The record-union., 1893-03-21
DOOMED TO DEATH.
PRONOUNCED ON CAR
LYLE w. HARRIS.
To be Executed by Electricity During
the " eek beginning on
May 9Th Next.
Special to the REcoRp-UN1ox.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
New YORK, March 20.-There was n
dramatic scene in the Court of General
Sessions this morning when Carlyle w.
Harris, the young medical student. was
called to the bar to receive the sentence of
death for poisoning his secretly-wedded
bride, Helen NAY Potts.
Public sympathy has been aroused to
an unusual degree in behalf of the young
man, and it went to the extent of holding
a mass meeting in Madison-square Gar
den. But all was without avail to stav
the action of the law.
There was an immense thronp of peo-
pie around the building in which Re-
corder Smythe sat this morning. Admis-
sion was forbidden to all except those
bearing cards from the District ATTORNEY.
but in spite of this the courtroom was
crowded before the time for sentence to
be passed.
Harris was finally brought in looking
worn, haggard, and showing unmistaka-
BILE signs of the terrible ordeal through
which he has been lately passing.
When the court opened the Recordar
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sponded, walking unsteadily, with evil
dence of extreme weakness. he was
asked if he had anything to say WHY sem
tence should not be passed upon him
when he leaned heavily for support on
the rail, and began a reply in a voice in
audible, except to those Immediately ut
his elbow. After one or two unintentional
Interruptions by people coming in. the
stiffness of death settled over the court
room, but the words of the doomed man
were still inaudible, except once in a
while when he reached some point in the
case which moved him strongly, when he
would utter Il sentence or two with START
ling strength and distinctness. and then
give way to evident weakness and talk
III an undertone.
At the close Recorder Smythe SEN
fenced him to be executed during the
week beginning May eth.
There were wet eyes in the courtroom
at times during Harris speech, and muir
INJURED sounds, showing that the throng
was deeply moved. Among the most
dramatic points in the speech were where
he denounced Dilworth and Choate 4
newspaper man, us a sneak, Deriurer
outcast and District Attorneys tool.
where he denounced Assistant District
Attorney Wellman as liar: where. with
tears streaming from his eyes and sobs
convulsing his frame, he turned to thank
his counsel, Lawyer Howe, saying he
was poor man and could never repay
his devotion; ending by handing him the
envelope which he said contained his
dearest possession, Helen's last Gift to
him.
Harris spoke an hour and forty min
utes. He made no sign as the Recorder
hurriedly pronounced the date for his
execution. At the close of the scene he
was taken back to the Tombs.
The envelope which he handed bis law
yer contained pair of cuf buttons
When Harris reached the Toom6s on
his return there was big crowd waiting.
Three cheers and a tiger for Harris -
said some one. They were given, and
Harris walk ed inside with a smile on his
face. Once inside The prison he said:
well, it is all over now; but I am ready
to die, although declare solemnly | an
an innocent man. L feel like a man who
has done good days work, and is tired.
l am surprised at the way held out"
Lawyer Hole said in accordance with
the special request of Harris no mass
meeting would be held in his behalf,
Lawyers are confident an appeal 10 tue
Governor will be successful in averting
the execution OF the death sentence.