Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-26
PROTESTED he WAS INNOCENT.
He Left the Courtroom, Was Seized
With Heart Failure, Dyingin
a Few Minutes
HIS DEATH CAUSED A SENSATION
In PrOnouncing Sentence Justice Said
lie Could Not Conceive a Worse
CaSe-Story of His Doings.

London J1G 't.-Aftor l2 days trial
The jury In the kings bench division o.
The high court Of justice today found
Whitaker Wright guilty Of fraud on all
the counts and he WAS sentenced u
seven years pt1al serv!tudc.
Justice Bighom, IN passing sentence.
oaid he could see nothing 70 excuse the
crime Of which Wright had been con
yIcted and he could not conceive u a
worse case lie must therefore allot
the most severe punishment the law
permitted.
Wright who had stood up to receive
his sentence, said In a firm voice.
'All can say Is that ! am AZ !nno-
cent Of any intention TO deceive as any
one in this court"
Wright was ,hen removed in custody.
Mr. Wright was attacked with sud-
den ildsposI,ion as he left the court
and was attended by two doctors, His
death was attributed TO heart disease
WrIghts friends said all along that
while he was hopeful OF his acquttal
they were certain he would not survive
sentence and would commit suicide.
This apparently, is what happened,
Wright was removed from the court to
a hospital as soon as he was taken 81,
but he expired almost Immediately
IN summing up Justice Bigham said
he would ask the jury TO find a gem
eral verdict Of guilty or not guilty II
they were satisfied that Wright was
guilty OF one or more OF these charges
they must not be deferred from finding
verdict Of guilty 10y the suggestion
that such a verdict would cast a slur
on the memories Of Lords Duferin and
Loeb. IL would not do anything OF the
Kind, Their conduct was consistent In
their having honestly made mistakes
Dealing with the evidence, Justice
Blgham described as singular the way
IN which thousands of pounds sterling
became millions on paper. so far as
The LakeNeW shares Eere concerned.
The London q Globe and Standard
were gambling concerns which excited
his Indignation. In the course Of his
long experience Justice Bigham said he
had never before heard Of anything like
the transactions which preceded the
hopeless bankruptcy Of the London &
Globe Financial corporation. Justice
Bigham concluded his reference 10
Wrlght's career by referring to the po-
sltiOn which the defendant claimed to
have occupied in New York and Phil
adephia ana said Wright had built up
n fine position FOR himself In two or
three years and II II was necessary to
secure a motive for his actions II would
be found I'm his desire 20 maintain this
position At the same time II was said
that after the crash Of the London 81
Globe Financial corporation he found
himself With 81 100000 20 S2,000,0O0 In
worthless shares
The sentence was followed by com.
notion In n distant part Of the court.
md the faint cry OF woman I'm dis
iess was heard. one man shook hands
with Wright as the latter LETT the court
)y the private exit, accompanied by his
counsel. Almost Immediately after
wards Wright was taken Suddenly M
md collapsed IN the ante-rCOm Of the
curt lie grew rapidly worse and In
ess than an hour after his sentence,
be ilnarcier was dead.
According 10 a court attendant who
vas In the 1ntc-room when Wright was
trickcn the latter was talking TO So
Ioltor Lewis about his family and CIV
ng instructions regarding their future,
While iailors were waiting outside 20
AXE him % BrlXtOn prison when
Wright suddenly stumbled aud foil for
ward. Mr. Lewis and the court at
Cnd8nt caught him and put him IN q
hair, placing his foot IN another chair.
hey then summoned doctor. Wright
lmost Immediately became unconscious
nd never spoke again. The Doctor
.hen he arrived, elil nothing could
e done and by 1855 p. in. the fnancler
vas dead. Ills body was covered with
sheet ana laid ON the f0or II win
cmaiu there during The night and IN.
0 the coroner and legal authorities de-
ldc ON ils disposition The corpse re-
aims IT, normal appearance. the face
cling little changed
Wright ntc fairly good lunch dur
~ the midday recess and said moth.
IS about irOlUG H. None Of his rcll-
yos had thus fam arrived
curious crowds are tuonslng the
WElGGTS OPERATIONS.
London Jan 60. Whitaker Wright
ay arrested I'm Sew York March &C.
l2. 4 warrant for his Arrest had been
sued .n London five days previously
VI Wright bad already lot for the
uited states. He was accused of alb
ending with funds Of the London 81
lobe Finance corporation. by which
lo stockholders lost more than Nl1,-
5000 The ostcnslblo purpose Of the
npdul & Globe company was "a fnCili-
t' Investments by the shareholders
various enterprise, ranging from
ives developed end undcyclopcd, to
rect railways and Wltorworks
whitaker Wright formerly was a brok-
% In Philadelphia nnd I'm New York,
fright was one of the biggest plung
q ON the exchange iie also invested
'ayny In West Australian mines, Ar-
~ making more than N50O0O0) cut
them. ~ "Ncnt broke" Then he
Cnt 10 London. where no fCntel the
Dul0n g Globe
The financial crash OF the companies
,atcl by WUgh, came In December.
'0 There were II Of these. Including
e. parent company entitled the L0v-
m q Globe Finance corporation. with
total capitalization Of SG0.Cfi moo.
rght was managing director.
one Of the Victims NJ The crash Mas
q late Marquis OF Duferln and Ava,
rmerly encouragement OF Canada,