Show HOOPER YOUNG CONFESSES and is sentenced to life imprison ment for murder r of mrs william hooper young on trial in new york city for the murder of mrs anna pulitzer pleaded guilty to mur der in the second degree and was as sen sell fenced to life imprisonment justice herrick explained that he had advised young s counsel to change his plea and so advised the district attorney to accept it this action being taken because of the prisoner prisoners s men tal condition according to the report of the doctors he was n not ot insane in the legal aspect of insanity but from a purely medical point of view he is not sane the crime which young has ad bitted was the murder of mrs anna pulitzer on september Sep temoer 14 last mrs pulitzer s body was found in III a canal near newark N J suspicion pointed to young and a search of his rooms revealed incriminating evidence young fled and was captured in der by conn mrs pulitzer pulitzers s body was badly mutilated by her murderer there being twelve stab wounds she was disemboweled youngs young s trunk in which were a bloody dagger and some soma of mrs pulitzer s clothing was 10 lo bated in the chicago depot he having sent it there by express just before he fled youngs young s infatuation for the woman and ana his abnormal conditions are held to be responsible for the mur der |