The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-09-11

over his face and the Sheriff, stepping t
a the opposite side, pushed the lever, AM
, at 1925 o'clock the murderer shot through
, the opening, falling four feet and tel
, inches. The suddenness was startling
and the completeness of the work seemed
to rob all present of some expectation
There was no rebound and the body huns
almost motionless. A suppressed groar
was heard and all was still. Those stand
ing near could see an almost imperceptl
BILE twitching of the fingers and Sigh
tremor of the lower limbs as they ros'
and fell few inches from muscular re
action.
The attending physicians used steth
oscope in their examination of the heart
The pulsation at first was too rapid to be
counted In FIVE minutes the wrist pulse
was not noticeable At SO o'clock the
heart beat 36 strokes to the quarter minute
At 1O41 it rose to 40; 1O.47 it fell to 8 and
half minute later Warner was pro-
nounced dead.
After allowing the body to hang for
thirty minutes as the law requires, Sheriff
Townsend deputi zed Evans R. Benners,
Stacy b. Taylor Dr. r. C. harrington and
Richard H. Dudley to take the body
down and place it upon table. The
moose and black cap were removed and a
1 thorough examination was then made.
The neck was not broken but the thyroid
cartilage, generally called the Adams
apple, was found to be fractured.
Death resulted from strangulation. A GER
| tificate to this effect was signed by the
Jury to be presented to court. The face
was swollen and very dark in color. The
ewes were wide open and bloodshot and
the mouth closed. There was a small
quantity of blood in the nostrils and the
neck bore a welt from the rope that
seemed ready to burst.
Undertaken Slack conveyed the body to
Burlington, where the funeral took place
from Warmers home on Saturday after
noon the remains being inferred in
Coopertown cemetery. All of his effects
have been turned over to his mother.
Those present at the execution were Evan F.
Benners DR.. r. O. Darlington, Earl Forsyth,
William F. Morgan, William J. Trick, Dr.. Will
liam Ships, Alfred Wills, StScy B. Taylor,
John Fl Croshaw, Richard q. Dudley, Charles
h. Plttmsn, George A. Allison. These above
named were all appointed by the court, Those
present as special deputies were Samuel Z. Cline,
Dr. r. a Parsons, Samuel r. Ware, Josiah P
Borden, Howard P. Hancock, Jacob Braddock,
William Rogers Louis r. Hibberd, Winfield s.
Gale, Charles P. Ohallender, Benjamin Powell,
Jr, Joseph G. Bower Sheriff George Barrett, OF
Camden county, DR.. W. X. MGtern, OF Phlla-
delphia and ex-Saerf Gsorge T. Harbert.
The representatives of the medical profession
were Dr. W. P Mecher and DIR. John j. Flynn.
Those present as the representative OF the fam
lily of the condemned man we're Charles X. Fen
ton, G. w. Lewis, Jr., of Burlington and Q. 5.
Rideway, of Lumherton.
The guards were George Fl. BrsnsQn, John L.
SeYerns, Thomas c. Mckinney, Bszlllai L.
Thompson, Harry B. Ridgway, Harley Jobes
Samuel Hullings, Martin Fitzpatrick, William
Comp. DAVID Mcdowell, Walter Broom, Howard
W. Shinn, John McCue Edward Lawrence, Aaron
E. Burr, Eiwood Watson, John NJ Thorn, Albert
v Horner, John Demorest Hamilton Gau
Besides these there were the representatives
of the local press
Warmers funeral took place Saturday
afternoon, from the residence of his
mother. A short religious service was
held at the house, after which the imme
diate family accompanied the remains to
Coopertown Cemetery, where interment
was made. The funeral procession left
the house in the midst of a thunder
storm, which increased in severity before
the cemetery was reached. The remains
were not exposed to public view, two
officers patrolling in front of the house
where the body was lying, to prevent the
congregation of curious persons.
WARMERS CRIME.
The crime of Wesley Warner has been
recalled so much recently that it seems
unnecessary to publish an extended &C
count of it. AS there is likely to be use
for it in coming years for reference, we
give brief resume. The crime was com
milted about midnight of Saturday, Sep
TENDER II, 1892 The victim was Lizzie
Peak, daughter of Joseph Peak, who
lived on the South Pemberton road.
Warner went to the fathers house, Sc
GREETED a knife and laid in wait for his
victim who had been in town, and as she
came near him he arose and stabbed her.
Then he ran to Mount Holly where he
was arrested.
He was indicted at the September term
of Court, 1892, aud was to have been tried
at once but there was flaw in the man
ner of drawing jurors and the trial went
over until December. The trial lasted
four DAVIS and resnlted in a verdict of
guilty of murder in the first degree. War
ner was sentenced to be hanged on March
10. 1898, but the case was appealed to four
Courts-the Chancellor, the Supreme
Court, Court of Errors and Appeals and
the Court of Pardons, each of which sus-
tanned the lower court.