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Show ASKED LEAVE TO SING II BEFORE HIS SENTENCE Ti , h Giant Negro, Condemned to I Death, Makes Strange Re- If quest of California Court. i SAN RAFAEL, Cal.. April 13. J Whem Edward Delhantie was sen- y teneed to death today ho aaked to bg f allowed to entertain the court and 1. 1 spectators with, some coon songs. Del- ; ' ' hantie is a giant negro convict who killed "William Kanfman. another con- ' I vict. in San Quentin yard. ' j i.; Delhantie has been a star perfoTmer ; in tho vaudeville entertainments at the Denitentiary, and while in jail hore 'j j awaitinc his trial, he passed tho hours ' singing negro melodies m a rich bari- ; tone voice. Ho iB regarded as a dan- ' (- ; gerous convict and his feet, and handn .. ; were chained when he arose today to receive sentencQ. : "Your honor," he Eaid, before tho ;l 1 judge began the words which, would -j' send him to the gallows, "I think that ,1 , if certain testimony had been intro- c duccd I could have shown that I was not in my right mind. Kaufman A ' goaded me "until I was insane. But T K have no ill will, and if your honor Wr 1 Dleases. before you pronounce sentence I would like to entertain the ladies and . gentlemen present with somo of the : latest coon songs. j, "The procedure of the court would 'i i a not allow this" said the judge. "You j: i are sentenced to be hanged, by tho t ,, neck until dead." ; C .,' Delhantie 's attorney said he would ' "i appeal to tho supreme court for a. re; 1 hearing for his client on the ground of lc insanity. : |