New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-12
H. @. TANNING FOUND GUILTY..
A VERDICT OF MURDER IN THE FIRST DE-
GREE.
HIS NEGLECTED wIFE's DEVOTION FAILS TO
ACoUIr HIM OF THE CRIME.


With no sign Of emotion save the leaden hue wmcn
overspread his face Henry c. Tanning last night heard
the foreman of jury in General Sessions pronounce
him guilty Of murder In the first degree. sobs proRe
from the lips OF the prisoners aged father, and Fannng
bent over to hiss the old mans forehead and to whisper
reassurlng words IN his ear.
The jury spent little time In coming to the conciu-
sion that Tanning killed his mistress, Mrs Emily Tay
lor on April 1e. Judge MARITIME finished his charge
a O'CLOCK and the jury retired to its room before
going TO dinner. There was no discussion Each OF
the twelve soemnly cast ballot. Ten votes were for
murder in the first degree one for manslaugnter ana
the other was blank second ballot was taken witn
out any talk about the merits Of the case Eleven
men were for the verdict which carried sentence
TO death with IT, The twelfth Juror this time favored
murder In the second degree. third ballot ana the
decision in favor OF murder In the first degree was
unanimous
Realizing the seriousness of their task, the jurors,
instead Of announcing their conclusion went 70 din-
ner They took lots Of time at the meal, returning
TO the General Sessions Building at 40 o'clock Each
man felt that he had decided rightly, and twenty-h
minutes later word sent to the Judge that YER
dict had been found. The jurors filed into court and
the foreman announced their decision. Judge Mar
tine remanded Fanning until week from to-day Tor
sentence His lawyer will appeal the case.
The trial was one Of especial interest. At 40
p. m. on April 16 woman was found at Parkave.
and Ninety -slxth-st. with long cash in her throat
she was taken TO a drugstore, where she died. III
was learned that she was Mrs. Emily Taylor, the
widow OF an English barber, who committed suicide
two Years ago account OF his wifes dsraeeful con-
duct. The widow laid the body In the grave and IN
four days went to live with Henry c. Tanning an
engineer his wife. They kept house together until
the man was out OF work and could not support her
Tanning was not arrested until day or two after
tho MURDER when Albert McMullen, his roommate at
the Harlem house. declared that Tanning had con-
fessed his guilt, saying that II he couldn't have the
woman no one else should. Tanning tried to show
that hn was with his wife at the time of the murder
The woman whom he had deserted corroborated his
story but the Jury evidently admired her devotion TO
her falthless husband than thoy believed her
story.
Only a few witnesses examined in the morning
and they testified to unimportant details Louis Mayer
then summed up for the prisoner talking about three
hours. Assistant District-Attorney Wellman then
closed for the prosecution I'm telling speech OF an
hour. He said that no one but flaming mad any mo
tive 10 kin Mrs. Taylor, and defended McMullen's
story That witness had told the detectives where
Tanning had thrown the razor With which the crime
had been committed, and they found IL there. NC
Mullen could not have known about the razor unless
Tanning had told him. Judge MARITIME began TO charge
at 5 :l5 p M, and finished in two hours.