The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-23
SENTENCED TO DIE
RAYNOR CONVICTED OF MURDER
 OF WHITELY.
Proved in Court That he Attempted to Blackmai1 Millionaire Through Knowledge of Scandal In
 His Life.

London. March 22.-Horace George Raynor, who on January 24 shot and killed William Whiteley. the Cen eral provider" of Westbourne, was tried today. convicted and sentenced to death.
 Raynor was tried in the central criminal court. In his opening state- ment D. D. Muir. counsel for the treasury, whose assertions were sub sequently corroborated on the stand by Louisa Turner. who lived under Mir. Whiteley's protection. disposed of the fiction that Raynor was an illegiti-
 mate son of the man he killed. MT. Muir said the prisoner was three years old before any member of his family became in any way connected with Mir. Whiteley.
 At that time. in 1882, Raynors aunt, Louisa Turner. was given em- ployment in Whiteleys store and the following year she went to live under his protection. Cecil Whiteley, whom the prisoner pretended to be, while in the hospital suffering from the pistol shot which he inflicted on himself after the murder, was son by this connection and was born in 1865. Raynor learned of the existence of Cecil about 1900 and also of Louisa Turner's connection with Whiteley. Continuing, counsel described Ray. nor's increasing poverty of recent years and contended that the knowI- edge of the scandal in the life of Mir. Whiteley led Raynor to attempt to legged that Raynor had prepared the crime with great care and delibera- ton.
 Louisa Turner was called an con- firmed MT. Muir's statements and tes- titled that she and MT. Whit@ley had a quarrel and separated in 1RSS be- cause Whiteley alleged that che had improper relations with George Ray nor, the prisoners father. The charge, the witness asserted. was untrue. and Mir. Whiteley subsequently, withdrew 1t on George Raynor's threat to pros ecute him. The rest of the evidence presented In behalf of the prosecution was merely a repetition of the pre- vious testimony regarding the mur- der.
 George Elliott, counsel for Raynor. in his opening speech for the defense said 1t was not part of his case to prove that the prisoner was a son of the late Mir. Whiteley. Raynor rightly or wrongly believed he was his son and counsel was going to show that Raynor was insane in the legal sense, that he was degenerate whose mind was tainted, defective and WehkSneQ Uy the ONCh-iilouASShSS VI two generations of his family in drink.
 The prisoners wife and others tes- tified that Raynor had variable moods was excitable. suffered from sleepless- ness and wore a haunted look since his return from Russia in September last. The prisoner next entered the box, and in reply to questions of counsel said Horace Raynor once told him he was not his son and that he ought to see MT. Whitslsy.
 The prisoner related in detail the interview which he had with MT Whiteley January 24, In which he sug- gested that the merchant furnish him with assistance. MT. Whiteley re- ferred him to the emigration bureau and Raynor threatened to commit sui- eide. Mir. Whiteley left the room and the prisoner followed him. He said he felt his blood surge to his head and then the tragedy took place.
 The lord chief justice in summing up said the jury must dismiss any question of sanity or insanity. The priosner drew a pistol on MT. White | icy with the intention of killing; the jury must find him guilty of wilfu murder.
 The jury deliberations lasted nine minutes. Lord Chief Justice Aver stone immediately donned the black cap and pronounced the sentence ot l daath