Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-23
He First Assaulted and Then Muir
dered Ruth Wheeler, Burn
ing the Girls Body.
SEEMED QUITE INDIFFERENT.
While Jury Was Dcliberating He Slept
Court VIII Pass Sentence
ON Him "Wednesday.

New York. April 22.-Albert Woltcr.
youth OF 10 years who gloated over
lewd pictures and was crazy about
women, must die In the electric chair
for the murder Of Ruth wheeler. "A
pretty lj-ycar-old stonographer
After one hour and fifty minutes Of
dcliberatlon. a jury in the court OF
special sessions found him guilty Of
murder in the first degree at lO:3O
o'clock tonight. bringing to a close a
trial marked by tie swift movement
and its testimony Of horror.
The boys counsel said with elo-
quence that Woltcr was too tender
hearted TO harm cat. but y men de-
cided tonight that he had strangled
Ruth Wheeler and thrust her. while yet
alive, IN his fireplace. where. soaked
with OH, her crumpled body writhed
and burned
With the same waxen- faced indiffer-
ence De had shown throughout the
trial, Wolter listened 10 the verdict
With almost inhuman complacency he
had been found asleep in his cell while
the jury was celebrating He will be
sentenced Wednesday
The jurors themselves showed emo
ton, while the boy who must die
showed none When asked II they had
found "a verdict William v. Kulp. the
foreman, answered in shaking voice.
we have" and Announced they had
found Wolter guilty % murder in the
first degree. All eyes Immediately
shifted towards the prisoner He was
stolid as piece Of stone.
Wolter refused 10 talk. II don't want
TO talk tonight. I'm tired and ! want to
get a little good sleep first"
THE LAST CHAPTER.
The last chapter In the fight to save
Wolter from the electric chair began
when Wallace ID. Scott his lawyer,
began summing up for the defense.
Wolter himself was the chief witness
and remained on the stand three hours.
As Mr. Scott began VOTERS parents
appeared In the courtroom for the first
time. The mother burst into convul-
sive sobbing as she saw the boy led
into the room
"Circumstanttal evidence is very dan
gerous evidence upon which TO convict
said Atty Scott Instances have oc-
CURED where men have been mistaken
ly convicted This boy has not nerve
enough to kill a cat let alone a human
being
"He is not a great criminal" said
Asst Dist Atty. Moss. The Is dan
gerous criminal-a perverted character
and a scourage to the community
There is no uneXplainable circum-
stance here. There never WAS case In
which every circumstance was so
straight"
Il was exactly 7;10 when Judge Eos
ter ended his charge and the jury fled
out. The crowd today was the largest
in the criminal court building since
Harry Thaw was on trial for his life.
Men and women struggled for places.
gowns were torn and hats were crushed
in tho fight for points OF vantage.
When Wolter was led back 10 his cell
one young woman pressed forward and
attempted to hand him rose. A court
officer brushed her aside
Robert l.. Montgomery lessee OF a
fiat adjoining VOTERS today told Atty.
Foster privately he had received a let
ter Offering him 800 II he would testify
in substantiation Of the evidence Of
Kate Gills
Ruth Wheeler was killed March a.