the neighborhood of the Weeks! home, Greenwall was convicted ahd sen-
tenced to death but a new trial was awarded by the Court of Appeals on
the grounds that incompetent testimony had been admitted in evidence,
At his second trial he was again convicted and this time the convic-
tion was sustained on app eal Miller, who had served as lookout,was
sentenced to prison for his part in the crime and three weeks before
the scheduled execution, Greenwall petitioned the Governor for a commu-
tation, submitting affidavits signed by him , Miller and another man
in which they said that one of the burglars who had informed on him
was actually with Miller and had murdered Weeks, The Governor declined
to intervene and Greenwall was hanged ah the Raymond Street Jail in
Brooklyn on the morning of Pecember 6, 1889, He showed great nerve
while awaiting his execution and walked to the scaffold bravely, How-
ever, just before the cap was lowered over his head, hes face turned
a deathly white and his knees buckled, making it necessary for him
to be held erect until the weight was released that jerked him upwards,
breaking his necke
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the neighborhood of the Weeks! home. Greenwall was convicted ahd sen-
tenced to death but a new trial was awarded by the Court of Appeals on
the grounds that incompetent testimony had been admitted in evidence,
At his second trial he was again convicted and this time the convic-
tion was sustained on appeal, Miller, who had served as Lookout, was
sentenced to prison for his part in the crime and three weeks before
the scheduled execution, Greenwall petitioned the Governor for a commu-
tation, submitting affidavits signed by him , Miller and another man
in which they said that one of the burglars who had informed on him
was actually with Miller and had murdered Weeks, The Governor declined
to intervene and Greenwall was hanged ah the Raymond Street Jail in
Brooklyn on the morning of Pecember 6, 1889, He showed great nerve
while awaiting his execution and walked to the scaffold bravely, How-
ever, just before the cap was lowered over his head, hts face turned
a deathly white and his knees buckled, making it necessary for him
to be held erect until the weight was released that jerked him upwards,|
breaking his necke
NeW YORK TIMES, NEWEORK CITY, NEW YORK, December 7, 1889,
15 NORTHEASTERN 0),
22 NORTHEASTERN 180
the neighborhood of the Weeks' home, Greenwall was convicted ahd sen-
tenced to death but a new trial was awarded by the Court of Appeals on
the grounds that incompetent testimony had been admitted in evidence,
At his second trial he was again convicted and this time the convic-
tion was sustained on appeal, Miller, who had served as lookout,was
sentenced to prison for his part in the crime and three weeks before
the scheduled execution, Greenwall petitioned the Governor for a commu-
tation, submitting affidavits signed by him , Miller and another man
in which they said that one of the burglars who had informed on hin
was actually with Miller and had murdered Weeks. The Governor declined
to intervene and Greenwall was hanged ah the Raymond Street Jail in
joklyn on the morning of Pecember 6, 1889, He showed great nerve
his execution and walked to the scaffold bravely, How-
ever, just before the cap was lowered over his head, hés face turned
a deathly white and his knees buckled, making it necessary for him
to be held erect until the weight was released that jerked him upwards,
breaking his necks
EW YORK TIMES, NEWEORK CITY, NEW YORK, December 7, 1889,
15 NORTH RN Ob
22 NORTH
GREENWALL, John
Greenwall, a white man, was a nidive of Germany who subsequently said
that he had left his native country and moved to the United States
because he had killed a man, He worked fn several places of business
as a tailor but he was also a professional burglar who had served at
least one prison sentence for that crime, Early on the morning of
March 15, 1887, he and Charles "Butch" Miller, crossed the ferry from
Manhattan to Brooklyn, Ne Y., and Miller stood guard outside while
Greenwall forced entry into the home of Lyman S, Weeks, a respected
hatter, who lived 1071 DeKalb Avenue, Mrs, Weeks was awakendd by the
noise and her husband went downstairb to investigate, Greenwall, sur-
prised in the dining room, shot and killed Weeks just as he entered
the room, He then stepped over the dying man's body and fled through
the front yard, He and Miller returned to Manhattan and there were
no clues to the murder, Three weeks later, Greenwall, Miller and two
other burglars were arrested in New Jersey and the other two men told
police that Greenwall had confessed to them that he yegyei3T@PoRan
had killed Mr, Weeks, Both Greenwall and Miller maintained that they
~Were-hot—in- Brooklyn onthe morning of the murder, but witnesses were _
found who had ridden with them on the ferry and who had seen them in
GREENWALL, John
Greenwall, a white man, was a nakive of Germany who subsequently said
that he had left his native country and moved to the United States
because he had killed a man, He worked fn several places of business
as a tailor but he was also a professional burglar who had served at
least one prison sentence for that crime, Early on the morning of
March 15, 1887, he and Charles "Butch" Miller, crossed the ferry from
Manhattan to Brooklyn,, Ne Ye, and Miller stood guard outside while
Greenwall forced entry into the home of Lyman S, Weeks, a respected
hatter, who lived 1071 DeKalb Avenue, Mrs, Weeks was awakendd by the
noise and her husband went downstairs to investigate, Greenwall, sur-
prised in the dining room, shot and killed Weeks just as he entered
the room, He then stepped over the dying man's body and fled through
the front yard, He and Miller returned to Manhattan and there were
no clues to the murder, Three weeks later, Greenwall, Miller and two
other burglars were arrested in New Jersey and the other two men told
police that Greenwall had confessed to them that he yeexleit
had killed Mr, Weeks, Both Greenwall and Miller maintained that they
“were-not-in Brooklyn on the morning of the murder, but witnesses were
found who had ridden with them on the ferry and who had seen them in
GREENWALL, John
Greenvall, a white man, was a nhsive of Germany who subsequently said
that he had left his native country and moved to the United States
because he had killed a man, He worked fn several places of business
or but he was also a professional burglar who had served at
least one prison sentence for that crime, Early on the morning of
March 15, 1887, he and Charles "Butch" Miller, crossed the ferry from
Manhattan to Brooklyn, Ne Ys, and Miller stood guard outside while
S) a respected
ter, who lived 1071 DeKalb Avenue, Mrs, Weeks was awakendd by the
noise and her husband went downstairs to investigate, Greenwall, sur=
prised in the dining room, shot and killed Weeks just as he entered
the room, He then stepped over the dying man's body and fled through
the front yard, He and Miller returned to Manhattan and there were
no clues to the mirder, Three weeks later, Greenwall, Miller and two
other burglars were arrested in New Jersey and the other two men told
police that Greenwall had confessed to them that he
had killed Mrs ks» Both Greenwall and Miller maintained that they
vere notin Brooklyn on the morning of the murder, but witnesses were
found who had ridden with then on the ferry and who had seen them in
