The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1904-01-29
DIED IN COURT ROOM.
Whitaker Wright, After His Sen
tence, Took Poison.
He Was We'll Known on Three Conti
nents For His Stupendous Finan-
cial Operations - Controlled
Many of Worlds Markets.

London, Jan. 27.-At O'Clock Tues
day afternoon Whitaker Wright was
sentenced to seven years penal servi-
tude. At o'clock he lay dead on the
floor of a small room in the law courts
Whether he took his own life by poi
son or whether death in it's natural
course robbed the law of its fulfillment
will not be known until post-mortem
examination is held; the indications,
however, point to poisoning.
The career of this man, who was
known on three continents for his stu
pendous financial operations, closed in
startling tragedy. Even in his life,
which with his rise from poverty to
enormous wealth was full of dramatic
incidents, there was nothing that could
compare with the manner of his death.
All London is thrilled with the news
Of il. No such human tragedy has
been enacted in England for many a
year.
Until nearly o'clock Tuesday night
the body of the man who formerly
controlled many of the worlds mar
kets and who had been courted by roy
atty, remained upon the floor of the
room where he fell
The home Office finally gave permits
sion for its removal and the body was
given to the jurisdiction of the coro-
ner 1t now lies at Westminster NOR
tuary, where almost all the corpses ia
ken from the Thames are laid out
The inquest probably will be held on
Thursday
Mrs. Wright, the dead mans wife,
is an American. She now lies i'll at
the magnificent country home, which
Wright had in Surrey. Dispatches
from there say with certain ingeni-
Gus pathos: "The news of Whitaker
Wright's death has caused much sor-
row. He was we'll known here for his
acts of generosity and it was gener-
ally believed that he would be acquit-
ted and return home again"
Mr.. Wright was the brains and head
of the London & Globe corporation
and numerous other financial schemes.
He was arrested in New York some
months ago and taken back to London
for trial for alleged crooked transac-
tons.
When Messrs. Isaacks and Walton
started to. make their appeal to the
jury the people awoke up to the gray
ity of the issues concerned. Even the
government was involved, for it had
taken the stand that Wright could not
be prosecuted. Furthermore, it was
an open secret that many great, and
even royal names, were Indirectly in
volved in the proceedings. Friends of
Wright had said that if drawn into a
corner he would tell who had profited
by his transactions. Suspense reigned
in many quarters while counsel for the
defense made their appeal, but when
the appeal was finished, those involved
breathed easier and public curiosity
remained unsatisfed.
When sentence was pronounced the
crowd in the court gasped in surprise.
Wright was almost the only person
present who appeared to be unmoved.
Then turning to the reporters in the
room rather than to his judge, he cried
out in firm voice:
"All that can say it, that am as
innocent of any intention to deceive as
any one in this room"
An examination of the body, made
at a late hour Tuesday night, points
strongly to the fact that death was
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