Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-10-08
GUILTY OF MURDER
Arthur Day Convicted of Kill. ing His Wife. ----.
TO BE HANGED NOVEMBER, IS.
Speedy Work of the Laws Machinery at
 .. Welland, Ont.

Convicted on the Evidence Given By His
 Sister, Mrs. Quigley, of Rochester-She
 Breaks Down While Telling Her Story.
 The Defence Onered No Evidence-The
 Jury Out Only Two Hours.
 WELLAND, Ont, Oct. S.-The trial of Arthur Day of Rochester, N. Y., for the murder of his wife on July 27 last, was an example of speedy justice. The case was called at 9:30 yesterday morn ing and at precisely 10:30 last night went to the jury. At 12:45 this morn ing a verdict of guilty was returned and Day was sentenced to be hanged on November IS.
 The principal witness against the defendant was his sister, Mrs Quigley, of Rochester. She testified in sub etance as follows:
 I remember being at the Falls in July last. My brother asked me to go there with him, offering to pay my fare. I asked him was his wife going, and she said yes. We went to the Erie depot, where we were joined by Mrs. Day. We then found we would have to take the New York Central and so went on that road. We had dinner at the Falls. Then we took the street car to the lower Suspension Bridge which we
  When we reached the point overlook ing the Whirlpool, I sat down to rest, as my feet were swollen. About twenty minutes afterward I saw Q shadow pass behind me which must have been my brother and his wife. The next saw of them they were standing on the brink about three to five minutes walk away from me in the direction where we came from
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 cone behind the other. My brother was behind Desire. I was standing looking at the river. The next time he looked he was waving to me with & black handkerchief and walked up to where he was."
 "What did he say when you walked up to hint"
 All eyes in the court room were upon the witness intently. She was silent for few moments. A pin could be heard drop. Suddenly her eyes filled and weeping.
 fWell, if must tell, I must" she exclaimed, and looking straight at the prisoner, her brother, she said: ''He said I have showed her over. She never moved, and never knew what struck her."
 Then the witness broke down en- blE6ly, DOW0O u0E n6hO Ou Uu0 EhlI OI the witness-box and sobbed pitifully. On cross examination the witness admitted that she had been arrested twice flor larceny and that she once kept a house of ill-repute. MT. German endeavored to shake her story as to the fatal walk to the whirl- pool, but she stuck to everything she had said without the slightest varia- tion.
 She uaa than raaxeno;Dad hv Mr Johnst tone as to the exact positions of the accused and his supposed victim and the witness, but no new facts were brought out.
 Witnesses were then called to testify to the finding of the body; the place where it lay, and its condition. Several witnesses, including B. O.. Furtherer, of Rochester, N. Y., John c. Hayden and Mrs. Hubert, of Rochester, gave evidence corroborating evidence previously given, and the court took a recess until 7:45 p. m. Upon resuming, the prisoner having no evidence to offer, MT. German ad- dressed the jury. He claimed that the Crown had no evidence against the prisoner except that of Mrs. Quigley. MT. German made an eloquent appeal in favor of the prisoner. MT. Johnson, for the Crown, said that Mrs. Quigley twas testifying against her own brother andIwould not be likely to swear falsely to imperil him.
 Judge Rose then reviewed the evil dence, charging strongly against the prisoner. He told the jury they should return a verdict upon the evidence, if it was a case of suicide or accidental, the prisoner was innocent, if not, he was guilty.