The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-04
The Wolves of New York
A STORY OF LOVE AND MYSTERY
Pangbourne Is Convicted and Sem
fenced to Death for Murder of
Lillian WillOughby

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call having struck the blow. This.
gentlemen. has BEEN shown by sE-
pert opinion 10 Be unlikely. The
prisoner was undoubtedly drunk:
he was drunk when arrested, but
he was not 90 drunk a. to be un-
able to find his way back to his
owH home, TO admit himself by his
lateh key and TO turn on the slse-
trie light in his study. When ar
rested he showed signs OF fear. and
since his arrest he has over and
over again expressed regret for his
deed.
"He has stated that Mrs. VIII
ioughby was vory kind to him, ana
IN contrast 70 this he has spoken
bittsr words against his wife,
whose reluctanct evidence we have
heard. and who has even provided
the means for his dsfsnss. men
ton thsse facts. gentlemen, for you
may think them Indications Of .
disoRdsrsd mind.
Ne Eviasass q . gtFugEIs.
That the prisoner was the last
person In the company OF the muir
dsrsd woman Il not denied Il Il
clearly proved, too. By the evidences
Of the servants and BY eur knoWI
edge Of the time At which the deed
was committed. The point hrs been
raised that II would not have been
easy for the defendant to have car
ried the body from the BOULDER 10
the bed. for though tall he 70 net
muscular. Gsntlemen, we do not
know that the blow was struck IN
the boudoir. u seems that, for some
reason which cannot be explained
Mrs. Willoughby changed her
clothes shortly before the murder.
The prosecution contends that II
was after she had done this, while
abe wa standing, probably, close
to the bed, that ths,Wound vas in
6ictsd. 10 would be easy then 70
throw her back upon the bed IN the
position IN which she was found.
In doing this the prisoner must
have stained his shirt front with
blood In the manner which has
been described. stained, too. the
dead Woman's forehead with HIS
own soiled hngera. This explana-
ton accounts, also, for the absence
Of any signs OF q struggle.
The dsfSnSs has laid stress upon
. point which, however. having r.
gard TO the fact that there a.
virtually no denial Of the prisoner
having committed the act, cannot
be held to have any weight Il ia
the clothes that the murdered
woman was wearing were not
recognized a. hers By her maid, and
that 4 strange hat and cloak
strange, that u to say, TO the maid
were found in the drawing room.
Gentlemen, this can prove nothing
beyond the fact that ladies' maids
are not always taken Into the full
eonhdsnse OF their mistressss- ne
Identity OF the victim Il not denied.
and, besides. we have the evidence
OF Mr.. Tweodledum and othDrs, who
maintain that they have not infre-
Quentiy seen Mrs. Willoughby wear
point. but II has no bearing on Ehs
case"
Aaxioas - Have II oven
For some little whflS longer the
Judge droned out his monotououI
and purpossless speech. To the
prisoner Il seemed q useless cruelty.
what ala these aide issues matter
He had realized that he was q muir
dersr. and that he must be insane
why would not these people under
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struck the bloW7 What sane mar
would have done such . deed? let,
AS far a. he could understand the
procSadings, they were trying 90
chow that he had acted Of malice
aforethought, or that he had killed
In . At Of temper because Mrs. VIII
louEhby had rejected his advAness-
He had made love to Mrs VII
louKhby-Eo much he could remsm-
Der: but after that nothinE-noth-
ing.
And he had no one to speak for
him; Il was even the wife he hated
who was paying for his defense.
probably, he told himself, with IN
usual astuten0sS, to gain favor VIII
the world, well knowing that q
defense was OF little avail. A
this was In truth the case, for
was upon the representations
Mrs. PanEbourns that the plea ?
insanity had been set UP. III Pax
bourne is found to be insaEh
TwesdIedum had told her. you Wi
have no difficulty In getting ycu5
divorce ultimately, and II he Il CO..
vieted-well. you will be free o
him rather quicker, 80 Il will be ~
same either way. Lat madness b
his defense, but DO your best b
show that he Is not mad" And -
Tweedlsdum had advised. so Era
PanEbouTns had acted.
SWho Killed LIhaaE"
The summing up came 70 AZ enc
At last, and two essential auesSiora
were put TO the jury. Had sarE-
bourne struck the blow which Kiiss
Mrs. willouEhby, and n 30. was
responsible for his action at
time? After an absence OF half
hour the jury returned an answer Ut-
'yes'' 70 both questions. At thu
same time, they added = reeommen-
datIon for mercy on account OF
weakness OF intsIleet and the un-
doubted tats sof intoxication OF the
prisoner At the time OF the crins.
Sentence was pronounced In the
usual form, the. Judge wholly cen
curing in the verdict. and 50 the
trial came 20 an end. Pangbourna
was led away. muttering feebly that
he was mad At the time n not now.
and the crowd OF IDLE and curious
onlooksrs dispersed quietly. con-
WINGED IN their minds that Justice
had been done.
Tweedlsdum FASTENED to MrL
PanEbourns. whom he found anx- !
iously awaiting his arrival In
few words he told her the result OF 4
the trial
Thank God" she cried. piously;
"then I am. indeed. free lat last"
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