Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-12-29

Edward Hallinger, After Long Legal
Fight, is Finally Executed for the MUIR
der of His wife.

EDWARD haiilhsefs Alter u Long Legal
Fight. is Finally Executed for the MUIR
der of His wife.
JERSEY Cry, n. j., Dec. 22.--Edward
llallinger, colored was hanged at 1905
O'Clock this morning in the county jail.
April 9th, 1891, Hallinger killed his wife
and afterwards said he was glad of it. To
Chief of Police Benjamin Murphy. Cap
tain Kelly, Detective Card and Patrolman
Bryon, lIallinger made confession and
signed it.
was examined without Jury before the
late Judge Manning NJ. knepp, who sem
fenced him, May 9TH, to be hanged June
30th 1891.
After the gallows had been erected June
18th, Lawyer Charles j. Pershall secured
stay from Judge Green of the United
states district court. In his appeal Mr..
Pershall held that trial without jury
was unlawful, because the constitution
guaranteed q jury trial and that an essen
tial and fundamental trial could not be
waived.
Three times since Persehall has stayed
the execution. Hallinger's second sem
tence was pronounced by Judge Knepp, in
November, 1891, and Judge Wertz since
ascending the bench, twice sentenced Hal
lingcr to death. The last time was Decem-
Der 9TH Perschal sought release for Hal
NtA'b'A w viz 1891, llOb SNoC
even last night.
liallinger was very fond of his children
but Jealous of his mistress. She left him
because of his cruelty in the winter of
loJ0'9l. He was arraigned March 18th,
1891, on charge of trying to cut the
woman IS throat. He agreed to leave the
city and not again modest the woman and
land, near Rutherford and worked there
until Saturday night, April 9TH. That
night he came TO New York with white
man and spent the night in drinking. At
O'Clock i'll the morning he crossed the
ferry to Jersey City.
Mary Peterson, as IIallinger's mistress
was known, had been compelled to leave
the house OF Mr. Mccall, Sixth street.
Jersey City, while Hallinger was away,
and lie did not know this. She had found
refuge in the apartments of Joseph Moore
and his wife at No. IL Third street, Hal
linger went to McCalfs and demanded to
see mis- wife. He refused to leave until he
was told where the woman was, and when
he obtained her address he started out.
She was intoxicated. He knocked on
Moore's door in the morning and de-
manded to see his wife. Moore refused to
allow him to enter the house. Mary
Peterson was in bed in rear room, and
hearing Hallinger called to Moore not to
let him in.
The sound of the womans voice seemed
to enrage him and pushing Moore to one
side, he rushed to the rear room and eX-
claimed; "Sou don't want to see me, well,
want to see you. You have another man"
What followed llallinger himself does
not know. He says that when he threw
the Ratchet at his wife's head that he had
hard work to pull it out. Then he says he
rained blow after blow oil her head and
neck until the upper part of her body was
literally shapeless mass. Their children
lay on q bed but he did not touch them.
Then Hallinger pulled out large knife
and drew it across the womans throat.
by this time IIallinger was covered with
blood, brains and flesh, but he took mp the
elder child and walked into the street, car
rying it in his arms. lie met two or three
persons on his way down Third street and
told them of the murder.
Hallinger died without struggle A
telegram was received from LAWYER Per-
shall, at $50 O'Clock this morning, asking
the sheriff to delay the execution until .
o'clock this afternoon, but no attention
was paid to the re0iIest