The Brunswick news., 1912-01-30
CLAIMED HIS
INNOCENCE TO
THE VERY LAST
ALBERT WoLTER ELEcTRocUTED
EARLY YESTERDAY MORN
a ING AT SING SING.
He Was Charged With the Murder of
Young Girl Which Occurred on
March "a, 1s1o-Was Convicted on
CircumstantiaI Evidence.

Ossining, N. Y, Jan. 30. Albert
Volt er was put to death in the cleo
trio chair at Sing Sing prison at 5.41
o'clock this morning for the murder
of 15-year- old Ruth Wheeler, nearly
two years ago. The girl came to
VOTERS fiat in New York in search
of employment, and he was convicted
of having killed her after she had
been mistreated. Wolter left state
ment with Warden Kennedy denying
that he had committed the crime.
The execution was without feature,
and Wolter was declared dead after
one contact of 1860 volts. The state
Electrician said that Wolter showed
less resistance to the electric current
than any murderer put to death by
electricity at Sing Sing prison.
Wolter spent last night quietly rest
ing only part of the time. AT 2
/ O'clock this morning he wrote his de-
Inial of the killing. 1t was on sin
gle sheet and so even and clear were
the letters formed that the writing
had the appearance of copperplate.
VOTERS Statement.
The statement reads:
Warden J. S. Kennedy:
ITO be given to the public: January
29, 2 a. m. Now that / am departing
from this earth to go into the pres
ence of God, wish to make this ast
lctofamart THE ,v,orI5~ ~,of,,eod 49, s,,e
ltice, but Our Father in Heaven, who
knows our innermost thoughts, He
will give me pure and undef1led JUS
tice. l wish to state I am innocent
of the crime l was convicted of.
have been a victim of circumstantial
evidence. 1 hope there may come d
time when the conscience of the per-
petrator will oyerpower him and he
will come to the front and acknowl-
edge his guilt.
1T is my honest prayer to God that
He may bring the person guilty of
the crime to justice, that my name
may be cleared of this stain and that
the people may see the injustice done
me and that they killed an innocent
boy.
ITO those who have given me their
kind assistance and have trusted in
me, I give my sincere thanks. To
those who have maliciously persecut-
ed and killed me, for them pray
Gods forgiveness.
albert w. WOLTER."
Hiuher Courts Decision.
Although Wolter was convicted on
circumstantial evidence, the court of
appeals, reviewing the case after a
series of legal delays, declared that
he was fairly tried and justly con-
victed.
Ruth Wheeler met her death on
March "a, 1910, in VOTERS apart
ment on the fourth floor of house
on East Seventy fifth street, New
York city, where she had gone 10
seek employment asa stenographer.
Her charred body was discovered la
ter
The evidence indicated that the girl
had come to her death by strangula-
ton and burning after having been
ravished. The body had been thrust
into a fireplace, where it was partly
burned and concealed until it became
convenient to remove it in bag to
the fire escape, from which it was
thrown to the ground below.
Wolter admitted that he wrote the
postal card which led Ruth Wheeler
to visit his apartment, and in book
kept by him was found in her hand
writing an entry Of her name and
address.
A hatpin and ring which the girl
had worn on the morning of her dis
appearance were found in the fire.
place, and in a house to which VOL
ter had moved on the following day
was discovered an umbrella which the
girl was known to have had with
her when she left home.
VOTERS Contention.
Wo1ter claimed he had never seen
the Wheeler girl and that he was not
at home until late in the afternoon
on the day the crime was committed.
He sought to account for the entry Of
the girls name in his book by say
ing he wrote it there at the dictation
Of a man named Fred Ahner, who was
desirous of starting school of short
hand, and told him he was going to
engage Ruth Wheeler. No one could
be found to testify as to the existence