Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-11-24
In Final Statement Given at
Eleventh Hour, Young vir-
ginian Says He Wants to
Be at Peace With All.
After Reading Of Death War;
rant, is Marched to Cham.
Der and Seated in Chair
Then Warden Raises Hand.

Ter Evssiss Isersia q. q. leased Wisei
Richmond. Va, Nov 2i-henty
Clay peattie. Jr, lsiore his death IN
the electric chair at 1888 n. NJ. today
confessed 10 the murder OF hts wife.
The statement follows
y. Henry Clay ncattie. Jr.. derifous
OF standing righI before God and
man, DO ON this the card day of No.
vcmbcr. 1917, confess my guilt OF the
crime charged against mV. Much that
was published concerDing the details
was moi trne. hut The awful fact. With
cot the narrowing circu instances, re-
main. For this act I am truly sorry.
and believing that ma at peace with
God and ana soon 10 lass into Hts
presence, this statement is made
ticaitio's confession wag followed
by this statement made by the at.
tending ministers.
This statement was signed IN the
presence of the two attending nlInis'
ieTa and "a ihq only statement that
can and will be- made public b. them.
"Mr Iicaiiie desired 20 thank the
many friends sor kind iettcts and OK.
prcesions Of lntcreai and the pnblic
tor whaieser sympathy was tel, on
expressed
Throuxhoui the forenoon the city
had benu rent With rumuts that Beat .
tie had confessed, These were denied
~ tho pcnitcntlary. where IN connec.
lion With the announcement o. ne
death II was said the condemned man
had mate no statcmeni The attend.
Ing mnisicrs woeid not discafs the
case until thcy had siAHcd ncntslc'A
parents In South Rirhmond and had
secured their permlsficK 10 make the
confession pultlic
The c0nisssssoa was evidently nuie
90 tho eleventh hour when BeRttie
finally became convinced thar AL
hope Of escaping the electric chair
had passed.
Two days ago. Rev. DR. Fix an.
nounccd thar neattle said he would
not confcus. THIS was ascrlhed 10
the fncl that nenttle desired 10 spare
Isis iather the blow or admitting gnsli
after his many prolestatiOnE OF In.
nocencc 10 the aged parent
There was fight between fnai de-
votion and q desire not 10 so 10 his
deash with lie on ills ispa. lie was
urTod 10 confess by his spiritual ad
vlsera and ut last broke down.
The execution Was s0lemnIy slm
nit Tho twelve iegsl witnesses licerd
the warden read the tinnl summons tu
ucatlic, after which tEc march 10 the
death clla.Iihcr was begun The fatal
ropn was dark save for one light oye'
the Chnir thai gave ghastly radianc,
"a the spo, of doom.
There was no delay la preparing fol
rhe end Bealiie took his place. III,
prison surgeon and She electricians
adjusted the straps. halt dozen
CLAMPS were quickly thrown intC
place and snapped.
THE cap, resembling n leather root,
ball haFngAs. WAS adjusted. and tbs
men stepped oack,
The warden fRised his hand In
slansly bcallIcs body Hiiiirned WITH
such violence that the straps cfeaker
with the strain. the clamps rnltlet
~ though they were casianets IN ths
hands OF death. aud then that which
once had been Henry Clny fiensiie. ~.
relaxed
Il was Just T.2s a. m. when IN,
shock Was applied one mlnHlc latei
Beaille vas hend
The surgeon had gone forward ane
with @ elethoscopc had listened f0l
another faint bcatins OF the hear
that less than sixty seconds bpsor,
had lived lie stepped hack aps
whispered
"lIe Is dead
Death had been lnstnntoous.
The li0as nl neAttle Saa removes
fiom the chair and taken tn the mort
uafy room adjoining. Here Il Wal
laid 20 nNust the coming OF tine cor
onor. who arrived shortly aftcrward
Rev Dr Flk remained ~ sOl'
watcher while preparations wer,
made Tor the removal uf the body
The elder Deattie last night sent 4,
ihr nndcrlnkers the brown suit whicl
his Hon hsd n0in IN cDuFl when IN,
iury declared his guilt, In this ini
b0dg was clad lvf burial
IN his home In south Richmond In,
father. surrounded by his other aOn
pougiass, his daughter Hazel. an,
two aunia OF the condemned man
awaited word that all wss over.
IiFATftN's CRIME
WiN HOlsisini.E ONI
The crime lur which Honr, nratil,
Jf., Wis cxeentod today wna one q
the most sensational ln the crlnllna
history ~ virginia Interest IN tn
nufdcr was c9untfl- Wild. ewing 10 Il
unuEual features and the swift move
Inent of nstlce
On the niaht or luly "a lnsf. Iloas
lie afute hln Rusomohiie Into Rlca
mond. carrying With him thc body q