Evening journal., 1897-04-17
CORDY TO HANG JUNE fl
Sentence Passed Upon Him at
Georgetown This Morning.
STILL ASSERTS HIS INNOCENCE
WAS HAGGARD AND PALE AND
NERVOUS IN COURT, BUT AFTER
WARDS SANG IN HIS CELL--AD-
DRESS OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE.

NERVOUS IN COURT, BUT AFTER
WARDS SANG IN HIS ClELI--AD-
DRESS OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE.
Special Despatch Evening Journal
Georgetown, April 17.-James M
Gordy must die on the gallows on June
II. This was the sentence of the court
this morning.
Promptly at 9 O'Clock court openei,
an hour earlier than usual Gordy
was brought out into the sunlight
again and led to the court room. The
usual big crowd thronged the corridor.
Cordy passed il. looking neither to the
left nor to the right He took his seat
in the prisoners box. He looked hag-
gard and pale and apparently nervous.
The last step between the gallows
and MIN was before him and he tried
to choke his remorse. He sat as usual
with his head buried in his hands with
a throng Of morbid curious neighbors.
acquaintances and old school-mates
staring at him and waiting to hear the
words that would tell when he must
die for his brutal deed
At length his counsel arose and, adj
dressing the court. asked to be allowed
to withdraw their application for an
. arrest OF Judgment. There was little
parleying. The court granted the re-
quest. the application was withdraw
I. and Chief Justice Lore proceeded with
I sentence upon the doomed man. He
7 commanded Gordy to stand up. Gordy
/. arose. raised his eyes and stood appar
q entity cool and collected with his hand
l. on the rails. He focused hts eyes on
/ he chief justice,
}. Are you guilty or not guilty, James
h NJ Gordy?' the chief justice asked.
"I AM NOT GUILTY"
:, Raising himself to his full height his
s eve still fixed on the chief justice,
/, Gordy answered in his characteristic,
D impassive way: Il am not guilty. The
} opportunity to speak for himself re-
, stored HIS nerve.
, The chief justice then asked him u
C he had anything to say for himself.
h, Gordy hesltated a second or two. and
D, then answered: you may kin my
:. body, but you can't kill my SOUL This
II was all.
n Then the chief justice read the
pn sentence u was that Gordy must b.
~ hanged by the neck until he Is dead on
y. the eleventh day Of June next in
Az r,...4. .,....., tt,, o.,.,,r4.r coat ~ Cuoon,
n for the murder of his wife, Mary rs
- tella Lewis Gordy. The dead body OF
es. the woman was found on March II, and
at according TO the laws OF Delaware. the
prisoner, If convicted must hang with.
in three months after the discovery o
the murder.
,s After the sentence was passed The
chief justice remanded Gordy to The
IN care of the sheriff and instructed th'
IL. latterasto theresponsibilityh hewillhav'
he in caring for him until the day Of hi
~ execution.
ne When Chief Justice Lore had finishe'
he pronouncing sentence, out Of the crow
n Of 300 in the court room there NOT thir
Dy ty dry eyes. Even Judge Lore wept af
m ter he had delivered the sentenc
|. Messrs. Cullen and Richardson, the attog
neys for the doomed man, attorney-gen
=. eral and deputy all had their eyes ful
of tears.
on, AGAIN SANG IN HIS CELL
IA Gordy was then led out. He wake
with his usual firm step. but with hi
he head bowed. Again, for perhaps th
=, last time until his execution, he steI
81 ped from beneath the golden sunligf
ON into the dungeon, the door OF whic
20, was securely locked for the last tim
ss- This closed the last scenes in the cell
brated trial Of James NJ. Gordy. 0ns
res again in the home Of his doom, Cord
at began to sing "Hallelujah, l am saved
and Home, Sweet Home"
Friends and relatives Of the doome
man will be allowed to converse wit
or him only through the bars Of his ce
Nh door.
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