The Butler weekly times., 1888-02-15
HAUNTED BY HIS VICTIM.
Horrible Sufferings Of Murderer Sen
fenced to Death.

Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. 6.-George
Durham heard the sentence, Guilty
of murder in the first degree" pro
nounced against h,m at Woodbury.,
N. j., a few minutes before midnight
Saturday, after somewhat sensa
tlonal trial for the killing OF his
mother-ln-l law, Balbar Handle.
Durham is young fellow in his 2O's
ana All through the trial he main
talhed All apPealahce OF sang frold
that excited the interest of everybody
VII, az. y atteitlon to the trial.
Since the dread verdict, his bealing
"a .e'ce Lu> given place to one
. "ui CT teIlui that has forme':
mort 7,'..ng coLt,as,. Tonight he
-. .t- week, haunted by his
! victim and crouching III vain from
II II, the corner oi his cell and gazing
"i,h ol.a;eu eyes for it's oncomiDg.
4 ioi.g liz il..s been the victim
>. us naun,ilg fear. and a more
,eirlb.e, yet p.tiable object than he,
would be lnd to I'M .glne. When
the july Oh Saturday night, within u
few moments Of midnight, pronounc
ed him Gun ty OF n.u, dc, Ill the inst
dtgl ee, he Was carried rather than
led back to hls cell to pass a sleej =
less night. The clothing he had
WON during the trial was taken from
him and his old clothes substituted.
He was placed in a cell ON the upper
tier of the west corridor. There he
moaued aud tossed through the
hight, unable to gam ally sleep,
while Constable Yearicks, who, at the
sug ggestiop OF Prosecutor Perry, had
been placed to watch HIM, kept his
weary vigil.
Durham was up and about at dawn,
pacing wemliy up and down the
la, row confines of his cell. All day
long he was nervous and excited, and
when, shortly after noon, Officer
Yearicks endesvoIed to give Dun
ham some of the medicine in 8
glass of water, Durham looked at il
earnestly for an instant, threw hi
head back and refused to touch it
With great difficulty Yea, icks hnall,
coa1ed him to gulP it down, but h
would not touch the glass. Yearick
then withdrew, pushing the iro'
, bolt into it's socket with thump.
Shol tly after dark to-ulght ther
came from the cell an unearthl,.
q oan, 1oli,wed by the heavy stamp
ing OF Dunham's slippered feet o.
the iron floor of his cell and tn
sound OF his body humping agains
> the iron walls of his cell. Yearick
opened the door quickly and foun
Durham again crouching i'll the ia
corner of his cell, his eyes intent
liked upon the bed.
The officer got him to lay dowl
but the scene was enacted again an
again. Not q word could b
got from the prisoner. Final
Yearicks pursuaded Durham to 8
ia chair in the corridor. The cha
vas close to the partition. Betwee
The two cor,idols, about s feet frol
the floor, ba, S are placed. The pri'
,ner from the other side climbed u
0 see Dunham. The murdere
,aught sight of the face, sprang u
With q wild cry, and broke for Il
. ron stairway, crying, "Whos ther
Who's there!" Yearicks got him BAT
the chai1; but he could not s
: till, and at last he was put back
. Ills cell.
While the haunted mans jails
: we're discussing his strange actio
: ,o-night, there came from his cell
Wild shrek accompanied by awf
groans and terrible crash. T
attendants rushed into the ia
,lncer Yea,icks opened the do
,nce more, and there stood Pc
,unham, the picture of fear a
woe.
"Oh; oh, there she isl he b
gro d, half screamed. He sto
Ia the corner of his cell, his ey