onommeouf
shavivoieuow.Tto o,urt, bearing with them the d
,1146 f. be felt. 'raga ; Others was a silence which mmigashtt
attor'tcieci the at somehow or other the ladies
whe,.! their
__Y were at the opera. Their glasses were held
tilybrot;,° stood `.g.,:s, and their eyes were directed to the dock
feorr'tbotaesivraneri
aVirbaasihnewdrighst,.leflnucsehed
The
et
clerk asks
aasnkds the
ke,_let, and the foreman'i. tells him that they
.4 ask;A'retlier w.`;_ght guilty of the murder of Harriet Lane
Henry
io 4;414 he h.,' -• wing an accessory after the fact.
h....". 1 aught to say why he should not be doomed
'ttei "sderte—'l, a few remarks he says. Then with a clear,
to 411 tor ii-el hinsical vcice' and the manner of a
_Pra,e-
tioschaste, Pure language, records his thaunekss.
time"' to hi 4 'l,ends. But this does not answer th.rere,____,
with sl) his ,„Lueorn, and the judge tells him so. He had
ti a deli '''''td tor a set Speech, and was baulked. ,
to Int kltly ecru
tin
f
kyle*,ostial)l)r'achlng dgonoi,volccans upon the God
Dregeo,
to deny
lallb tP "47 all e• he is fast travelling to has been
-ileh °I tonna gation of crime against him. —e
141 the je, 4114, but he is
thno murderer, he says. Thep
keg; tali „IS ealls his Statement rash, he bows mock-
er in o
RN-08 ltfiki,T9', e doo f death being pronounced,
thiswith the
Sl,
ou he fervently joins w
~,,,(Idit walk. ,-,,ris, looks at his brother waiting his
'4 tol relttt „' ,roin the scene as if he were going to a
tti,No.: keeti ...lie brother has nothing to say, but takes
Withh
kwht?
Arssetnt The crowd rushes, and by and o
bye
the
wrii4h._' te th cheers over the sentence
van. _
•••4 rekehlen.rderer, and the story of Henry W
le !lit* last chapter but one."
(IA Pq "-
Y ha

tt attended Divine service on Sun-
demeanour was attentive and