The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-03
HIS FATE FIXED
Wright viii bs Hanged on January
Isl.
Ills TERRIBLE cslNs REVIEWED
There Were No Mitigating Cir
cumstances Nor is there Rea.
son for Executive Glenn
ency-Wright Not
Affected by the
Sentence.

January i, IN the county JAIL AZ new
Castle until dead The condemned man
was not moved by the sentence. Neither
did he say anything when Chief Justice
Lore asked him If he so desired before the
sentence Of death should be passed. He
stood motionlcss. He saw no one but the
Court despite the many gazes which were
fixed upon him, He apparently has not
yet realized his position, hut the words of
the Court will reach his mind and soul
before the day of his execution, for sthey
were such that could not but help reach q
mans heart as long as there was spark
Of life there
Edward Wright" said the court, you
have been found guilty of first degree MUIR
der. You have had fair and impartial
trial and have been ably defended by
Counsel who have done everything posi-.
Bile to show a mitigation for your crime
and to relieve you Of its consequence You
took that poor girl Ida Crummells life
without moments warning, In cold
blood and because you could not have her.
1t Is n terrible crime that seems to be with
out any mitigation.
Wa cannot see WIN Won should expect
-, d -, t., ,o
c!eHeHcs III 'he you "ho'o III" !ou
have most foully outraged and look to him
alone for mercy" Then the sentence was
passed aud closed with "ani may God
have mercy on your SOUL"
As has bean stated counsel for the
,.,no,,. ,,na,,, ,,n.rs.,., .u,a,
PlAeonef pres'ei ho ihoe'oh tor aheW VITAL.
1he state had done its work well which
the d, fsnse coull not but help know. As
+, ors.,narr D,,ut,, ,,ton,or ca,oroI
10 ous'o'ii"r} hepuVS AVVo'hey 'o'oiai
Cooper moved Tor tho prisoners sentence,
which was done as soon as court opened.
yr,,,t v,p lad haok IN HE coll in ths
80. a.
basement Oh the pu!lu'h2 anu 1hls al'er'
noon was transferred TO The jail where a
co,o,o,t oh ,,,,li Iva ba,,, o,ar hin, II.
~, '"' wa 80,
Will be allowed visitors but only those
who are near 10 him and those who hnve
hi. snir,tra, rs!s,,oo,,o,r,
TIE LAST EXECUTION
n,.,-
Ano eAeeu'loh Vi wright VIII nave peen
the first that has occurred in this county
since 1889 when Shnkesneare Recvrs WINS
h,rnoa ~, u-u,,a,, li,,.,,.
n""s'u W "'''''ii4 summons iol commit
ting rape upon little Maggie Clark who
lived In New Castle hundred at The time.
Reoves was oonvlotsd an tho tas,imonrof
0' ""' 'o' oh 'he ''s''i''ohy u
man Whom he had told of the beastly
crime.
nun co,,,-,o,,
"" N0o"i" 'hANuE
Favord yr,,,,
r. Ida Crrn,t ,'ail WY vi rie ihuruer
penalty with bis lifo INA iurv wb p h e''9
his crime in hand found him .r,,i,tr t,n, iinu
day afternoon in Over All sI'i r,rs o1ver,
Court, after delibernting tp,antnn,,.
minutes, N'' ''''
Immediately after corrt oponoa C,,,t
Justice Lore charge1 the inv e"J No, Nn'ei
made no argument .,rhjs is * oh Uu"nEui
fulI-Grntlemen of ~ 49,, ~ +. ~
ttirtcrnth dnv of ~, ION, W my
Wrirht The nrisonor ns, t ,p"' IG Nv
b Drpot in his div shnt a .n1 ,i,,,I " *
Crnmmril nndnr ia W" h.,ieu iua
have hnon hntniIn6 n 90. i' ss"tioos Mhicu
CONT rom and fnr ~ iit'. ',iH IN WINS
on trial Lerora Won ,ndn 1911 ~ - noW
for nnrdor in thp ars H'' Ionro nn in"ic'hehC
II ia conondnI Nv w., Ius' oanp.,, ,,
nrisono, nnaor =, ~ 'IS c'uh7'I 'cr me
la is n,ihnr en,ttIoI ~ h LIS e"9o' tia1
nit,n,,tns or "a ,,'9I,'. w. an h.qu'Nai
for,r nc 10 sto,5- eindts.n "hHei anu
aotnrrnira tbareror, 'Trt'ei 10y are 10
.roih ho ',Ira y 'Gsnel your Fefalct
n mJItu NC Wv II ant 'ae Htglte or hot
ssunst}or az 70 ihn crm "p'iy irul'eNeu Oh all
4Indm a. w a., ta"l'S ~ NV crime
n.' ,, ii' 1'nt".en VI ms s1ht', every
por@ui i.h Mnu Smnli Io,liin' crime OF muir
ucr WIN cypress il'a'!.e alort hought, or
Al pclpc1La'lhs or httcE'Vt!hg TO perpn..
Ln H crime bunl>nap!e win death shall
pe uoeiiieu gt!ity OF huraef IN The 1lrst de
grss nlu OF iGlony'
Al, malice Is lhe test or murder. 1t is at
inc alctatoh OF wicked, dcpravcd and
malignant heart ana OF Il disposition to do
evil
Express malice Is whore one with sodate
deliberate mind and formed design doth
Kill another. Such design is evidenced by
external circumstances, discovering that
intention, such as lying in wait, antece.
dent mCnacn7, former grudgcs, hatred, i'll
will, tho deliberate sclcc'io and use of
deadly weapon, Or concerted plans and
schemes to do another some great bodily
HARM
The prisoner sets up the defense of In.
sanity, and claims acqu,tal on that
ground.