New-York tribune., 1921-01-13
Wade f. Ound
Guilty, Must
20 otoCallows
Smiles as Jury Convicts
Him of Mott Murder Af-
ter Being Out E Hours;
TO Be Sentenced To-day

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Jan. l2.-El1-
wood 3. Wade, twenty-three years old.
who killed George E. Mott in MOTIFS
home in this city on August 20, was
convicted of murder in the first de-
gree here tonight by a jury, after six
hours deliberation. Sentence Will be
pronounced tomorrow morning At 10
O'Clock. The penalty in this state is
hanging.
From the time the jury retired at
4:15 o'clock this afternoon until the
foreman announced soon after 10
o'clock that verdict had been agreed
upon, Wade sat patiently in his cell,
just under the jury room, without any
display Of emotion. lie ate two sand
wiches and a chocolate bar at supper
time with apparent relish and seemed
less concerned about his fate than
any one else in the jail.
Wade took the verdict with a smile
on his face. He calmly turned to
Deputy Sheriff Frank Fassenalla and
spoke quietly to him. William H.
Comley, chief counsel for the defense,
was at his side shortly after the YER
dict was announced and shook hands
with him.
Calmly Departs for Jail
While the youth was calm and un-
disturbed, Ebert 0. Wade, his father
and the only member of the family in
the courtroom at the time. was notice
ably affected. Deep sobs shook his
frame and tears flowed freely as Sheriff
Simeon (. Pease placed his arm on the
! elder Wade's shoulder
After Judge George z. Hinman had
ordered the courtroom cleared Wade
stood up, stretched himself and reached
for his hat and coat Then, with
Sheriff Fassenal)a, he calmly left for
the county Jail.
States Attorney Homer s. Cum
mings, in summing up the argument
for the prosecution, made it clear he
would push the case against Mrs
Ethel Hutchins Mott, for whose sake
Wade is alleged to have murdered her
husband.
II do not exculpate Mrs. Mott" said
Attorney Cummings. "I shall deal with
her hereafter and deal with her ade-
quately unless you gentlemen of the
jury paralyze my arm"
Mr.. Cummings in the closing argu-
ment for the state said:
"This was first degree murder, de
liberatc, premeditated, malicious, un-
lawful, cruel and wicked AS such it
should be punished as first degree
murder.
Tests Called Ridiculous
"There is too much disregard for
human life in this world; too much
sentilnentality about the enforcement
OF the law. 1t would be a mockerv Of
the law to send this man to an insane
asylum. You cannot keep a sane man
in an insane asylum for long. How
long do you think he would be there
before another group of chemists
would testify he is sane again.
"Meaningless, absurd and ridiculous!"
were the words used by the states at
torney to describe the psychological
tests used in the examination of Wade.
"Td hate to have my rights to heaven
depend upon my own ability to answer
these tests,' he added.
II say it's all rot, unmitigated and
useless rot, which does a great deal to
discredit expert testimony in trials
such as this.
II am not SO much concerned with
the life Of this boy as ! am for the in
tegrity Of the law" he continued. I'm
pulsive passion does not move about in
stocking feet; irresistible impulses do
not knock off to go peddle milk at
l o'clock.
Willing To Be Vamped
"This man was no tyro in the ways
of women, especially this type of woman.
He was very easily vamped and very
willing to be vamped.
There was no insanity here, but
there was illicit love, lust and the de-
sire of two men for one woman, an age
long thing. 1t was youth, youth sup
planting maturity and age in the atfec-
tions of this woman. Mott was the OBJ
stacle to this illicit love-he had to be
removed.
"'rhis was the blacklist crime in the
criminal history Of this county and
state"