The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-08
THE PENCE sTdRyATIoN CASE.
Verdict against all the Persons Accused, ana
"a Sentence OF Death.

Tho trial of Louis Adolphus Edmund
Staunton, Patrick Llewelyn Staunton. Elizahcth
Ann StaYnton ihG wife OF rat NJ i and Alice
ton tho wife Of Louis Stuunton. was closed
yesterday in tho Central Criminal Court.
once the chair placed for her use She is young
of full and robust figure. round features. light
! appearing to be less affected 10y the position
llgn any Of the other, prisoners. there was q
great mental agony. Mrs. Putrick Staunton
! must have borne a lose resemblance To her
sister in former days. but now she wears very
, caroworn and detected look. Her face is wan
and haGgard, and her Who'll, aspect h"trays owl
/ doncc 81 the intense anguish she must have en-
durcd; She and her sister were plainly atircd
/ In dark dresses.
| concluded on the previous day. II now only re-
manned for the Judge to sum up the case to the
/ jury.
Thcurythcn retired at quarter to ten to con-
After being absent for an hour and twenty
! minutes the Jury returned with n verdict Of
guilty against all the prisoners and after the
usual formalitics the judge put on the black
cap and pq,ssed sent.sncc Is follows; p-.,.
! Ilcwcllyn Staunton. Elizabeth Ann stanton.
! Alice Rhodes. after long and patti ent. painful
! guilty 10y a jury u your country OF n crime so
black and hdeous that | believe in all the
records Of crime IL would he d iicut to find its
parallel. with u harbary almost incredible.
you plotted together t. take 10y cruel torture the
life 81 poor. innocent helpless. and outraged
| woman. and although you do not stand to-day
convicted Of the crime OF having murdered her
helpless child. | cannot help feeling satisfied
! within my own mind rs do That You are guilty
| II the crime for which you have been tried. hut
! that you also contemplated. and plotted. and
| brought about its death II IL sad thing 10 see
four young people rs you are standing there
! con,iccd of 80 cruel murder rs that ~ which
you have been convicted, and. terrible as to my
| mind IL Is that you should have entered into SO
! harharous plot even more incredible II II 10
think how Wicked and cruel was your conduct
! I'm witnessing day by day, and hour 10y hour. the
! era lual sinking into her grave 10y slow torture
oi the poor. unhappy creature whom YOU sent
/ tu her rest. | viii take caro- that the rccum-
/ m"nlnton 81 the Jury with regard to you. Alice
/ Rhodes. and you. Elizabeth Ann Stauntou. shall
b. forwarded ~ the proper authQritios whore
viii bc. duly and properly considered.
Mrs.. staunt9n. who had borne all calmly 10
| this point suddenly said hUrriedly and indis-
/ tinrtly " Oh cannot bear it," and moved TO
! the hu 'k Of the dock.
The Julgo-It remains only for mo to pass
| upon YOU the sentence 81 the Mw-thc sentence
! uu COMPELLED g. pass and that Is that for thu
| crime YOU hav' committed You must die. The
| sentence OF the Court upQn Ngu Is mat YOU be
/ s,N'r"iy' tach ol you. whei u"'k 10 thr plYcy
! whence You r1ln' thrnrr tu tnc common ln.l u
/ 90 execution. ana that there you bc .a'h Of you
] AAnA II hy the neck until ynu lci 'ad. and when
| You are dead the body of ca 30 of Won he buried
| within the precincts 81 TIE prison wihin which
You shall have last lr' tilard after this con-
vlcfl p. aud may tho Lord have mercy upon
tn instant sho heard her doom. Alice Rhodes
| hur-. into tours unl WIS 40 oncs kindly re-
moved by the woman Wardrr- ia attend .nrc To-
/ Is. apparently sobhing. ull the close Ms
stanton e iain"d her calm. composed de-
! meauur. Her husband seemed anxious only
! f0r his wle and. bending down. vii sprrrd
| something. 10 which she replied quietly, ! can
| bear u moro than II | wis guilty While his
| the hiark and hideous crime the prisoners hud
| committed she still stood quiet. replying calm
~ To her husband. as be- whispered with head
bent down. Just before sentence Of death was
pass =. she said with a gasp that she could not
and oy , To- IT, T G2ck Of Hh s o"E f6cGrr ~
remained To- th" cad hy the ~idrof Alice Rhodes,
without further Incident HIS lori.hip, -ru-
tenHn wa~ ~ times almost int 'rrupt'l hy th"
cries ana shouting II The mob outside. who had
been waiting Tor hours Co. hear the result
Eonh. M,.cls.'y E1amn.,
Tho broad md undisputed facts 81 the case
| force 10 one con O.usion. In 1875 the poor
! woman. then Harriet Richardson. whose death
has led 70 this inquiry. was living IN Walworth
road with her mothers sister, q MR.. Ellis. whose
e.n hya former marriage Mr.. Hiek-man WIS
the stepinther 20 the two female prisoners; II
j. well To- note this intricate family relationship
/ since u throws -.rl" llght ula what huUpen"d
subsequently. the elder ol Mr. IA kSrnn =
l.rN'l}n - .ui'u. JAN artist u.s. profession. li.
Younger strieinulht.r. Aar. X od,s. r,-la. 4
az hom", Wore LOUIS Edmund Aiopnus
HIrk-nliu'- family and hi- mother Mrs Tilt-.
with whom Harriet Richardson was staying.
there was nAturaliyu gnod drHl Of intimacy. ami
10 taiS way Louis Nt4union p cam aNudut.i
| with her. Shr was NJ weak mt lle =. not exactly
| Judgment ON her own affairs. aud unfit . h.
married. Hence. when Mrs Buit.rilrd heard
NJ hrr daughter enlas n' 40 To- Louis Sinnn-
tom. she took proceedings IA chanerry with "a
view io prevent the MARI axe. she iaIlvd ina
Iti'- "ud-4Nor. and tie marriage took l.t-c ina
lon- s,aunton wos ihon iweny- -four years Of
0l''. his wife WIS ten years older. HI" hcid %
finuftr- an small -fIi-