Circulation Over 5,600-Largest in Centre county, BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER, 8th, 1910. elige Confesses to Rape and Murder! Bert Delige Must Atone For the Horrible Crime of Rape and Murder, DETAILS OF THE TRIAL DELIGE BEFORE COURT Trial Begun on Thursday Morning at 9.25-Prisoner Makes No Plea. Thursday morning the court was filled long before: the the forma pening, owl terest manifest n the BERT Makes No Plea Wher Prothe A his that Delige ceeding vice of course, Standing there In full view there was an exeellent opportunity to study the man and his features. He - 4 = A ere pipe Toc coe ore ly dark and of heavy, features, that were sual ficient t i tract a tion Wher he make an that Al Crallenged ow A Walker, foray. Fergianr coepted W and s | THREW MY HER OVER AND | LAID HER WHO IS IT? Mrs. John Ba ge how he piead to this indictbent | “he spring COMITTED RAPE AND MURDER. hat The Rn An be Tied, | epted. ri. esi. ol iy Statement of Bert Delige made Nov. 22nd int he DE Te an don.. In thee DY a ARIatlc. asctiomoms ‘8 Centre Cofinty Jail CAN HAVE WHAT YOI WANT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ELSE NOT BREAK MY GLASSES MORROW MORNING \ THOUGHT | DID NOT KNOW YO! BUT | DID! CUT HER THROAT an HELP! HELP that tin PUSHED HER v AND Ci PDELIGE NO NOT IF YOU KEEP WAIT THEN YOI Wil CATCH i DECID ® | had caught up T HER THROAT erned by the evidence. Challenged hallenge "tating Commonwealth I. Lreos 3 man, ext nurders ot itted ! Centre Charles Me(C'oy, biacksmith Tells Challenged minty at Beotls n the 16th day of fonte Have opinlon, but could render Fillmore Craig farmer Hustor October, when Mrs. Bandy throat an impartial verdict Challenged by | Challenged was cut from ear to sar on that bean defense | 1. C. Bullock, blacksmith, Miles: | tiful night. That he had gone thers Ritter Stout, labor H. Phillipsburg | burg Challenged with the coroner in an automobile Have no opinion Challenged by | Clement Dale, farmer, College That they had found foot prints with Commonwealth | Challenged in one hundred and twenty-five feet Charles I. Moores laborer, Harris—| J M Cunningham gentleman, | and traced them through the mud Have no prejudice; would try and | Bellefonte-—~Challenged dam, wood road, and in a sand bar to render an impartial verdict; not op-| Orvis Peters, farmer Halfmoon | near the Deliges’ house. Mra. Baudis posed to oapital punishment Juror | Challenged . : had been to a neighbor's house and In accepted, Adam Relish, Walker—Challenged coming out of the Ghaner house she W. A. Lyon, butcher, Bellefonte David Bradford, agent, Potter—Ac« | passed this Delige and his cousin, Have formed opinion. Challenged by | cepted | Aaron Delige, and that the Common. defense. wealth would prove that it was at that Wm. P. Catherman, farmer Penn The following Is the complete Jury [time that he made up his mind to No scruples against capital punish. | as drawn and sworn {follow this woman That Hert and ment; would governed by the evi. | 1-=Green Heaton, farmer, Benner | Aaron had to go the same way; that | dence. Challenged by Commonwealth, township | Mrs. Batudis turned down along the | Samuel Markle. laborer, Spring— | 2~Charles D. Moore, laborer, FAarrl® mud dam towards her home, That | Formed opinion; do not think it could township [the defendant followed her, and then be changed. Challenged. $B FF. Kreamer. farmer, ener | went home with his cousin. That the BE G. Mingle, farmer, Haines Have township | defendant was home but a short time opinion formed. Challenged by Com- | 4=J. A. Bcholl, photographer, Mill: | when he left his home and walked up monwealth, heim, | the railroad, and came out at Ghaner's B. ¥. Kreamer, farmer, Benner | b=Christ Cowher, manufacturer, Rush | shop, then he went down the road Have opinion; would render verdict township away from home; thea turned off of i rap Whe is #™ ' welghing ! we hun de. She said “| know you and you will cateh it tomorrow.” rt his hat ther he went back MH his hat and he made p his murder her Nhe went & corn Nel where the de« dant AuEht her and cut her throat We will show you that there are At least three or four cuts In her throat; | secured the tAzor with which he cut her throat After District Attorney Runkle made his address to the jury, detail ing the horrible erime committed by the prisoner-—it had a most distress ing effect on Delige. He closed his profound meditation and at times it was noticed that his lips were moving an if engaged in prayer, He was de- jected and broken In spirit, and scarcely once did he open his eyes or Apparently take any interest In the proceedings, evidently resigned to his fate At the conclusion of the District {Attorney's address to the jury, thay proceeded to hear witnesses and con. tinued until adjournment at 65:50 o'clock The withesses heard were those who told of the orime and the | finding of the body and the taking } (Continued to page 4 ool 1) i Brutal Negro Assaults Woman at Night and Cuts Her Throat, HISTORY OF THE CRIME DELIGES FULL CONFESSION At Human Blood Found 1 Wyo ® ’ Kuve ta } » th ¢ anise on sielineis es oie wa ’ his andl made Ave the od a a : and her throat fron ¢ Tear of eaimg the deed i rif eons n Was kept a8 AN hao ret by the few wi knew John Baudis. of It, for fear that if the detalls were The hushand of the murdered He ecommh made known It might make a trial al- todd suicide, st W amsport last summer most impossible in our county and that there was almost sufficient to In. and induced him to admit that he cite even & riot In this community, up- knew where the razor was hidden, lon the slightest provocation land Walter then immediately took The confession made later to his [them to the spot and uncovered the attorney, Col E R Chambers, was eyon and hung his head In deep and | partly burried bloody weapon, about | generously furnished all the papers as 125 yards from the Delige home, and a matter of general Information. and ft was Mentified as Dert Delige's not limited to any greedy individual rmeor | to exploit FEARS OF LYNCHING, | nt the very spot where the erime was A commited, and on that fact he order- Brutal Character of the Crime Caused | od the man's arrest, knowing that he Sentiment That Is Dangerous {had the proof against him. At that From the very oultstart, on the time when Mr. Runkle sald that he pight the murder was committed, | knew the man, there was the gravest there was the gravest danger that a danger of Delige being attacked, and demonstration might be made, at any | t was only by the caution of the Dis time, against the prisoner. The night that the District Attorney was al Bootia he had an interview with one witness who saw Hert Delige almost
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