' that night. Garlitz freely admitted the shooting but claimed that he
had shot her only after she had confessed to intimacies with another
man and that he was so enraged that he did not know what he was doing,
Even though he did not offer insanity as a defense, this was his con-
tention at his trial which began on April 29, It took six days to
impanel a jury and the trial lasted for eight more days. Garlitz's
defense was largely discredited when it was shown that he himself
was guilty of sexual intimacies with several other women after his
marriage and that he had refused to support his wife and child and
he was convicted by a jury which deliberated for only two hours, His
conviction was affirmed by the Gourt of Appeals and when he was resen-
tenced to be hang, he showed his first emotion since his arrest when
he broke down and wept bitterly, His requests that he be allowed to
see his child and that he be buried by the body of his wife were both
disallowed by her father and at im 92,3 on the morning of August 30,
1889, he was hanged in the jail yard at Cumberland, After eating a
hearty breakfast, he went to the gallows calmly and made no statement,
18 ATLANTIC 39 ;
BIRMINGHAM EVENING NEWS, Birmingh Ala,, August 30, 1889: page one
BUM ELLE COUMLERMJOURNALS Loulevitles Kies kueust a1, PRP PSO Met
likeness of both him and Mrs, Garlitz on page three,
that night, Garlitz freely admitted the shooting but claimed that he |
had shot her only after she had confessed to intimacies with another
man and that he was so enraged that he did not know what he was doing,
Even though he did not offer insanity as a defense. this was his con-
tention at his trial which began on April 29, It took six days to
impanel a jury and the trial lasted for eight more days. Garlitz's
defense was largely discredited when it was shown that he himself
was guilty of sexual intimacies with several other women after his
marriage and that he had refused to support his wife and child and
he was convicted by a jury which deliberated for only two hours, His
conviction was affirmed by the Gourt of Appeals and when he was resen-|
tenced to be hang, he showed his first emotion since his arrest when
he broke down and wept bitterly, His requests that he be allowed to
see his child and that he be buried by the body of his wife were both
disallowed by her father and at ia 9:l;3 on the morning of August 30,
1889, he was hanged in the jail yard at Cumberland. After eating a
hearty breakfast, he went to the gallews calmly and made no statement,
18 ATLANTIC 39
BIRMINGHAM EVENING NEWS. Birmingham, Ala,, August 30, 1889: page one
PHM NYLLE GOURIER-IDURNALS Loutevitle, Kies kagust 1, Pear PRS oseet
likeness of both him and Mrs, Garlitz on page three,
at Garlitz freely admitted the shooting but claimed
ens oide ae he: Uc OW BS act intimacies with another
man and that he was so enraged that he did not know what he was doing.
Even aces he did not offer insanity as a defense, this was his con-
tention at his trial which began on April 29, It took six days to
impanel a jury and the trial lasted for eight more days, Garlita's
defense was largely discredited when it was shown that he himself
was guilty of sexual intimacies with several other women after his
marriage and that he had refused to support his wife and child and
he was convicted by a jury which deliberated for only two hours, His
conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals and when he was resen-|
tenced to be hang, he showed his first emotion since his arrest when
he broke down and wept bitterly, His recuests that he be allowed to
see his child and that he be buried by the body of his wife were both
disallowed by her father and at i 9+l3 on the morning of August 30,
1889, he was hanged in the jail yard at Cumberland, After eating a
hearty breakfast, he went to the gallows calmly and made no statement,|
18 ATLANTIC 39
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GARLITZ, Melvin ¢.
Garlitz, the son of former Sheriff Basil Garlitz of Alleganey Co,,
Mdey was a 25-year-old white employee of various railroads, On Jane
21, 1885, he and B Leah Eva White, the daughter of a Cumberland
commission merchant eloped and went to Gretna Green, Pae,y where they
were married, They returned to Cumberland but their marriage was not
a happy one and, in time, she returned to the home of her father where
a child was born, The estranged couple frequently met clandestinely
because of her family's determination to keep them apart, and on such
meetings they frequently quarreled, On March 23, in the presente of
her sister who frequently accompanied her to their meetings, Garlitz
drew a knife and threatened to kill her, The next day she and her
sister took her child to the home of Garlitz's brother and they met
again, On Tuesday, March 26, she received a note from him asking
that she meet him on a Cumberland Street. Once again, she was accom-
. panied by her sister, but she and Garlitz walked off together after
they met, After accusing her of infidelity with another man, which
he stated she confessed, he drew a ,.32 caliber revolver and shot her
five times. The revolver was
was set on fire and, eh aneretaeie che fiswes Homiel to nie”
father's home and told him what had transpired, He then caught a
freight train to Martinsburg, W Va., where he wa s arrested later
GARLITZ, Melvin C.
Garlitz, the son of former Sheriff Basil Garlitz of Alleganey Co, >
Mde,y was a 25-year-old white employee of various railroads, On Jan,
21, 1885, he and EB Leah Eva White, the daughter of a Cumberland
commission merchant eloped and went to Gretna Green, Pae, where they
were married. They returned to Cumberland but their marriage was not
a happy one and, in time, she returned to the home of her father where
a child was born, The estranged couple frequently met clandestinely
because of her family's determination to keep them apart, and on such
meetings they frequently quarreled, On March 23, in the presente of
her sister who frequently accompanied her to their meetings, Garlitz
drew a knife and threatened to kill her, The next day she and her
sister took her child to the home of Garlitz's brother and they met
again. On Tuesday, March 26, she received a note from him asking
that she meet him on a Cumberland Street. Omce again, she was accom-
. panied by her sister, but she and Garlitz walked off together after
they met, After accusing her of infidelity with another man, which
he stated she confessed, he drew a .32 caliber revolver and shot her
five times, The revolver was
was set on fire and, after, eee oie the fiemenc ue wiel be kee”
father's home and told him what had transpired, He then caught a
freight train to Martinsburg, W. Vae,y where he wa s arrested later
GARLITZ, Melvin C.
Garlitz, the son of former Sheriff Basil Garlitz of Alleganey Co.,
Md., was a 25-year-old white employee of various railroads, On Jane
21, 1885, he and H Leah Eva White, the daughter of a Cumberland
commission merchant eloped and went to Gretna Green, Pas, where they
were married, They returned to Cumberland but their marriage was not
a happy one and, in time, she returned to the hone of her father where
a child was born, The estranged couple frequently met clandestinely
because of her family's determination to keep them apart, and on such
meetings they frequently quarreled, On March 23, in the presente of
her sister who frequently accompanied her to their meetings, Garlite
drew a knife and threatened to kill her, The next day she and her
sister took her child to the home of Garlitz's brother and they met
again, On Tuesday, March 26, she received a note from him asking
that she meet him on a Cumberland Street. Once again, she was accom=
panied by her sister, but she and Garlitz walked off together after
they met, After accusing her of infidelity with another man, which
he stated she confessed, he drew a .32 caliber revolver and shot her
five times, The revolver wa:
feo el ee, ee Pie eiee ne tat ae Ppgase
father's hone and told him what had transpired, He then caught a
freight train to Martinsburg, 1% Va., where he wa s arrested later
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