The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-05-09

HAS BEEN EsESgITED.
How the People fake 1.-THE Sad Story o
the Crime.

cambridge, Ga, May 5.-(Special. DR..
Julius ReInbert Won Polntz. who was to
| have eXpiatcd on the gallows here tomorrow
the crime of numbering his wife last summer
has been rcspited by the governor till June
18th.
The is much sympathy expressed by all
classes of the community for the condemned
man and several strong appeals have gone to
the governor iii mis- behalf. Not that any
one desires that he should escape the merlted
penalty of the law, which the people think
he fully deserves but there is a general SEN
timent that sentence to life imprisonment
would be more in accordance with the ey-
idoucc. DIR. pOnitz is the Wheck of q once
prominent and respected physician, native of
South Carolina, who stood high i'll bis pro-
feSSiOn as a physician and surgeon III the
| confederate army in Virginia. His educa
tional and cultured attachments We're not in
forior to any who have adorned and won
distinction and honor i'll the profession of
medicine and surgery. When i'll the full
promise Of an honorable and useful life
the demon intemperance laid his whitening
| hand upon the young mans intellect and he
became an inmate for several years of an
asylum for the insane. After his discharge
he went on down the road of adversely ana,
from one sin TO another until his appearance
here on the Dist day of April, 1892.
On that day he procured from the ordinary
here a marriage license for himself and Miss
Alice Pullcn, stating that he and Miss Pull
len had come from Alabama for the pur-
pose of getting married. Miss Pullen had
every appearance Of Il lady of intelligence
and retirement and it seemed a dark mys
terry to the witnesses of the ceremony that
she should unite herself to typical tramp
She afterwards proved to be the daughter
of Rev. Mr. Pulen respected Baptist
preacher of Cave Springs Ga. After their
marriage they remained at the same board
| ing house ab0ut Il month and after their
board bill was paid by her they sought
| lodgings at a more humble hostelry. In the
|
much improved by a better suit of clothes
| bought by the bride.
The doctor. however. did not seem to have
| improved III like degree in morals by con-
| tact with his good wife and better clothing
| 1t was not long after their removal to new
| quarters hat the other boarders noticed the
Incorporate habits of Polnitz and his cruel
| trea tment of his wife.
One day the groans and pleadings of Mrs
polnitZ were heard in their room and iudg-
ing from the sounds. it was thought he was
| on one of his frequent drunken sprees cru
ely beating her. About the time the board
! ers had made up their minds to break in
and rescue her Mrs Ponitz Sprang open the
| door crying most piteously and between her
! sObs saying that her husband had beaten and
kicked her nearly to death. Polntz, fearing
| the vengeance of the boarders Disappeared
| while their attentions were directed to the
| ternoon she walked up to jewelers. store
about a half mile away, pawned enough
| jewelry to pay her way home, walked back
| to her boarding house, which was near the
| depot, and took the train on her way TO
| Cave Spring, Ga. At this place she died
| two days after her arrival.
When the news of her death reached the
| sheriff here he at once instituted search for
| Polnitz and found and arrested him near
| Tallahassee, Fla He takes his imprisonment
and sentence to death very calmly. spending
much of his time in writing long letters
to persons who have shown him attentonsI
in his last troubles.
He still cngs to the hope of escaping tb:
galows and unless the sentence of dean
be speedily executed a natural death VII
doubtless end the career of what was oIce
q man.