The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-12
AWIFE MURDERER HUNG ATHousToN
w. Sid Coleman shot and Killed az
Marshall by Hart L.. Jennings, OF
the Messenger The DaSts-mc.
Craw Matter at Bryan Miss
Ella Rives' Concert at
Marlin, ttc.
snecial to the Herald.

Quarlcs next arrived. he prayed ana sang
with the condemned msn, Qunrles joining in
the exercises. A woman, the mother of his
Legitimate chid WAS with Quarles all the
morning. At twelve O'Clock the Old Guard
(artillery) and the Light Guard (infantry) Ar
rived and dispersed the crowd of negroes
that had gathered about the jail sin % day
break. At 1880 Rev. Mr.. Clemmens re-
| turned. Qusrles Wills small sum of money
TO Clemmeus ntrust for the ilegi climate bid, |
when II shall have arrived at the age of
eighteen years. Mr.. Clemmons administered
the sacrament. At / 80 the Sheriff arrived
and the procession proceeded to the gsllows.
The condemned man, clergy, officers and
members of the press arriving, Quarles
was placed on the centre Of the drop. The
death warrant was read. He had no state.
ment to make A prayer was offered, good.
bye said to everybody, his limbs pnioned
the black cap drawn, the moose adjusted and
precisely at 57 the drop fell. Outside the,
mob shouted. The condemned man shot
through the trap and fell seven and one.hsf
feet. His neck was not broken. He died of
strangulstion amid dreadful contortions. AT
2;l5 he was pronounced dead and at 2l7 he
was cut down, placed in coffin and taken
into the Jail, where the Episcopal services
we're held. The corpse was taken in hesrse
to the cemetery, followed by n large crowd,
and buried by the side of his wife. The cx-
ecution was in the Jail yard, by order of tre
court. The scaffold was enclosed and the
execution was strictly private. There was
no disturbance. The body was followed to
the grave by an immense crowd of negroes.
Henry Quarles WAS dark mulatto, born
and raised in Virginia, and thirty years OF
age. He came to Houston from Grimes
county, and WAS barber by trade He and
his sife Rosa Ind lived
ON DAD TERMS
For some time previous to the murder, Or
the nigh. of the Sd uf June. 1878 he drove
her from the housc. threatening 10 kill her i
she returned, On Saturday, the eth Of June
she returned to the house for the first timt
alter being driven OIL. Quarles returned
home for breakfast while she was there, II,
accused her Of stealing money from him
which ,he denied. He grssped her hand
and ordered her to go with hin
ont on a rear gallery, Sh
protested, and when he drew his pistol to en-
force her obedience she begged him not Is
" kill her. He maid no attention to her entrca
Ties. and as soon ms he rot his pistol in rang
h. fired twice. missing her both tunes. IL
- then threw her on the floor. and holding he
= FIST fired two ball, into her head lie imme
1istely fled before nm alarm could be givor
7 A colored woman witnessed tha whole atFqir
and ON the stand testified nl,r that Quarlc
an the d,,y before the XIII = told her TINT h
only wanted to get Within ten feet q
his wife. when he would XII
her. Ousrles was captured by Sheri
Noble and posse on Saturday night fc,
miles from houston, secreted IN the woods
or.n,,., ar ,rv,,rxr
VoN"''''' s,',cr
- t"a' u's a''n ,' ,,srsr,onr That h
Al NOT drive her from his home, as charged
hut irut sb. l. # of her own accord. This
She Ind taken 500 of bis money. and tn,
The tnct of her untnithfulness so prey o
i mind that he was very miserable and WI
stlinp reudy to 90 of. So us to be rid of he
That when he went to brcakf,s' he found h,
Y n, the house and id Ia het: Hello, vou',
came hack. is vsu?" She ANS scored: aye
Zee come to see YOU" He re,,ied: IAN
. desr see ms going to be- But all right
n;ye mo nv S55 y"n stole and Won can 90
thn ends of the world for what cares" 81
denied having taken the money and askt
,vby he had been telling that she had goi
away with n white man He told her: ar
orir rencr,ed What the neirhbors told m
81 tbayy eaid IN mo Won bad done it. that's all
.heS s"" F" ~ - ;" y, - r., =,
l told him that If she did have his money
could not get it. This, he claims, Graz,
I him, and be did not know what he was doll
when he killed her.
After his trial and CONVICTION. IN IN iilte
view with Telegram reporter he ma
substantially tine same statement as :
above, only that ne put INTO MS WIZ
m. mouth the words, And DEAR see lts goi
to be" He exclaimed that ne
LovBD H. WIFE
and bsa rever had a thought of killing h
a r,onId No, have hurt her had he been
III S;s r;cbt mind n, the time. He sad
X ur t.; niaad guilty and throw himself
II The mercy of the court, but that
-. ,,ar,a No, lot him Ue was kno
ss ou.rr negro, exceedingly reticent, ne,
snesE inc Ia ANY one unless spoken to, a
then A, briefly rs possible. He had no as
cipt,s or friends, and was, because of