Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-01-14
The walnrIsht Murder Trial In England.

The trial of Henry wainwright, for killing
and mutilating his parsmour, and OF Thomas
wainwright, Tor being accessory after the
murder was committed, was the leading sen
sation in England last month. Wainright
was formerly in rather good position as 3
brushmaker. in Whitechapel. Dissipation
and carelessness made rapid inroads into his
capital, and be was declared bankrupt about
two years ago. Although married man,
he had mistress-One Harriet Lane and
one day upon entering his room aud asking
him for money, be shot her twice in the
head, buried the body, beneath the floor,
threw chloride Of lime upon it, and person
allv. or though his brother, sent kilograms
to her family to the effect that she had gone
off with another man named Freake. Then
retributiye Justice stepped in. wainwright
became anxious about the body, which he
iisinterred and chopped up, and one day
hired man, who was formerly in his EN-
ploy, TO carry parcel from the premises to
a cab that was waiting in the road. The
man-Stokes by name-carried the package
10 the cab, and 10 his horror, on the way be
noticed a human hand prOtruding. lie ran
after the cab for more than two miles and at
length succeeded in persuading two police
men TO examine the contents of the pack
age wainwright and woman named Alice
Dav, who had Joined him On route. were
taken into custody. but the latter has
since been discharged, as it appeared that
She knew nothing Of the lOathsOme
freight, and was only taking a ride
with Wainwright at his request. The re-
suit Of the trial was the conviction of both
the Wainwrights, and the elder brother
goes to death the younger to seven years
penal servitude. The conduct Of Henry
Wainwright (the murderer) in this extraor-
binary trial was determined in the extreme.
Day after day he SAT- in the prisoners box,
with his brows knit and his thoughts ap-
parently far away, but ever and anon show
ing his keen interest in the proceedings by
taking rapid notes of the evidence and hand
ing them to his solicitor. Every day his
deadly pallOr and self-possession increased
Then when the fallen look
of dependency indicated that his last hope
had fed with the verdict OF the jury. be rose
and in loud firm voice that possessed no ire
NOR, called upon God 10 witness that he was
innocent and so when the sentence had
been passed upon bim-"That you be taken
to the nearest place Of execution, and there
be hanged by the neck until you be dead
and NAV the Lord have mercy ON your soul,
amid the solemn Amen Of those in court
with the exultant cheers Of the
without, he strobe with a firm
step and unfinching demeanor, to await his
awful fate Wainwright is rather a hand
some man, with a Slightly Jewish cast of
He was at one time consider
ed very promising actor, Shylock being
his iavorite character and be was in the
habit of giving entertainments at various
places of amusement in London and the
provinces. Everything connected with this
horrible tragedy was eagerly snatehed up by
the public. A disgusting feature of the
trial was the eagerness with which high
bred danes struggled to obtain front seats,
1t the Central Criminal Court day after
lay, in order to sit and listen to the filthy
ninutia into which the witnesses were com
Delled TO enter