The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-08-31
TAKEN OUT AND HANGED.

TAKEN OUT AND HANGED.
+ Our readers will remember accounts
we have published from time to time
of the acts OF Lattineer, alias Robbins,
who some three weeks ago was taken
through this place under arrest charged
with the crime of murder committed In
Simpson Co., Miss. Robbins was
safely conveyed to the Jail OF Simpson
county, aud the key turned upon him.
The Westvills Missy News furnishes
us with following recital of what has
since TRANSFERRED:
Rumors having circulated that the
prisoner, Ira d. Robbins, in jail, charg-
ed with the murder of Peter Nj. Dick
erson, of this county, In 1873, and Will
liam Il. Bass, of Covington, In 1875,
and other crimes, was to be taken from
the Jail and hung, scores of men wend-
ed their way towards Westville at an
early hour on Friday morning, the
10th instant.
At 8 O'Clock two hundred men were
assembled, and from that hour the
crowd increased 80 rapidly that by noon
there were eight hundred people drawn
together for the purpose of witnessing
the death, by fright, strangulati0n and
hanging, of u fellow creature, who pos
itively refused to admit his guilt, and
whose execu TONERS failed to present
other than circumstantial evidence to
convict him and justify their &C.
lions.
The doomed man pleaded hard to be
allowed to receive the prayers Of some
Christian man but that was refused,
unless he confessed to having killed
Mr.. Dickerson. But confess he would
not, and protested his innocence of that
crime, but admitted killing the Mar
shall Of Texarkana. Christianity being
at discount, Ira d. Robbins, alias
Commodore D. Latinneer, was hurried
before the tribunal of One Almighty
Judge, there to answer as to his guilt
or innocence, and receive His Decree
He was swung Tor rather dragged) into
eternity without prayer, pity or re-
morse from those concerned in the
hanging.
It was one of the most hideous sights
we ever saw. Robbins had to be rails
ed from the horse by men ON each side
OF him, to accommodate the tying Of
the rope to the limb Of the tree, and
falling sideways from the saddle was
strangled before the horse moved from
under him. He was left hanging for
two hours or more, whilst the perpe-
traitors of this revengeful deed depart
ed, some to partake of their daily meal
for which the scene had given them
such comptacent, longing appetite !;
others to return to their wives and chill
dren, feeling as innocent aud secure as
II they were just returning from the
field and pillow, instead of-What?
o'clock whilst it was yet warm, and
conveyed to the Court House where it
was laid out, and visited by his moth
er. On Saturday the corpse was car
ried away for burial.
A number OF papers were taken from
his pockets, amongst which was a note
written whilst in Jail here, of which
this is q copy:
"Ma please get novel; to bring me a
file and a fine steel case knife and hand
them In at the CRATE som night while
thay are all asleep-tell him to pull off
his shoes and tie them on a pol and
hand them in at the crate, be shewse
and not let them see him, tell him to
get q good steel case knife and cut fine
SAWS In 1t for me and get a new file
three spare one long. they have not
got newton YETI
His mother, however, was not al
lowed to visit him, aud did not know
of his being here until the day pre-
vious to his execution, when she rode
thirty miles in six hours, and worked
hard to save her son,