Ernest Wirth, CA, 1910 June 17

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whole body trembled when she said she would not come back
to me. Everything grew red. When I came to my senses
they told me I killed her, I have nothing more to live for,
They say there is a world after this, If there is, I want
to go to it, I maymeet her there, If this is the end,
then this world will be better off when my body turns back
to earth.' The condemned man was put in the death chamber
Tuesday. He has slept like one who has worked hard all day
and has nothing on his conscience to worry him, He seems
to think of his position as pleasantly as laborers do of
going on a picnic on a holiday," TIMES, Los Angeles, CA,
6-17-1910 (I-81, )

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whole body trembled when she said she would not come back
to me, Everything grew red, When I came to my senses |
they told me I killed her, I have nothing more to live for
They say there is a world after this, If there is, I want
to go to it, I maymeet her there, If this is the end,
then this world will be better off when my body turns back
to earth,' The condemned man was put in the death chamber
Tuesday. He has slept like one who has worked hard all day
and has nothing on his conscience to worry him, He seems
to think of his position as pleasantly as laborers do of
yoing on a picnic on a holiday." TIMES, Los Angeles, CA,
6-17-1910 (II-8=1, )

whole body trembled when she said she would not come back

vhen I came to my senses
have nothing more to live for
If there is, I want
aymect her there, If this is the end,
then this world will be better off when my body turns back
to earth! The condemned man was a in the death ehanber

slept like o
a hi anibia/Soneotdncn 60 worry. h
en tne of his Position as pleasantly as cee do 0
soing nic on a holiday.” ‘TIMES, Los Angeles,
6-17- 810 “(te B=)

| WIRTH, Ernest

| 9, hanged San Quentin (Los Angeles) on June 17, 1910,
‘Ernest Wirth, who stamped his.wife's head to a pulp. be-
cause she would not live with him, will pay the death pen-
alty at 10 o'clock this morning, 4+ will be the fulfill-
ment of the requests he made of Judge Willis just before
sentence was pronounced on him in Dept. 7, after he pleaded
guilty. Dep, Sh, Heffner returned from San Quentin yester
day, having balen a prisoner from this county, He'says
that the only complaint the prisoner made was that he had
to wait too long to go to the gallows, Wirth made a re-
markable confession just before he left the County Jail to
go to the prison to await his doom, At a midnight hour, he
told the story of his life to one of his jailers. 'I lLovec
her,' he declared, referring to his wife, 'T know it was
in a rough way, but it was a terrible passion. TI loved
her when I killed her, My passion was so great that my

| WIRTH, Ernest

9, hanged San Quentin (Los Angeles) on June 17, 1910,
"Ernest Wirth, who stamped his.wife's head to a pulp. be-
cause she would not live with him, will pay the death pen-
alty at 10 o'clock this morning. ‘+ will be the fulfill-
ment of the requests he made of Judge Willis just before
sentence was pronounced on him in Dept. 7, after he pleaded
guilty. Dep, Sh, Heffner returned from San Quentin yester4
day, having taken a prisoner from this county, He says
that the only complaint the prisoner made was that he had
to wait too long to go to the gallows. Wirth made a re-
markable confession just before he left the County Jail to
go to the prison to await his doom, At a midnight hour,he
told the story of his life to one of his jailers. 'I loved
her,' he declared, referring to his wife, 'I know it was
in a rough way, but it was a terrible passion. I loved
her when I killed her, My passion was so great that my

WIRTH, Ernest
49, hanged San Quentin (Los Angeles) on June 17, 1910,

‘Ernest Wirth, who stamped his.wife!s head to a pulp. be-

with him, will pay the death pen-
o'clock this morning. 1 will be the fulfill

ment of the requests he made of Judge Willis just before

3 as pronounced on him in Depts 7, after he a eaded

uilty. Dep, Sh, Heffner returned from San Cuenta:

day, having baleen a prisoner on this county, 4 ys
that the only complaint the prison Sasa ae bad
to wait too long to go to the gallow rth made a
markable confession just Before he left the County Jail

go to the prison to await h: m, At a midnig

fold the story of his 1ite i one of his jailers.

her," he de

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her when I killed her, My passion was so great that my



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