Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-10-22
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= 's'eXas OCtOScnartan Dies Upon
t;ic a. s<alEONs-ssaiEIe so the LAST,
and Euti OF EsiaSphe;ny.
gaii4s rexts) Cnm mercial

<a'ltS rex tS) y IN nltrC:l Al
Mr.. l. unbkln, who Is Just Il, ON
| Granbury, yves Us the particula. Of
tue banging t old man Mitchell, and
! tat. sitting # jeff Mitchell, while at
/ father The readers of ttl.5 ..,,tsl. .. his
! cjai are flmitiar With the partlc ulars
of the killing Of the fruits, an, the
arrest and conviction of Nelson fitch
| ell for murder III the first degree.
! Although every effort was made to
secure the comnrItation OF the sen
! t',nce, Gov. Joke was grim il his re-
fnsal, and on Friday Last the officers
| p C .eded t" put the sentence into ex-
| echtiOn. Mitchell, WHO is man of
| eighty years of age, made several at
| tnnpts to commit suicide DIT Wednes-
| ~ night, by hanging himself with .t
| Chain that he hal wrenc he'd from tht
| door, but his heart failed him.
| HE SPENT THE NIGHT IN CCRsING
! tho S1erif and officers, aud on Thu, 81
! d y night guard was place in bis
! cell to prevent self-de5t r-uc5iou. o.
! Tuesday night the guard about the
| jail dlrcOE cred an armed man crawling
| toward the jail, add not knowing how
! 10 .Iy others there might ba. fred.
Til" next morning the li1eless body cf
| - IL AdLIO'l>4ts .Jo'tuStSt S'bI VI GhO
| d nOmed man. was found On the ground
| the whole top of has head blown Off
| He was armed with u doUDte barreld
shotgun, and had brace OF Colts re-
voIgers hucaled aroun5 him and all
he vily loaded. In his pocket was
| found Il large vial OF ia alanum, wrap
| p>d with rag =. wnici il was evidently
| conveying To Rl5 tati.et Ehe old man
asked tndG the body be brought into
| the al thai he might see fais son, and
was much affected. f,eas by, his horse
was h tened, his nat nd sh oes tied to
the saddle.
THB EGI CUTIoN
was attended by L early five thousand
people. A little -iftei one O'Clock the
wagon containing the doc ned man,
seated on his opiliu, proceeded to the
gu.iO vs.. The rope wa tied with the
haueman'a a knot, and the ;.ged mur-
derer arose TO address the crowd. His
address was directed to- the your 2,
4 d ne tooa occasion to assert his III.
uCcerc1 IL the STRONGEST ;arms. He
denounced the Truitte; sGii tbey had
swiud' ed nm ont Of Sl,OGr anj haG
s7.8ed al the trouble. ! murder
Il as son h. denounced -- re mos
butter t., m8.
Dm r., MS p aech h gus a TIE
crow came near creating u 'eates
exc.te,nent, but vas fiuaiH qteiied
The old lDan spoke for near a hal
nour, said he was ready to de, ant
rh-4n ordered the sheriff 70 lroce e
with the txecutio He was.
PLCcK TO THE LAST.
aud died " thout the least exhibition
OF tea. The Alfcheli-Tru; tt tagged
h:4~ created the nt1.ost excitement II
hood cou nty. the results may b
suner!zed as follows The xii lug q
the 6wo Truitts, of JEFF. Mitchell, mi
conveying poison to hls father, tn
hanging Uf she old man, Two men II
the Penitelrtlary tor life, (Shaw ant
Oweu), and William Mitchell aud Mi
Grows fugit1ves from justice, with TIL
hand OF evary maj against them an'
r "a pl,ce upou their heads. Truly, it }
Nterrible elimination of a petty quar-
% rel.
g Ii'eGonfession of the Executed ma
e IS IL IN 'h.s bands of his attorn vs., an,
E VII % piNE in d few days. b
r MIR JUSTICE NTH, Of savannah, +,
: an ella 1orate opin> +, .os decided tbo