The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-02-19
HANGED AT
NEW CASTLE.
Thomas Willis Pays the Death
Penalty for the Murder of
His Child.

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the sofeinoi nav 49, t,a Low must take
.oh - n,' x4r',,'4, raotIv oeto,ed over
i.s eou'se. -" ~ D., carueI Am
~ a,o,oot bo found him in an
plose 49, 10 - lind
eAs,seu s.ase -, hara ,yor,, be resipned
49,. - 90 tha rraaoher ieft
en ~ - u,in,,
n'1r u.i'' ',,a,,ad h7' his ,vife last even-
-, IN % ,,rt;l n * in tho
.ne =, - r., n1i,,ar o,,a Jobn smittux
az -, so.I,ad h,,t ,,ossed a restless
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Sc, .oo,r,s Me ,yiso for half an
'sss' -. ~ .f,,a, Az tho daylight
nve., q. - sas.a,r oaI, window he
az. u oor.oioIy a nice
sau ~ 'ne ga In hooyon"
uay ~ ne " so W toa,,,o.t ~ ror,
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ineh he was ''Sie9' ~ su' ~ c.I',atian
Aoiose' 'he NY w. " a,
ti"S H'eu'en"n' ''' 80 ~. IT.
Mahsoh' VIM peean " -, e,n,ss tn,,,,,
uai wants. At 9fo 1--WE
Went ihto Tue WI anu ie"' 'ne ue"'u wa
2 rant u Willie 'ooi ai'ei wal" Il. "io'e
Ae''ei " MS iio'nei ~ Iaio VI us Nneo'
VIM Is pieacnei III opo''sSi'"n'o ''un'''
virginia
> Hurry "hitenan one VI MS a'toi
4 ssiteo hihi' anu 'ne eohuei,iheu man
tnahheu MN anu MI MarVei anu all otheis
VINO mad interested themselves IN MS De-
haif' ABOUT Ii o CLOCK ne asked lot paper
ahd wrote the iolloWhg letter 10 MS Wile'
MY Gear wire: am ABOUT TO go 10 meet
my fathef IN heaVen' want you 10 meet
me tnere. nope you VIII not marry. II
Is better LOT me TO go nome than 10 stay
IN prison all my life and never DO any good
toward TOD, ana nope God VIII bless you,
my good wife susie hope we Will meet
IN Heaven wrote Shulton TINS morning.
In Heaven l VIII take care OF the children.
Good-bye THOMAS Wills
The scaifold was in readiness, the war
dens had the straps IN order with winch TO
bind Wills s. hands and 1eet, the Jury was
IN attendance, the coroners man with
rude coffin to take the remains to Farm
hurst, was on the ground.
Four doctors were present to tell when
life was extinct, about 100 spectators were
request IN wait n while
n was understand that the lawvers were
srvina to ohtaI, a wit n boraas oo,.nus
ns W oNt''n w VI naoea' .o' puN
on the eouiI III "iiihinstuh' auu 'heie-
hofe the sherln compieu win the request.
sheriff Finn said: THE doomed man is
not anxious, the people do not want the
execution. and 7 do not want IT if such a
Ahine can he nrevented"
Tho,asnna an ,(ai. ~ A., ,.,.,oo
ieioio wiz walt a. tie Se"tenIe
Sys between the h"uFs Oh ~ ana O'Clock
Durihs the lons wait "Hi!s !o'neu 'he
At 12.25 O'Clock Deputy Sheriff llatledge
arrived at the jail with the decree of the
q court denying the proceeds.
few minutes later the procession 10
the scarfold began Willis walked between
a. .hr,i,t o,a uo,.1,r He, a., .ho ,,.,ar
-, -, -, ,,, .. ,,, ~,
1eid "here HIS 'esS were strapped ano
The black cap pulled over ms lace by war
den Hance. Captain Rulings then adjusted
the moose and the trap fell at 1885. The
doators pronounced him dead ten minutes
Ia,er There was SLIGHT disIocation nj
a. noo,. "a ,oath ,,aa Jno to ahool, n,,,,
' "''N ''i' "e"'H Voc "", w. S".H II,
mai nerve never uescr'tu MN anu III
clear tone he bid goodbye to everyone anc
called on SmittaX to take care Of himself
The l'hS Effort Fails,
Although Governor Tunnel Informed
Josiah Marvel that he could not prevent
the execution, tho energetic young lawye
sill had hope that the sentence of tn
Court would not be carried into effect.
Following ont his faint hope he drew up !
writ of habens corpus this mOrding nnt
presented it TO the Court of this county a