Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-30
Death March Eliminated.

| OF the rope.
Death March Eliminated.
! Soon after he had partaken of breakfast
| this morning Sinclair was transferred from
his cell in "murderers' row." in the south
ern wing of the Jail, to another cell in the
northern wing, directly opposite the scat
| fold.
This change eliminated the death
| march,, which had been an undesirable
feature Of previous executions at the Dis
| trict jail. Rev. Mr.. Roberts and Rev. Mr.
! Howard spent the greater portion of the
morning with the prisoner He was In the
best Of humor, and steadfastly declined to
| accept the assurances Of hereafter as ex-
| pressed by the eachers. He reiterated
his belief that his death would be the same
| as that of an animal-he would drop from
the scaffold, and that would be the end
| He argued with the spiritual advisers-in
| fact laughed derisively at their views
Shortly before IL o'clock DIR. Childs, a COL
| ored physician, entered the cell He found
| the prisoner in excellent condition. At the
request of DR.. Childs Sinclair wrote his
| name on a cigarette box, and his hand was
as firm as though he, was about to attend a
| dinner party. When Warden Harris en-
| tered to read the death warrant Sinclair
arose. saying he was ready
| The condemned slept soundly the greater
| portion of last night. He awoke at a late
hour, but after smoking a cigarette again
! Slumbered
Sinclair bade farewell to his mother his
brother and his sister yesterday afternoon
| His mother collapsed, and he remarked:
| mother, brace up; don't do that"
History Of the Crime.
| The killing of Daisy Maddox occurred
about midnight. April 10. 1902 in the house
of Mrs. Elizabeth Hutchinson, colored. 1914
Rover alley, near the intersection of LIST
| and streets. There are four rooms in
| the house. Daisy occupied the back room
| TO until
There IS no hall, the stairway ascending
| from the back room on the ground floor
| AT the second floor there is a landing with
| one door leading into the front room and
| another into the back ROOM The upstairs
rooms are not communicating
| Daisy Maddox, who worked out as ser
want, reached the Rover alley house about
| O'Clock in the evening. Sinclair called
| to see Daisy and about II 80 o clock he was
In the back room on the first floor writing
| a letter. He had been so engaged for about
| an hour. Finally Mrs. Hutchinson said to
him:
Hurry up and finish your letter, for 1t
| Is time all children were at home"
Sinclair replied that he was hurrying
A few minutes later Daisy went to the
back room and glanced over Sinclair's
shoulder at the letter. Nothing was said
Daisy then went out into the rear yard
| When she returned Sinclair addressed her
saying:
Where is my coin?'
| DdlSy ueCldTeQ ludt she knew nothing OF
| the coin.
You had better get my coin," Sinclair
| persisted.
Daisy laughed and went up stairs. SIN
clair continued his writing for about ten
minutes and then followed, Daisy.
Sounds Of Scufae.
| Mrs. Hutchinson and others who were in
the house at the time heard Daisy laugh
Ing. and then there were sounds Of scuffle
| nd
perhaps ten or fifteen minutes. After a
period Of quiet sounds of blows were heard
Mrs. Hutchinson hurried up stairs and
found the door to the room locked She
| called to Sinclair three times to open the
| door. Hearing gurgling noise Mrs Hutch
inson burst open the door.
| Sinclair had Daisy up in the corner Of
| the room. His left hand was at her throat
and he was striking her with his right fist
| Holding his victim by the throat, and In
the presence Of Mrs. Hutchinson. Sinclair
deliberately drew a pistol from his hip
| pocket and shot Daisy twice in the head
| Mrs. Hutchinson screamed and started
down stairs. She was so excited that she
fell most of the way. She sent for a police
man.
About fifteen minutes after the shooting
| Sinclair descended the stairs and left the
| house. He was followed as far as I'd and
B streets and there placed under arrest
| At the station house the prisoner denied
| that he did the shooting and asserted that
Daisy had killed herself. Daisy was hur-
ried to the Emergency Hospital, where she
| died.
Promptly Convicted.
| Sinclair was indicted and placed on trial
In Criminal Court No. 1. No testimony in
behalf of the defendant was offered. The
| jury, November IS, promptly rendered a
verdict of guilty of murder IN the first de-
| gree.
/ Justice Anderson. November &c, sentenced