Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-30
0ARLITZ HANGED.


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Al TEE sArL IN WHICH HI fAkT1cnArEs-HR
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WITHOUT srRuooLx-1 MAKES no sfKrcn.
CUUEaIAxp, M, Aug. sl-Ths sun rose
rom bank OF lurid vapor and lie light vss
sArdy IN reaching the corridors Of the jail
where Melvin Ellsworth Garlitx, aged twenty
six years, was ready 10 meet his death. He vas
calm, apparently fully conscious Of his awfal
tate and expressed an earnest conviction that
he has been forgiven for the murder Of his
wlfe and wiz met her in heaven
ne rose a an After devotions be pre-
pared for breakfast, which was taken 10 him 10
6;So. This consisted OF fried eggs, rolls, fried
potatoes and coffee Of which he ate sparinely.
Upon the arrival Of his religious advisers a.
$50 o'clock services were held. Revs. Miller Of
Frostburg, and s. +. Butts, ofhciating.
Arrra LsAvISo TIE yku.
the hymn "Nearer, Ny God, TO Thee" vas
sung. At $50 O'Clock Deputy sheriff Anthony
locked in their cells all the prisoners except Q
chosen few. who assisted in the singing OF the
hymns a. the procession moved 10 the scsffold-
A short time before, the fatal rope
was run over the pulleys on the scsffold
rangements Garlitz has % far re-
FUSED to see any one this morning. Only re-
porters were admitted 10 the corridor during
the services. At the same hour the city police,
unde. Capt Gephart, nled into the jail 20 stand
guard during the execution. In the cell, At the
beginning OF the religious services, the hymn,
hat friend We have in Jusus" was sung BY
tne prisoner, led by Mrs. Butts wife Of one OF
the ministers. During the singing
eARLrrz SEEMED NERVOUS AND WAS VERY PALE.
Inc alst psalm and the l4th chapter Of st.
John were then road and Mr.. Butts made an
earnest address. The prisoner was neatly
dressed in slsck with spotless linen ana was
without his coat Rev. Mr. Miller then explained
the circumstances under which the l4th chapter
was inspired. Guards were in the cell during
the exercises. The prisoner looked steadily Al
the wall with folded hands and seemed less
nervous than when the services began. The
nymy, 10, think OF the home over there" was
neht sung. Rev. Miller then led in prayer, the
prisoner kneeling with his face to the wall
RISING FROM PRAYER eARIIrz SAT
opposite his couch with his back to the cell
door, while the hymn Are you weary, are YOU
heavy laden" was sung. AT the Cross"
was next sung Mr.. Miller, placing his
nan nands on Gariitzs shoulder, leaned over
and comforted him for a few moments.
Mrs Butts then asked for the song "a
Land that is Fairer Than Day." after which she
left the cell much overcome. After the religious
services were over Sheriff Hohing entered the
corridor and read the death warrant 20 Garlitz.
D.
ceived by the sheriff July "A. 1889. After the
warrant Was read Garlitz said:
II AM READY TO GO now"
put on his straw hat and led the way from his
CELL At the threshold Of the lower door he was
strapped and the shroud placed upon him. He
assisted In the arrangement Of the straps, said
gooo-bye TO the sheriff and deputy and with
out tremor passed from the gas light of the
corridor into the blessed sunshine which be
" fha Ia -
scanold steps, calmly and without hinching he
glanced at the fatal beam and faced the south.
bright Hush mantled each cheek as be looked
at earth and sky, at the sheriff and the crowd
oeio~ In response TO the sherifrs question be
said:
HE HAD NOTHING TO SAY
linen after arequest that the moose be tightened
little and care taken that he was not thrown
headlong be said: Goodbye all, goodbye dear
sheriff, goodbye darling" The trap fell at
y:4S and at s.59 he was pronounced dead At
IL he was cut down and the body embalmed.
Inc funeral viii take place Sunday from his
orothers residence, with his guards a. pall-
bearers.
Garlitz's Atrocious Crime.
The crime for which Melvin c. Garlitz died
was the most atrocious ever committed In AIle-
gany county. About 7:s0 O'Clock on the even
ing Of March 26, 1889, on the streets Of Cum
beriand, he fired five shots from s2-calibre
revolver into his young and beautiful wife, kill
ing her insts atty. So close was the weapon
held that the bosom Of her dress was set on
eide walked through the city, told his father OF
the murder, and made good his escape on q
freight train TO Martinsburg, W. Va where he
WAS arrested later that night Had he fallen
into the hands Of the Cumberland people be
would have Joined Judge lynchs court.
Next morning, March "a, he was placed i'm
the county jail in the cell occupied BY Henry
=. spencer, now serving q life term in the
Maryland penitentiary for the murder of w,
Scott Dawson, at Rawlings, in this county.
Inat morning he confessed TO q press reporter,
alleging his wife's infdelity as the cause Of the
murder.
HE WATCHED HEB FUNERAL
as 1t passed the Jail with perfect stoicism. His
trial began on April Is, was continued until the
18th, when after six days q Jury was obtained;
the trial then lasted eight days, during which
the abiest counsel appeared for him. After
oeing out two hours on the eighth day the jury
found him guilty of murder in the first degree.
An appeal was taken, but on June Is, the
court OF appeals sustained the circuit
court. and on July Judge Hoffman sentenced
the prisoner, who broke down for the first time
since the murder, weeping bitterly Gov.
jackson then named Friday, August So az the
Gay Tor his execution. Since his sentence Gar
htz has repeatedly asked for his child and
secretly requested that he might be buried by
the side OF his murdered wife. Both requests
have been refused by the dead woman's father.
IT WAS RUNAWAY MATCH.
On the 2lst Of January, 1885. Garlitz, then
handsome fellow OF q, son Of ex-Sherif Basil
Gsrlitz, ran away with Leah Eva White, the
beautiful daughter Of Joseph White, Q commits
sion merchant Of this city. They were married
at Gretna Green, Pa, but their married life