The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-09-29
NEWS 1T HOME AND ABROAD.
WHAT TIE WIRES BRING Us.
Hanging of Tnreo Murderer.

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Hanging of Threo wurderers-
rAgT1crrAps or TIE KILLING AND THE MO-
TiyE-AiL THREE EN1iRELY INNOCENT. AC-
-CoRDING 10 THEIR own REP0ET-INTEREST-
ING PARTICULARS or THE CONDEMNED AND
THEIR TxEcUTiON--THEIR BODIES SENT TO
uIr NEpic.L COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA FOR
DISSECTION.
fBv telegraph % the Dispatch.I
CnATn.v. Va, September 2s.--Sawney
Younger. Reuben King. and Isaac Evans.
three Young negroes. were hung here to-
dav foT The murder 81 William T. Sha-
pard durin- the last month. The eXecu-
ton wa private, only about fifteen persons
wiinessiny L. The drop fell at 1920 i. VI.
Younger neck was broken and the other
two died from Slranculaiion. Al three
protested ,hCir innocence. 20 the last. \
dc,achmtrt 81 the Pi:isylvana Guards
acted A. cscor; and did guard duty. There
was quite ; large crowd in the vicinity Of
The place g execution. but there was no
disturbance.
Shspard. he murdered man, had driven
"a load of vegetables 10 The market IN Dan
vile. and was on bis way home when the
negroes waylsid and shot him. They bad
shadowcd him IN Danyille. and knowing
of bis goods. they bad hoped 10 secure It.
AZ the lr,' shot his team became friglfen-
cd and ran o0. thus preventing them from
getting the booty expected. They con-
iinueG firing, however. as The team started,
and one % The bullets pierced Shapard's
heart.
The murlcrers had not yet reached man
hood. Evans WAS a bright muatto. rather
prcposse>-.ng IN appearance, and eighteen
year, Old. Younger was about twenty
wear, ola. with a d5rk-bTown. pleasant
face. NOR IRAN ordinarily Intelligent. and
quite taikgtiyc. King WAS about The same
aye rs Younger, brighter in complexion,
but with @ repuisiyc lace, his features indi-
eating brutality. During their incarcera-
tion they were visited by several colorcd
ministers. hut to-day they were permitted
10 g0to their deaths unattended by any clcr-
gymcn. some II their time for several days
past was spent in reading the Testament,
two OF them being able 10 read and write
tolcrablv well None Of their relatives
came 10 see them. although they received
several letters from them. The represent
alive Of ihe Associated Pres, visited them
uhi, morning. and found them Standing IN
the middle of the cell chained 10y their an
kics 10 the ioor, with hands Joined. chant
in The words n o ,uppiication for mercy.
Upon being questioned In regard TO the
crime for which they were % suffer death.
Younger. 81 no va, the principal spokcS-
man, said tie last words be would
say now and when upon the gailOws
were that he was innocent; that
he bad nothing to do with the
killing of >harard, and that he was willing
T. 20. for God knew be was innocent. The
other two also proclaimed their ignorance
Of everything connected with the crime.
When King and Evans were asked why
they had previously copieS>ed their guilt
and implicated Younger they said they did
so because they had been led to believe
that IL they did the Governor would in
terfere in their behalf All three seemed
perfectly Indifferent 10 their fate. 4 news
paper man present read the 2lst chapter Of
Revelations. about the new Jerusalem, 10
which thcy listened with earnest attention,
and thanked the reader warmly, They say
they slept well last night, Younger saying
his sleep was softer and SweeleT than ever
before in hi, ifc. King and Evans were
asked II IL was true they had sold their boz
dies. and they answered Yes. They said
they had spent portion Of the monev. and
the balance bad been sent 10 their mothers.
except one dollar each which they had sent
TO their sNctihtarts. Al noon ShtflH W.
|. overly announced TO the doomed men
their time bad come. and they were
Jed from The im and placed in
front Of q detachment Of militia. The scat
fold was i'm an enclosure 80 yards from
the Jail, % which the procession moved,
followed hy a large crowd, mostly OF
negroes. ON the gallowS all reiterated
their innocence. saying they bad lied when
they confessed their guilt. They prayed
IN q droniug tone, and calculated their
willngne,, 10 die, and that they were
going 10 God. The trigger was pulled, but
the trap failed 10 fall. The defect was soon
remedied. and 1t 1921 =. VI. the trap was
sprung. After a fail OF over six feet
Younger neck was broken, and he didn't
struggle; but the struggles OF the others
lasted ten minutes.
The bode, Of King and Evans were
given 10 an agent OF the Richmond (Na.)
Medical College, who presented TO the
sheriff an agreement 10 that effect signed by
both Of The negroes. Younger body was
buried under the scafold. Two brothers
and a son Of the murdered man witnessed
the hanging.