Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-07
IS INDIFFERENT
IN SHADOW OF
ELECTRIC CHAT.
Christopher Buntin, After Sem
tence. Goes to Cell and
Sleeps SOundly.

Christopher Buntin, the negro giant
who followed Mary James, his dUsky
-paranaour. from the West Indies to New
ark and slew her with u hn.fe ne haI
whetted to make his work more GER
tam, will die in the electric chair at
Trenton during the week OF April L..
A jury in the Court of oyer and TT
miner found him guilty Of murder in
the first de7ree tate yes.erday af4el-
noon, less tnan elsht hours after mis-
trial was begau. There will be 10 APP
pal
Buntin took the finding of the jury
and the sentence of the co4rt without
finching. The kno wiedge hat he must
die produced no effect upon his ddI,
stoic-like features. He had nothing TO
say when the court asked he custom
airy question. He was led away with
his lips still sealed, his step still firm
and his oravado still with him. He
slept last night with the dea. n sentence
hanging over him ike a child in it's
cradle after a long day of happiness, a
sleep droam.ess, still M re.r> sAi g
and he awoke his mo nj g Il cheerfI,
mood. he ate az hearty a meal as the
HAN HEslFnN uOAiA6 I'M y bdE7f III
cliewed a wad of tobacco with rs keen
q relish as If death were not even a
remote possibility.
slept Under Death watch.
But for ali nis caIetrce Indifference,
he slept las, nIsnt under the dssteh
watch, PROBABLY for the H.sC tine n
his lire, with Il kceal-ey ed sentry hold-
ing q lonely visii outs de ms cell door.
He will sleep thus toT nIne more n.g-.ts,
with a guard On Match ever nlonle-it
of the day and the night, nnl then ne
will be taken to tine STATE lr.son a.
Trenton. The death chamber, vacant
for months, viii he his prison Their;
and the chair itself. hideous in archl-
lecture and doubIy hideous with It's
ghastly toll of life in mild, Will be
placed in readiness TO receive him,
Bunun moved deliberately In taking
the life of his sweethe art, but the Jaw
moved swiftiy in avenging her. His
trial began at 1920 O'Clock yesterday
with the selection OF a Jury. In fl y
minutes the jury box was flled, and
within four hours after the case was
opened the lawyers for ths State had
had their lunch and presented their
evidence. There was little def nse TO
be made; II was oil in forty minutes
later. The case went to the jury at
ass. following a plea for mercy by the
West Indians counsel The twelve
men spent an hour in deliberation ami
fled back into the room at 5:55.
verdict Of Guilty.
Gentlemen, have you agreed upon
verdict" asked Clerk Thomas Nc
Clellsnd Of Foreman William Camp
bell.
I'VE have said Campbell. I'VE
find the prisoner guilty of murder IN
the first degree
Buntin never moved II muscle and
stood like a black statue as Attorney
Douglas asked that the jury be poI}ed.
Every many answered guilty In the
first degree and Buntin's fate was
sealed.
Apparently he was the coolest man
an the courtroom Have you anything
10 say why sentence should not be
1assed upon you2" asked Judge Ten
Eyck.
Leaning toward the Judge Buntin re-
marked Beg pardon. I did not hear
what you said"
The words were rereated in q louder
voice. Buntin, without changing his
position or taking his hams from their
resting place in the top folds of his
trousers. calmly said Il have nothing
to say"
Judge Ten Eyck then proceeded tc
pronounce the sentence of death on the
man as provided by law. naming tht
time as the week of April II.