, 1874-11-21
Execution Of Shade West
moreland at Chatta-
nooga, Tenn,
For tho Murder OF William Ember-
lin, May 24, 1872.
History Of. the Orime--The Accused
Puts in q Plea Of Self.Defensei
His Cell Is Thrice Broken Open, but He
~~ Decides to Take the Chances.
Five Thousand Persons Witness
< tho Execution.


Five. Thousand :pcrsons Witness
8 tho Execution. ,,>,
Spte;a, Dfsnatch 10 This cafeaao Tribune.
CuArrAsooaa. ronp., Nov. z0.--shade >Wokt-
moroiand, allas Shade Woods. vaa executed 4ato
to-lsy tor tho murder ct William Nmborllp Or
Emlln, In tho vicinity Of this city. In 1872. Flgo
thousand prs4ons Witnessed tic execution. Tho
murdcrcr rpado confession. i Ho said ,ho was
guilty, but did It ID soil. .d6fnnse: Mrs Embcrlin
WIS not On accessory. .Io claimed TINT fa]se
swearing brought him to tho scaltold. West
norolat,d took fcavd Of ianu'aorablq friends.
Tho rono Was cut at l.26 y. M, and tue man WIS
pronounced dead In ton miuutes..' Tho mock was
pot broken. The body was cut down at 1850, npd
buried IL tho ,oenotory halt . mllo from tho
TOWN. =,
:, TuH dn1Mx. ,,'' g..
shado Woods westniorc1aon, two yoara ago,
raypbltatcdtbs 'crimo Of murder upon QUO Will
lam Emborlin :wlth;whom ils Ind boon living.
Tho murder occurred May "a, 1872, On .Walaop's
laidgc, In Hamilton County, Tennessee and,
from tlfo testimony gtvon tn court.
HArPEHEp IN THIS MANNER:
It aocms that, aomo months previous to tho
murder, 8bada Wessnorolanl went to live With
A4iAANVAAtu W. NAS t~tFA% Aoa'At @aA btAe
they had formed Kind o. pastHcrship TO znlse
etook aud divide tho pfocoeds. This. arrango~
mont had pqen in operation Bomo tmo, when
William Embcrlin atolo some hogs, audi being
closely pufauod BY tho law, fed the country to
nyoid proaedutson.s THIS took, place !n Deceu-
bcr, 1871. Wben Emberi1n loft homo. bio found
that 'hn 1pnst make anmo disposition Of bis farm,
and rcntod It to Weatmoreland. Emborin's wifa
dcs1red TO- go with lin, but ho owould not permit
her to do 50, but required -hor to stay at homo
md holp Weatnorelaud "look asler thinEs."
After Emborlu had bean Gono somo tina. 1,-
1nors roaclcd him that oil waB not right ut homo
which oa,,scd him to writo q lotter to his wife,
informing her Of what he had hoard, md toiling
lor Tint Westmoraltnd was tpot the mamie had
taken, him to be; aatl. fu1llcr, that he inteu1ed
coming home, and that ho would "raiao the very
devil With slade on Ills rctstrn. Embotlln re-
turned :; but, for WHILE ,;%1lo mud Weatmorcland
seemed to gct a!!qog well as usual. though II
slp,ua. :Emhe,lin bnd 'boatl homo but a Hllort
time aud it seomB that be mud Ala wife verc not
Oh tile bost Of terms. :.
One Sunday morning, The fatal 24th Of A1ay.
Mrs. Cord, aud won't over to ber fathers, Allon
Warner, who'llyos on Waldon's Ridge: Whom sho
aud bet ooupapio,, reached thero, they found 40
one at homo but Miaa sa1opta Crawford, Who
Shade Westmornland came tn, and Mrs. Enbor-
LIN asked him where Werc her ohildran. uo TO-
piled, that EGborltn had talon them on some
vhoro With him. Mrs. Embetlln then said to
Shade that Dill Embortin would throw the chill
drcn in some mud-holo and drown them, and
aAkad Shauo to 60 aud bring tho children to hor,
EVEN tF ne HAD 10 KILL EdDnnL4N
to get them, sbada then 8tATted on in search Of
before Eu,berlin :oa1nc IN with thom himself
There we're i've Of them, and tho oldest was only
8yaara Of age. Aflcr Embcrlin lad seated him
salt, ,le said thnt be was hungry, aud asked Nisa
to al IL the liouao. she said she did, aud gave
him 6ope cold victuals, which he soan dis
patched. Presently shade Westmoreand re-
turned from his fruitless scarol came baoh to
Varneta, and mot Embetln In tha yard and they
began 10 quaElal. Emberlin, who was III foablo
hea.th, hnd q atick about tho eiZe Of, chair
round In Ills hand, .whioh ho used as .t'walking~
caoo; while Shade. stood VIII an opon
shade Tas heard 70 say. "a-d d-n yon,. what
did 7on throw my olothos out Of tho house for :"
10 which ]smberlin replied. ~ did not know
that you had changed yonr Clothes" At this
out Of tho house. aul, appEoacaiug the two
men. eaia. "shade,. dig ypu, throw mo up to
Wlll?"-.meaning her husband: Bhade re'
pled, mo- didn't" Tley oontnued q, 70 quar=
In. dop't you dqny 4; Cd a-n your saul, yo1
know III SO &" and then, Don't you r1aA Oh
MO i" 6hada then nut up ths lolfe with which
he had been .whtttlipDg, md again exclaimed,
scems, however, that such IN order VAS super
1uous, ~ Bill Enaberlu did not show auy dasira
to ruaL upon him. But, instead, he ran into tho
holso as S1ado Wentnorolaud drew revolver
aud .-..-.-.
Shade followed, and, as Emherl'n camo Into
tho ICON where wera The two women. who both
spran& Up n thew eas'apen he g[asned ~ Mlss
himself behiud her; but. failing IN luis, he
took him. They efapp1ed. ;, Shade tired twice
more while thoy wore grapp]lng, 'wonodinE I'm,
foot, aud through the entire body tho ba! pass.
ing through him and falling tn al4 sill bosom,
w6sre It was atterrard toupd. Emberlln hae
now become weak from loss Of blood, aud, az
mau, rco!ed, THEW out lis hauls wildly, ia ).
win, ,endoayor to ind support, aud 1eli 1o9M ast
upon q log, moaning aud groaning like = duml
aai@al ID his excessive Pain shade; d'd u no. 4,
npd lis iro was atill puquollod. 'Hp etcPned 70
him sttck, i sud e1iod: W; "G-d ia You, busl
that moaning and grooming, aud learo bore or.
will bnlsh you." EIubarliu llngel od ip tic death
lhroea until q little alter noons and: ''1 @' - '
THEN BNaATuEo Ills Last, <; .!@2:
On that quiot Sunday morning In the beautiful
mouth Of A9y, whep al c1eat4rea 'Auouid hav'
five little hoTor-stricken' children. from tn
mi9ds of aosne ot whom the sceae wall never u
eilaced, witnessed one of tho most hea1trondin!
and .bluod-curdlng soeucs that over human syo
fell upon. -
About O'Clock in tho afternoon, man pauet
g. P. Lord oatna to Varner's, aud found the bod
Of the murde1ed man living in tho yard uuder
f7u1t-troe, sssW. aud stask, and tcad. THE hsas
Of tuo corpse waa matted with blood and coYare
With bruises, which revealed only 10 part what
sovero struggle had preceded his Death
About. duak OF the Same day, WoHtmorcland
wlo had Kept tho peaceful Sabbath BY dyaing; hi
ha,,da In tLa hant at a fattox.tnap .sn1 sxra1t I'D