The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-27
FELL FORWARD WHILE
TALKING TO HIS s0LlClT'0
Justice Biglla.n Declared 81 H]dlj
Could Not ceive of "A
Crime and Gave Him the 3$
Ful1sP;e:nalty 7; s: Of Of Tile le:. y Law "A
Seven Years Penal ls
Scrvitude. 3sslsII9I stY NJ v,
.iTI75i
(By ASS ociated Press.)

LONDON ,N j an t26,-AL 70 ~ Q CiOck lnlaS4
afternoon Whitaker right was senia
fenced to seven years penal Eseryi itude.
At 4 o clock he lay dead on the floorsio
small room III the Law Courts. #NY het ~ I
OF he took his own ] life BY poison g g 81 I: \
whether death III its natural coursa
robbed the law Of Its ful fillment. Will
rot be known until a post-mor rtem exstSs XXI
animation IS held; the IN dicatlons how. n
ever, point to poisoning s. Ss33 Y
II The 4 career OF this s man. # who . wa s
Known on three u continents for his
stupendous financial operations, closed
ltiFin a startling tragedy. AL London!
tonight is thrilled with tho ne eWs OF it,
No such human agedy has been Il en- en-! !
acted inSI En- gland for many q sSe
" "a NONE-TO DO O3HI I'M HON r: ::S
Until nearly s. o'clock to o-nights the BODY
ofI the man who formerly ~ had controlled
many OF, the world s m rke etsiSandt " hoSs
had been courted by \ oyalt remains
upon ;,thes5 floor. Of he d room " here hs4
fell a, for as II. corlYi d felo SVrig t3sg
person had bee ome the property 'l A 81 tn
1. crown SS 3sts.
| sion for It's removal; and the bod xa s I
given over tosS the jurisdic tton o. the
coroner. ~ 1T now lies. ata Vestm ns tee
mortuary where almost all the corpses
ltaken from the Thames are laid out h. H.
inquest probably will be held on Thurs
day. I. 4 !. S: !, . :, !, ! !. I,
5 Mrs Wright, tho dead q mans wifesS5
| IL ans Amcrican, She now lies Ill ut the
magnificent country home, which NVrtEhrs
An examination of the body made az
I n late hour tonight points strongly To
the fact that death was due to poison.
The post-mortem examination VIII pe
held on Wednesday.
THE TRIAL
After twelve days trial. q the jury Stral
tie, Kings Bench, Division Of the shlglls
Court Of Justice to-day found w hitakers
Wright guilty 0 & fra I'D on all scounrltsssf
Land he was sentenced to- seven years. /
penal servitudc, the seyerest sentences
| the law allows. ff q " l,st,gs; W
Tho trial ended in a tragedy. VIII thlns
| IN hour OF being found guilty. the fnan-ss
cier. whose colossal dealings nave CT ea;-
| nted a sensation on bot llst sides g f$ y eti
/ Atlantic, lay dead in the ante-room ors
| Inc court, Whether Wright's death yaslss sls
| dua to heart dseasc,i following the exs# !
| element Of the trial as announced kpYs
|Hthe doctor, or by poison, as griml1
hintcd at BY his friends, Is stil undesss
cded and possibly will not be g tam anAs
ed until tho coroner's 6Verd rdlct. W
stnnting with his hands in his }pock "
|{nnd looking very pale, but not so anx-s'
ious as during the judges severe sum s
ming up, Wright heard the judge 8 I co nrs
| dcmnation and sentence Wit hout q ppaT-sst
| ent excitement. s., {} y ~ $sss 3sttS
DECLARES ms INNOCENCE. S
S1Ic quietly protested his innoc ocencet IN atlS 4
| firm voice, audible throughout the roon,ss,
|lert the court in com 4, ms so-'' $
llcltor. and was arranging for Inc IL
| turo OF his wife and family when ne
suddenly fell and expired W'thou
| cry word. AZ !, n! n q SlS
According to court attendant who;
| was in tho nnte-room when Wright wa -
stricken. the latter was talking 70 SollT5s
citor Lewis about his family and glvin1
Instructions regarding their future. while
| jalers were waiting outside to take hlnls
to Brlxton prison, when Wright suddenly
stumbled and fell forward MT. Lewis
and the court attendant caught him ana
nut him In a chair, placing his feet un Z
another chair. They summoned.a "a doctor.
Wright almost immedia tely became un.f
conscious and never spoke again. Tha8
doctor. when lie arrived. said nothing
could be done, and by 8:b5 &. H.i tina
rnancicr was dead. His body was cover 4
I'd with sheet and laid on the floor, lt
will remain there during the lght, und
until the coroner and legal lauthorulcs os-sE
eide on its disposition The corpse res
talns its normal appearance. the facsjS
being little changed. .3SF 3 If
| A Rad CRIME,
Justice Bigham. In pa sslNg sentence.
said he could see nothing to excuse thsa
crime of which Wright had been rof,.S
victed and he could not conceive. 2
worse case lie must. therefore, al1oF J
tho most severe punishment the law per-
mitted !. ~. -
Wright, who had stood up g Fecelvss
his sentence. said In a firm voice, !.
.Au / can say is that I am as |nnocensg
Of any intention TO deceive as any 0ns 'r'
In This court" s4,
The sentence was followed by COM
motion In a distant part OF the copf III
and the faint cry of a woman IN alstfess
was heard, One man shook hands WIN
Wright us the latter left the c6ufT TX
the private. exit. accompanies by ny
| counsel. iia =, !, ~
Almost Immediately afterwards Wrl1hs
was taken SUDDENLY III and collapsed IN
| ths ante-room OF the court. He sres
RAPIDLY worse and ir less thar' IN na'ls
4 after his sentence the finanrler VAS deae,
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