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Show WmmmWmmWnWmmmmWmWmUmmW HOOPER YOUNG CONFESSES. And Is Sentenced to Life Imprisonment Imprison-ment for Murder of Mrs. Pulltier. William lloopor Young, on trial In Now York City for tho murder of Mrs. Anna Pulitzer, pleaded guilty to murder mur-der In tho second degrco, and was son-tencod son-tencod to life Imprlsonraont. Justice ilerrlck explained that ho had advised Young's counsel to change his plea, nnd so ndviscd tho district attorney to nccopt It, thla action being taken becnuso of tho prisoner's mental men-tal condition. According to tho report of tho doctors, ho was not Insane In tho lcgnl aspect of Insanity, but from n purely medical point of vlow, ho is not sano. Tho crlmo which Young hna admitted ad-mitted wa.1 tho murdor of Mrs. Anna Pulitzer on Scptcmoor 11 last. Mrs. Pulitzer's body was found in a cannl near Nownrk, N. J. Suspicion pointed to Young, and a scarcn of his rooms revealed incriminating evidence. Young fled and was captured In Darby, Dar-by, Conn. Mrs. Pulitzer's body was badly mutilated by hor murderer, there being twolvo stab wounds. Sho was disemboweled. Young's trunk, In which woro a bloody dagger and somo of Mrs. Pulitzer's clothing, was located lo-cated In tho Chlcngo dopot, ho having sent It thero by oxprcss Just boforo ho lied. Young's Infatuation for tho woman ana his abnormal conditiona nro held to bo responsible for tho murder. |