William Hooper Young

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• Name	William Hooper Young
  Born	13 Mar 1871	Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah
  Gender	Male
  Biographical Information	19 Sep 1902
  	On this day Anna Pulitzer was found dead. She had been stabbed and there was bruising on her head. Pulitzer was married but had been arrested a number of times for prostitution. A witness pointed police to an apartment owned by William Hooper's father. There police found empty beer bottles, a bottle with chloral hydrate crystals in it, a carving knife with blood on it, and blood on bedsheets, in a closet, under the kitchen sink, and on the floor and walls. The words "blood atonement" were scrawled in a notebook. Further investigation tied the items to William Hooper. He eventually claimed that someone else had killed her and that he panicked and tried to dispose of the body. February 4, 1903 Young's trial began and he pleaded not guilty. Six days latter he changed his plea guilty of second degree murder. He was sentenced to hard labor in Sing Sing state prison for the duration of his natural life. The judge did not impose the death penalty because medical experts said that Young was probably medically but, not legally insane. He was paroled in 1924.
  		New York Times, September 19, 1902. Murdered Woman Found.
  		The evening world, New York, January 21, 1903. Mormons Seek to Save Young.
  		New York Times Sep 23 1902. William Hooper Young Caught Confesses.
  		New York Times February 14, 1903. Young Taken to Sin Sing.
  Person ID	I7808	Nagel
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	John Willard Young,   b. 1 Oct 1844, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois ,   d. 11 Feb 1924, New York, New York, New York  (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth Canfield,   b. 28 Feb 1845, Dansville, Livingston, New York ,   d. 6 Jun 1916  (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	2 Nov 1867	Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah
  Family ID	F2668	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Irene Julia Revans,   b. 16 May 1885, New York, New York, New York
  Married	28 Oct 1908	New York
  Family ID	F2669	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 13 Mar 1871 - Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah Married - 28 Oct 1908 - New York  = Link to Google Earth
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  		William Hooper Young. William Hooper Young - Convicted for the murder of Anna Pulitzer a known prostitute. Sentenced to life in prison.