St. Paul daily globe., 1891-03-27

The crime for which Oliver William Stang
ley suffered the death penalty to-day was
committed in Weatherly Saturday, Oct -,
1889. At few minutes before O'Clock the
the wife of Albert Walbert was found
lying dead on lounge in the
parlor of her home, with a bull
let hole through her body, showing that she
lad been foully dealt with. Walbert, his
wife, five children and Stangley, as boarder,
were the occupants OF the house On the
morning of this fateful day. Mrs. Walbert
rose about ) o'clock, and prepared break
employed in the silk mill. They were
compelled to leave for their work about half
an hour earlier than the father and their
elder brother. The two latter, after they had
received their breakfast also left for their
work, leaving Mrs. Walbert, Stangley and
the little girl Ida as the only persons in
the house. Stangley complained of being
SICK. and gave that as q
reason why he did hot go to work, and the
little girl was up stairs asleep in bed. She
came down shortly before o'clock. and not
finding her mother, she inquired of Stangley
where she was, and Stangley told her
she had gone 10 Hazleton. Stangley fur
ther told her that her mother had
and afterwards go to neighbor's house
until her mother returned. From the neigh
bor's window she saw Stanley leave the
house, she then came back and on entering
that morning, she found her mother dead.
Stanley fed to Slatington, where
his mother and step>father resided,
ana was there arrested on the same
afternoon. During the evening he was COM
mitted TO the Mauch Chunk jail and on the
following Monday he made full confession
of the crime. acknowledging tnat he had
done the awfnl deed. but claiming that she
had angered him. In the details of his con-
fession ne said that he had always liked her,
but that she did not like him any more He
said that she was at the sink in the kitchen.
washing the breakfast dishes; that she was
scolding him because he did not go TO work
that morning. He got angry al what she said
and knocked her on the floor with his fist;
that he then pulled the revolver from his
pocket and fired twice. The first bullet
did not hit her The second passed
through her body, pierced the heart and
killed her instantly. He then picked her up,
carried her into the pallor and was making
preparations to leave the house when little
Ida came down stairs. He said tnat he sent
Ida to the neighbors house in order TO give
him an opportunity to get away unobserved.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, March &c.
George Washington Moss was hanged
here in the prison yard at 10:1S O'Clock
this morning. Moss walked to the gal
lows smiling with firm and fearless
pace. He said: ''God does not hold
HE responsible for the murder of my
wife, and do not hold myself respon-
sible. L die like a soldier, with a
smile." Death ensued in eleven min
uteS.
The crime for which George W. Moss was
executed today was the brutal killing of his
wife, Rhoda, on the night of the 10th of Oc-
tober, 1889. Moss who had not been seen by
his family for some days, came TO his home
in Helfrick's court, about z o'clock
at night. On entering the door,
his daughter Anna exclaimed in a
frightened manner, oh there's papa"
His wife at the time was placing eggs in a
kettle on the stove to prepare supper for her
sons, who had just returned from Work and
were washing themselves outside When
the wife looked up she saw the muzzle of
Wash, don't she cried, and scarce
ly were the words spoken when
three shots were fred in rapid
succession and she fell to the floor. The
weapon. just in time to see their father point
the muzzle of the still smoking revolver
towards himself and fire three more shots,
With the weapon still i'll his hands,
got up and ran out of the house,
and disappeared. The wife lay dead upon
the floor until the neighbnrs tenoerly took
her I'D and carried her into an adjoining
rOom,laylng nef upon SOFA Duliet mad
torn away the left eye. and the ball, taking
an upward course, entered the brain. A sec
ond bullet entered the forehead. The third
shot did not take effect. The entire
police force was called ont and with
lanterns in hand, they secured the vicinity
in search for the murderer. but without sue
cess. until after midnight when he was
found II an alley by the sergeant of the
squad. When approached, he said:
rs it me that you want:''
Yes, sir, said the officer
We'll, then 1 surrender but wiGh to God
that had killed myself"