The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-05

THE GALLOWY Ia North CAKOLlAA
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xxEcur1oH OF A NEGRO FOR RAPE
Particulars Of the Fiendish
~ Midnight Outrage.
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Convietion Of the Criminal by Full
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nN ~ ea RALEIGH, N. c., Nov. A, 1870.
william stinson, a negro, to-day paid the terrible
penalty OF death for the crime OF rape upon the
person Of an elderly white lady in June last in &C.
sordanse with the requirements OF his sentence ana
the law. He Is the third negro that has been exc.
euted for the same heinous crime during the pre-
sent ycar for, however lenient the present execu-
i've OF North Carolina Ia 10 other condemned feons
he shows no cemency to the wretch who dishonors
female. The . n ~
~ ss FIENDIsu OUTRAGE
for which stnson to-day suffered death was one OF
those abherrent crimes which snock humanity ana
make the blood run cold at their mere recital In the
month Of June last the condemned man, VINO is q
VounG ana stalwart negro, went TO the dwelling Of
an elderly ana respectable white widowed lady,
In the lower part OF the county or wake,
h tho dead hour OF midnight, with the
purpose OF robbery But, alas one crime
begets another, and before he had LEFT the
scene he was guilty Of one OF the most horrible
crimes known to the law The few inmates OF the
house, consisting OF the widow, her daughter and
negro boy, had long since retired and were fast
asleep. There was no friendly neighbor living close
BY. protector Of the helpless and the innocent
knew this too we'll Noiselessly he forced his way
into the dwelling, and light which he struck first
revealed him to the startled and terrified mother
and daughter. He demanded her pocketbo0k from
the old lady, but his Chances and fierce expression
quickly disclosed to the daughter that he now
meditated q more terrible crime than mere
robbery, and she at once escaped through a
window whlie the burglar was engaged with
her mother. The monster then drove the
hnv Kh IN Yat mil fav,rta
Of age, from the house, but he, hearing
the cries Of lady for mercy. ran back when he
was again driven OF with threat, which SO terri
fed him that he ran to his mothers, some half mile
distant. Stlnson then seized tile lady second time
and, regardless OF her cries and suppications for
M er Ss se nonss near to the
ance, cruelty raped her. Not content with this
crime the demon then
STRUCK HER TWICE IN THE HEAD
With the butt end OF the Inevitable old army musket
with winch all the negroes seem to nave been sup
piled by that ini0uitous machine, the Freedmen's
Bureau. She remained stunned and lnsensible from
the 1orce OF the blows; but the lend's work
III she recovered cursng her with the most foul a-
precautions ior the delay she caused hlm Upon re-
gaining her senses ne demanded savagey the
that which was in her pocketbook. already his pos
session. The poor unfortunate woman was unable
70 speak. Win the most horrible oatns and threats
ne then forced her back into the house to tell HIM
where she kept the money. Terror STRICKEN bleed
woman mechanically obeyed the monster and pro-
seeded TO desk where she usually Kept her val,i-
lblcs. While he was pillagng this article she made
her escape rom the house and was soon hidden in
me woods Meantime her daughter had reached y
neighbours aud had
SPREAD THE ALARM
and with all possible haste they came rushing to the
house, which they found empty A light was at once
procured, but nothing met the gaze Or the visitors
unusual, beyond the scattered contents OF the desk
Ieen. Soon after however. the light was discovered
by the outraged and suffering woman, who ventured
near enoughto see that friends were IN the house,
when she came In and related her sad and ter
feelings OF that widowed mothers sons
demons work, or the vows Of vengeance that were
uttered, or the fearful Indignation OF the people
when the news spread. A hue and cry was at once
raised, and black aud white, negro and Caucasian,
turned out In pursuit Of the hellish monster. The
next day after MS crimes stnson was
In this CITY, and strange to say he was not instantly
lynched The officers OF the law had gotten posses
sion Of the criminal and thus he was saved for, per-
haps, wise purpose, from the instantaneous and
!gnoble death which he SO Justly merted at the
Committed to jail to await the tedious tut sure pro.
cess Of the law and for months. he Lay In the jail
here, q guilty, but an unpunished wretch, whom 1t
was almost crime against humanity to let live. At
last the court met and on the 7th OF october last he
watts Of Inc SUPERIOR Court f.0 Strange. Snprece
dented but notable feature OF this trial was the fact
that me jury was composed
Thus the great provision OF the constitution that
man shall be tried by jury OF his peers was carried
out In Its Cruest and most literal sense. Stfnson
assigned him two members Of the city bar who dc.
above given, was elected, the wrongs OF the OUT
and cerroborated BY the negro boy ana daughter.
and the criminal Stinson was fully identified by all
the parties. He could furnish rebuttng testimony,
notwithstanding the ingenuity OF his lawyers, who
were eager to obtain o point on which they might
and they weighed wen and Carefully bsoe
II was recapitulated to them by his Honor IN the
clearcst and simplest manner. Tho case was sub
mitted by counsel without argument, and tue jury
retired TO form their
they remained absent but a short tlmc--n0t over
twenty minutes. A GREATNESS silence prevailed in
the court room, the deepest interest being mani
toSss ns
sf Jury e. the laws Of
the twclyedurors again made their appearance In
the court room all eyes were turned upon them and
In low bat solemn tone the foreman announced the
nnanimoqs verdict Of guilty. The Judge then pro-
IL ne Ss sg ana
tnls case as an evidence Of tho lawablding charac
she utmost gratifcation ct the triumph OF law and
order over m . He nxed the day on which
carry tne terrible nat Of the law into effect on Fri.
The morning Of the execution was delightful.
Gorgeous sunrise r Isnsred IN the day and radiant
Of Justice which was erected In the narrow jail yard
Of this city. The condemned man was raised slave
n Guiford county, and since the emancipation OF
She negroes he has worked IN that county Randolph
Raleigh 70 Edgecombe when he committed the
crime for which he forfeited his life to-day He was
nearly BLACK, nut he had more than the ordi-
nary Intelligence or the negro Up 70 the
date Of his conviction and for considerable period
Afterwards he was quite unruly and defiant towards
his ts0rs and he made repeated attempts to escape
- one Of Whicn he was severely wounded by Deputy
sheriff Mcguire. Since then, however, there has been
smarkod change in his dcHean0r; and, though Just
ater MS concentration no said that he would die
Batlshe0 u he could kill Sheriff Mcguire, Judge Watts
and the negro Jurors VINO tried him, he now pro-
esses the deepest oontrtion for this and all OF his
akin 70 devotion. 80 -
The Rev. Father Mcnamara, or st. John Is Catholic