The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-08-28


dsred Jesse Wcks a. Hutchins on the eth Of
February last, was hung yesterday. He Wa
BY sentence Of the court to have been hunl
last Friday, but the governor gave him
reprieve of one week, on earnest solicitation
that he might make better preparation fol
death. In the meantime petition was got
ten up and about thousand signatures Oh.
tanned for u communication Of the sentence to
lie imprisonment, but the governor, because
of inadequate grounds, in his opinion, for hi:
clemency, refused to interfere with the iudg.
ment Of the court.
wRiGHTs CRIME.
The crime for which Allen Wright suffer
ed the extreme penalty of the law was one
which, in all countries and in all ages, has been
and probably ever will be regarde as the
most diabolical of all crimes murder of q
iellow,bting. While there were no extenu ting
circumstances in the ey's of the law, yet
this murder WAS one which was the result of
grave provocation. This provocstion, how
ever, did not warrant the ex-
1enio naJn.. III, .eY V.'' uo, "a ~
mt y Th teutTSs ms tt Sn "u sup
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T,t, . r;rar hott1n, nasr tba ,,;Iis -, WIG nf
Hutchins in this county, twelve miles distant
from Dallas. They we're working for DR..
Mitchner, and the time was in February last,
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aor lariner IN tae heis I p",I "nu en-,
ada "n nH So "o U'S Ssu " mo'H "A
n 'aIe, P'S Icy wa" tho ~ ~ S,, "nu
WI ho snV tS way u, ,ae onna;3e,; ,ha
settlement XV;cks oh;ectad 10 allow Wricbt
anything for Perkins work, but wanted
more than half the money. A quarrel
ensued. in which Wright alleges that Wicks
attempted to brain HIM with an axe, but was
prevented by Perkins. This was about
o'clock, in the woods. The party went up
to Hutchins and the dispute was renewed,
when Wicks said to Waight that he had a
good mind TO kill him; that they would have
settlement next week and have no more to
do with one another. Wright started off,
went to the house of DR.. Stone, where he got
q shotgun loaded with buckshot, returned
to the Texas Central stock yards, where
Wicks was, pulled down on him and shot
MN through Vne O1uy. W ,ekS ulea III "a apou !a
az nour. 3nefin Moou anu 1epu't onetln
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HIS TRIAL AND CONVICTION.
The case came up for trial in June. At
that time Wright was very sick, so sick,
indeed, that he had TO be carried to and fro
from the Jail to the court house. Being unable
TO emp oy counsel, the court appointed
Messrs. J. B. Simpson and A. Fl. Field to
defend him. His counsel was as good as he
tould have had They lsbored in his behalf
diligently, faithfully, ably, but the facts could
not be overcome. They wanted to appeal
his case, but he positively refused to permit
it done, although the court went so far IS to
tell him that it was his right, and that it
would at least give him time.
AN 1xrrpv1rw WITH THE PRISONER.
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whatever. | desire to state further that if
fact. in the Case had been truthfully testified
to. I should not This day have to be hung
and that Nose Perkins was the only one who
caused me to be in this fx. He testified on
tho stand tbot Iasse and never had a fuss.
Nv attorney asked him to state what the fuss
started ahont and he said he could not tell
tben he said that Leslie aid not draw any axe
on me and T Could have nroyed by four wit
nesses that be draw It on me four times. Nv
counsel desired 10 mt these witnesses on the
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