, 1879-03-29
4 Front Seat Given to the
VcngefMl Mother OF Ono
Of tho Murdered.
The Falling Of the Trap and Groom
Ing Of tho Wenches Creates
o Stampede.
A Fool Shoots q Little Girl in Trying
to Bent Back tho
Crowd.
The Frankfort Assassination
Virginia Tragedy--Otl1er
Teleqrans.


Sptetat Dtspateh to The Tribune.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March o9.-1llc execution
OF Knox Martin, the colored murderer Of John
Wnttttmtcr atnl wife, occurred to-day IN the
vicinity Of Saint Mary's Orphan Asylum, iu
this city, md not far from tle spot where VIII
linn Kelly, colozed, was hanged for rapc May 8,
1874. Tile tnotulng opened bright and bcauti-
fut. No culprit beneath tic scafIoll eyer faced
a more gcnlaI sun. NJ an early hour The lending
thorouEbfarcs were crowded with people Of
both sexes and all conditions. Front street,
on which the 1all Is situated, was leDscly
throngcd with people, eagerly awaiting for and
appearance Of the doomed man. As tic hours
elilcd by the crowd increased, until fully 1000
lined tho thoroughfare. They remained till the
prisoner was brought out to sutrcr au igno-
mln!oua death.
THE BCAFFoLp
was made Of poplar and pine, mcasuring six
feet high anl ten square. 1t was erected this
morning. An Inch rope ran oyer the middle Of
the cross.heam and back to post on the top Of
the structure. This morning Martin made a
full, explicit confession to your correspondent,
strongly duplicating George Berry, colorrd, as
IN aceompice, stating that neither ho nor Berry
outraged Mrs. Whtttimler before or after tile
murder, and tlsat he on'y got 80 cents, while
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