TO BE HANGED ON FRIDAY
Item
- Title
- TO BE HANGED ON FRIDAY
- Source
- The sun (NY)
- Date
- 1880-06-10
- page
- 1
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1880-06-10/ed-1/?sp=1&q=murder&r=0.471,0.537,0.265,0.127,0
- Crime
- Murder
- Subject
- wife; murder
- Gender of alleged offender
- Male alleged offender
- Gender of alleged victim
- Female alleged victim
- Law enforcement involved
- sheriff
- Stage of the Legal System
- hung
- Location
- Out-of-state; Houston, Texas
- Length of story
- 829
- Description
- TO BE It AN a Kit ON FRIDAY A Wife Murderer who Came Near being Drowned while being Ilapllzrd HOUSTON Texas Juno 9henry Quarles Is to be hanged hero on Friday for wife mur der unless his sentence Is commuted or ho Is reprieved by the Governor Ho was born In Virginia and was In the 38th year of his age at the time he murdered his wife He was a barber by trade and came to Houston after the war Ho and his wife Rosa lived unhappily the last years of her life On the night of June 3 1879 In ono of their periodical quarrels he drove her from the house and threatened her with death If she dared to return She remained away four days but on the morning of Saturday June 7 believing that he had become reconciled to her she ventured to return Quarles soon afterward came home for breakfast out of temper generally nnd began n search for some money ho ulleged he bad In the house Being unable to find It ho accused Mrs Quarles of having stolen It This the now again frightened wife denied Her piteous appeals for belief nnd her declarations of Innocence only tho more exasperated her hutitbaud and ho grasped her by the hand and ordered her to nccompnny hIm to the rear gal lery of the house Believing that he Intended to harm her shut protested ngnlnt accompany lug him I Then no drew from his pocket a pistol nnd while she watt begging for llfnlio fired twice nt her but neither shot took effect Hn then threw her to the floor and holding her down placed the muzzlu of the weapon to her head and fired two balls Into her brain death resulting Instantaneously Qunrles fled from the scone before nn alarm could be given A colored servant woman witnessed the deed from the beginning to tlm end Queries had told thin colored woman the day previous thnt he only wanted to get within ten feet of his wife and ho would finish her Tills was a part of the testimony given In nt the trial As soon ns Im learned of the murder Sheriff Noble organized n posse amid started In pursuit of the murderer Quarles was arrested that night n few miles from Houston secreted in tIle woods Ho said that his wife had proved unfaithful to him Ho denied having driven her from the house alleging that she went away of her own volition taking with her 25 of his money He said that 1m became miserable on account of her unfaithfulness and was getting ready to quit Houston and go where ho could neither sue nor hear of her When ho wont to breakfnst on the morning of tlm tragedy ho found her In I tIle linus mtbltl said to her HelloI I youviicomu back have you V Suit answered Vcs u Iveconm to ace you To which lie re pliedAnd n dear see ItV golngtobo Glvo me my 25 you stole from me and vou mav go to tlm I I t Ilidft of the I earth lor all 1 that I care She denied hav ing taken the money amid asked him win Im had accused her of Infidelity i Ho I ro pllul that ho had only reported what all tho neighbors hail told him She said What the neighbors havo told Is n lie and If I I I did have Toiirmonei i now vou could not get it This Juarles said erared him to that extent thnt Im did not know what ho was doing when Im killed I I his wife Thu murder caused a great deal of t iiiiii t in I Houston I and for Iho I first few nights and dais after his arrest tho jail hind to bo strongly guarded to prevent n I inching Quarlea waa tried convicted and sentenced to death at tho December term of court Ho de sired to plead guilty and throw himself on tile mercy ol the court with the hope of receiving n sentence of Imprisonment for lifo but his Invvjera advised him differently Ho carried his vast to tutu Court of Appeals where the stir diet of the lower court was nfllrmod Since his sentence Q unites has professed conversion and become reiilous Christian Three weeks ago accompanied by Sheriff Noble a few deputies the Rev Mr Stuart of the Baptist church and ninny curious people ho was taken to llufTalo Bayou and received thin riles of bnptlsm by Immersion jim ceremony came near reliev lug Urn hangman of his dutliw of today lor It almost terminated In the drowning of Quarks who is relieved to have desired such an end rather than nu Ignominious death on tie seal fold Hu I I WHS pullxil out of tile water however i dragged ashore In a dead swoon resuscitated and reserved for the rope
