Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-21
MRS. POL|TANO
IS GRANTED MERCY.
WOMAN WHO SLEW HUSBAND TO
SAVE HER HONOR WILL
NOT HANG.
WILL RECEIVE LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Petitions of Millions of Residents CO
the United States in Behalf of the
Mother Are Needed by Cana
dian Government.

Ottawa, Ont.-Angelia Napolitano,
Ont, who killed her husband when
he tried to force her to lead a
life of shame, has been saved from the
gallows by the action of the cabinet
in recommending executive clemency.
The woman of the Canadian 500 who
killed her husband under circum-
stances, it is said, of grave provoca-
ton, thus is saved from the gallows.
Her sentence will be commuted to life
imprisonment, and she will probably
be released on parole within very
reasonable period.
Millions of residents of the United
States had begged the Canadian gov
ernment not to execute Mrs. Napoli.
tano on account of the child that is
soon to be born to her.
Kills Husband With Ak.
Mrs. Napolitano slew her husband
as he lay in bed on the morning of
Easter Sunday three mouths ago. The
great organ in the cathedral only a
little distance away was pealing out
a hymn of joy, and the worshipers
knelt as the priests sang the mass for
good will to men. The woman crept
up the stairs of her home. An ak was
clutched in her hand. She struck the
man who law sleeping at least seven
blows. The ak never fell twice in the
same place and the deceased was
fairly hewn to pieces. She was %
years old. She was the mother of
four children, and will be the mother
of another ere long. The husband
whom she killed had tried to force
her into life of shame. He had or
dered her to make money"-for him.
Again and again he gave her the order
to kill her soul, sell her body. He
stabbed her in the head, in rage, when
she refused. She tried to drown her
self. Policemen saved her.
Three days before Easter he said to
her: you must get $50 for Easter.
If you don't | make you remember"
The money was not ready on Easter
morning. He said he would kill her.
That was his death-warrant. Two
hours later he was dead The woman
was arrested, and placed on trial, and
stern Canadian justice sentenced her
to die. She was to hang by the neck,
until she was dead-so help her God.
That is what the judge said to her, as
she bowed her head before him. JUS
| tice demanded her life, but it did not
demand her babes. She was given
until August 8. Before then the child
would be born to its inheritance of
woe.
Women of America Protest.
Then the women of America arose
in the name of motherhood. From
Yukon to Florida, the women of the
land sent petitions to the governor
general of Canada, Earl Grey, asking
for the commutation of the womans
sentence. They did not seek to ex
cuse her deed. All they asked was
that in the same of mercy she be not
hanged. Newspapers throughout the
land co-operated. Before the decision
was reached to save the woman's life
the office of the ministry of justice
in Ottawa was flooded with kilograms
letters, and bales of petitions-all sent
in the name of mercy for the woman
who had suffered much, and whose
weakness was her excuse for crime
A million people in all asked clemen
cy. Governor Marshall of Indiana led
a great list of public officials who CO
operated. Six persons even offered tc
be hanged in the woman's place. Hel
little children were cared for by the
children's aid society.