Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-15
Canoes HEARS THE
death Sentence
Board of PardOnS, However,
Will be Asked TO Spare
Insane Murderer
KILLED GIRL AT
BRANDYWINE SPRINGS

purpose, but It IS probable that SEN
tonce Will not be carried into effect. !
Friday, July 20, was the time set for
the execution of the sentence. the
date being placed far enough in the
future to permit of an application 10
the Board of Pardons for a commu-
tation Of the sentence to life impris-
onment upon the request OF J. Frank
Ball, counsel for Ganges, no objection
to which was made by Attorney Cen
eral David ]. Reinhardt. The grounds
upon which such an application will
be made are that Ganges is insane.
Ganges was convicted of the murder
of Miss Catherine Bojeska at Brandy
wine Springs Park last fall.
Following a short recess, Chief JUS
tice Pennewill and Judges Conrad
and Heisel. sitting as the Court OF
over and Terminer, returned to the.
small courtroom; on the third floor OF
the county building promptly at II
o'clock Ganges, in the custody OF
Captain Richard Cross. warden of the
county workhouse, and a deputy, was
waiting, and there was also small
gathering OF lawyers and others VINO
had learned what was about to take
place.
The prisoner was his usual calm,
contained self and while waiting for
the judges conversed quietly with At
torney-General Reinhardt, Detective
Sergeant Francis Green and others in
the room who knew him and took oc-
eas!on to greet him. Sergeant Green
told him he was looking well, to which
remark Ganges only smiled the Gym
teal smile which he wore so often dur
ing the days of his trial His stout
body and full cheeks, although the lat
ter were pallid from confinement be-
hind prison bars. bore out Sergeant
Green's remark concerning his phys
ical condition.
The Judges took their places. but
brief delay in the proceedings was
accustomed, due to the absence OF
court stenographer. A silence fell on
the court room, during which the only
sound heard was the squeaking OF
swivel chair. The silence and period
Of waiting would have had depress-
ing effect upon most persons situated
as Ganges was, others hdgeted heI-
.vously, but the prisoner was as cam
as ever. The appearance OF r. =.
Hardesty, court 'stenographer' was tue
signal for Mr.. Reinhardt TO rise.
Il move that sentence be imposeu
upon Samuel Gauges he sara. a
Ganres was told TO stand up ana
oheved facing Chief Justice Pennewin
a halt smile still on his lips.
"Samuel Gauges, the court now mas
q most painful duty TO perform. we
feel exceedingly sorry that you are IT
srcb an unfortunate situation, but the
duty we are about to perform IS INA
,,oscd ,,non us bv the law. and VIC could
not escape it. If we would. You have
been indicted by the grand jury of tins
county for the murder of the first de
GREG OF Katie Bodesli, and upon tna'
;ndictm.nt YOU have had fair and i'm
martial trial Your counsel with gre"l
geaI ana fidelity presented to the court
and tho Jury every fact and argument
which in his Judgment were a'a'l"ol'
for your defense.
"The jury. nevertheless. rendered
verdict OF guilty. and 1t therefore oe-
comes the solemn duty OF TINS county
10 pronounce the sentence OF lhe law
upon YOU for the commission OF Tue
be.nous crime for which you were III
dicted. Have you anything 10 say VIZ
the court shall not now pronoSH,.noe On'
.Tbe sentence OF the law as con
sidered nv the court, Is that you, sam
mel Gauges, be now taken from tne
bar OF this court TO the New castle
co,,ntv warehouse. the public prison
~ fbfs county. the place from when
Won came and be there safely and
securely kept in custody until Friday
The twentieth day of July, in the year
Of our Lord one thousand nine nun
dred and seventeen, and on that DAY
between the hours Of ten o'clock II
the morning and three o'clock in the
afternoon, be taken to some convenient
Mace of private execution within the
precincts of the said prison Enclosure
and that YOU be then and there be
hanged BY the neck until you be dead
and may God have mercy on your soul
"You are now committed 10 the
custody Of the board OF trustees OF
Inc New Castle County Workhouse
mil This sentence is carried into exc
cution.
1T is also considered. adJudged aho
ordered by the court, that duly Ger
lified COPY Of the foregoing seh'ehS'
of death upon Samuel Ganges De toiIn'
with made and delivered by the Clcrf
If the court to the trustees OF the New
Castle County workhouse as thel'
sufhcient warrant TO observe and exc
cute said sentence of death, accordlht
TO the Judgment of this court Of Oyel
and Terminer, at the time appoihle'
by the court r o. IN
The action of the Court OF oyer an
Teuniner was taken following the pr
sentation bv Gauges counsel, ). Fran
BALL of letter from Or. I. j. DaNle
superintendent of the Ferris lnaustil'
School. and an alienist, and Dr. Wlilal
IL Kraemer, physician at the New "a
tIc County Workhouse, where Sang'
mas been confined. stating that they d
lieve Gauges to be insane. The le't'
was as follows ,o,-
This Is 10 certify that we, the unde
stoned. residents Of New Castle count.
State OF Delaware, regular praeticli
nbvsicians. have had under obserVatio
samuel Cangcs for the past SIX Week
ond 10 the hest Of our knowledge al
belief. we believe him 10 be insane.
Very respectfully,
r. II. Davies NJ. y.
W. II. Kraemer. NJ. ID.
Today was the date set for the hea
inc Of arguments upon the application
Mr. Ball for q new trial for his ellen
hut instead Of hasiug his applicf>.'
upon the fourteen reasons which VIC
fled with tho court several days az
AR Hall vithlrow those reasons. Al