Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-10-08


The last hope of the prisoner TO
escape sentence was now gone. Chief
Justice Lore asked him IL lie had any
thing 10 say why sentence should not
be pronounced. Wright had nothing
to say. In addressing MIN, the Chief
Justice stated that be had been tried
and convicted of murder in the first
degree. After able defence by counsel
who had done all within their power to
mitigate the penalty of the law. The
Chief Justice then became sterner. He
declared that there had probably
been M more cold bloctled murder in
the annals Of crime in this State; that
Wright seemed to have formed delib-
crate purpose and to have deliberately
carried 1t out to kill the woman. The
prisoner need not hone for any execu-
tive of any earthly clumeucy and the
Chief Justice improssively advised him
TO make peace with his God. Wright
was then sentenced TO he taken to the
Jail at New Castler there to be held
until the first day of January, A. D.,
1897, upon which day, between the
hours of 10 O'Clock in the morning and
3 O'Clock in the afternoon, he be hanged
by the mack until dead. And may
God have mercy upon your soul"
concluded Chief Justice Lore, in the
statutory language.
Through ii all the prisoner stood
there without change Of expression,
stolid and apparently unmoved. He
was removed from the court room by
Tipstaves r. W. Williams and Elias
Cole, the former bearing the black
| staff, emblematic of doom.
ONE LICENSE CASE HEARD.
The license hearing developed that
of the four opposed applicants three had
withdrawn. They were Charles W.
Flintham. Blackbird Reynolds Broth
! ers, Norway Lawn on New Castle road ;
William ii. Glenn, Iron Hill race
track. The opposition to the applica-
tions probably decided the applicants
not to press them.
This left the application of Margaret
w. He'll for license to sell liquor at
No. 100 West Fourth street. She was
represented by Walter II. Hayes. The
place was opposed because il had been
previously turned down when f. }.
Hornbc2an had applied for a renewal,
and because the vicinity is already we'll
supplied with saloons. William S.
Pritckett appeared for the Law and
Order Society. In behalf of Mrs. He'll,
Mr.. Hayes read some letters of recon-
mendatiou, one from the Rev. Paul
Isenschmid OF the German Lutheran
Church. When the Hehls had the
saloon for years and years, it bore a
good name. Chief Justice Lore said
that he knew Mrs. He'll and she was
an estimable woman.
The court refused Mrs. Hehl's appli-
cation.
Deputy Attorney General Peter l..
Cooper, Jr., announced to the court
that the case of Jeremiah Sullivan,
charged with selling liquor to a
habitual drunkard had come up from
the municipal court. Owing to the
fact that Edward Mulvey, witness,
had suddenly disappeared. his fine
having been paid while in Jail on the
charge of drunkenness, the grand Jury
ignored the bill.
Mulvey has been found and was
brought into court, whereupon Chiei
Justice Lore said that if ths State
got bold of the people who spirited
the witness away the court would stoE
that sort of work.
Upon the discharge Of Mulvey from
custody, he thanked the court, and il
response to Judge Lore promised te
try to stop drinking.
, | uc Chbp JUN bhNiH, CudFRet
with non-support, was dism Used. The
Bonash was continued until Novem
Der 9th.
! SUPERIOR COURT.
Numerous cases were acted upon il
superior court. In the foreign attach
/ Liebig Manufacturing Co., judgmen
. | NJ ffranfnl fnr NJ -
Similar action was taken in the cast
of Ann G. Krider va Ocheltree ct al.
T Peremptory rules for trial at thu
November term wero made in the casel
, of Simon Elliott rs. the F., W. & b.
Railroad Co., and Banks VS.. White.
t On motion OF T. Bayard Heisel, jessie
. Scott was admitted Us the next frient
{ of her daughter, j essio Scott in cas-
. against the W. Il n. Railroad Co.
1 Argument was heard on an applica
. tion for alimony in the case of Dennis
. vs.. Dennis. Harry Emmons represent
, Mrs Dennis, who has secured divorce
: from Zachariah G. Dennis Alimon,
. was desired ON the basis of Mr.
Q Dsnnis' interest in the property No
= 422 Market street. Mr.. Emmons STATED
d that for 80 years Mrs. Dennis had sup
Q ported her husband. Judge Cutler
1 thereupon remarked that she don
o have to keep him now.
! Messrs. Hartman and Knowles, OF
d the part OF the Abe Stein Co., movet
y for judgment in eight cases agains
Isaac L. Quigley and Winfield S
a Quigley, notwithstanding affidavit o
defence. The application was refused
0 In the case Of Valentine Vi. Will
@ mington loan Association, judgmen
g nisi, for want of appearance was en-
{ tered. -..
o in the matter of the New Castle |
s Wilmington Railway Co. g application
r for commission TO condemn land OF
j the Glebe farm, the court appointed
the following free holders to condemn
the land: George W. Gray, j. Wilkin
$ Cooch, 4 ndrew Eliason. Colunbu
a Watkins and Isaac Elliott.
About l0.IJ o'clock the superio
i court adjourned without day and tn
o courts of general sessions and oyer AM
. terminer sd iourned until November 9th
J. Post and Piliory.
:. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of Gazette and Journal
New CASTLE Oct 3.-About 300 per,
i sons entered the Jail yard to-day to go
!. the whippings Nine persons Rugged th
q post and felt the gentle patter of tn
a cat upon their barred backs. Three per
SOUS also bent their backs in the pill