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Show mi: 11 Minis cttr.. C'srljlo W. Harris, the eonvlcted murderer of his youug wile lu New York, was aeslerdai sentenced to be lutto death by means of electric!!) during the week commencing Mny tj All probabilities uru lhat the seuteueu will buearrled bill, though there Is a strong sentiment in Harris' favor lu New York city and (lovernor I lower will be beiligid with n pllculloiis for npardauorut least a commutation of thusmtence. The pathetic featuru of thu cuso wuh the condemned man's mother 1 erslsteiitly eudoavorlng,ln the fsco of the 11104 humiliating rebtills at tliue,tuobtitii evidence that would secure 111 i" a uow trial, hut all to no lurpose. As the case Is a celebrated 0110 nnd hasbteiilefoielhe t ubllu so long that lu earlier detail ure forgotten by tho majority ol the people, wo hcruwlth al leud thu record of 111 Tho preliminaries were bu 11 before Hecorder rim) 111 lu l'art HI of the Court of CliuerilHitsloue, on January 14th, 1M-'. Thu work ot kettlug u Jury was ullresomo one, eud uas not completed until the eTeuIng of Janu aty 18th. Ihe trial tegau lu earnest on tho raoruing of Jauuary 10th. Tho protecutlou was ootiiuoted ty Assist-unt Assist-unt District Attorney Wellman, Mr, Wellmau stated that lie would ptove uouolulely that ou I'ebruar) 1st, 1S9I, Harris udiulnlsterodniiusutlty of morphine to his irlrl-wlle, Helen ell son l'o Is, who was then a studi nt at thu Comttock school on West I ortielli streel, aud that ho e.ave her the drug with murderous Intent. Ills wife died. After a long an 1 tedious trial the case went to the Jury, which, after n long srtslon, returned n verdict of guilty or murder mur-der In tho first degree. A motion for a new trltlnasmtdo aud argued and 011 Diursday last was overruled, Monday the JOth beliu set for sentence, sen-tence, which was pasjod as trovlously stateJ. Themotlrofor the killing, as given by the 1 rcsscullng attorney, was, Harris Har-ris told Miss Hccrield that rather than havo It bnowu that he wss married to Helen 1'otts hu would kill tier and then himself. That was In June. Wlieu the girl tie, J been bulled lie called ou Mrs. Tolls to get the paters which showed that her daughter had been married to Harris. Toe prosecu-tor'saddrets prosecu-tor'saddrets throughout wss so simple In manlier and eo unallecteJ that the elKcl of the Very dnniatlo events was heightened. Harris was n bonk ngont, an actor In the Paul Katar coiiijany and subsequently, subse-quently, lu 1&34, ws u student ol medicine In the CJollego of I'liyalclans and Hurgooua. Ho still afllruis his Innocence In tho strongest terms, but If he speaks truly there Is either n icrew loose somewhere In Ihe legal machinery ot New Yolk or thu Condi Con-di mncd Is a victim of tho most Inexplicable Inex-plicable misi'oitunef. |
