Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-03-06
A NORTH CARO-. INA HANGING.
A Negro Vino Did Not Expect 10 go
Straight 10 Gtery.

stFHiEht ~ SteFy-
NEwBERNE, N. g. .Feb % = a-a q lii. u
was executed at B,yh,r1 to day iof tue
murder OF hsuTy "a ;~r, cu A.Ta h,
1888. The exeoitina s. ss pnblie. aud, as
/, was the fret 10 tha ronpiy of psmlict,
there was al immsnc. eGEnuufsa oil pto
Pile present. Taey btssn gathering
around the jail as early HI o'clock, aud
by O'clock nearly 1000 persons had
asselnbled. The murderer, who WAS
jet black negro, seemed @ mpletely re-
signed to his fate. The gsllows was
erected in an open space behind the Jail,
surrounded by fence, VIII oh kept back
the crowd AID formed a space into which
only the ministers, off 'ern of the law and
reporters were admitted. As the prisoner
was led out by the sheriff and an armed
guard, hush fell upon the vast crowd
which, notwithstanding the intense GOLD,
had stood around the Jail for hours.
The malefactoT walked to the gallows
with firm step. After religious services
by the Rev. Hardy Moore, ,oolofed, Gillian
addressed the people for about half an
hour. He began by saying, II am guilty
of murder and adultery" and exhorted
his hearers to avoid all sin, read good
books and follow the teachings OF the
Bible. "&iurder," he continued, has
been il my heart since December 3ls!,
1882, and can not get II out He then
detailed the attack on his victim and
said that Carter's wifs was In the woods
with hm when hs cus the club
WIZ Ynicn he COMMITTED the Geed aud
that sbs felt the weight OF the club and
said 1t rouli do Whsa he called on
20 hnr hnl
band aha at first refused and only aooeded
when he (Gll.ism) Threatened to let the
body remain in the path where Carter
was murdered.
He drew a horrible picture of gupersti-
lion and remcrse, and said the domestic
animals would often attack him, "a
chiokep," he laid, hsw at ms and
spurred ms, and hog attacked me and
nearly ate mt up" He said slso that
the man whom he murdered would rush
Ou him in his cell while hs WAS awake
and ohcke him until he would promise to
confess, and siterward, when he had
broken tnat promise, "~hen tue body
was In corruption ho came and put his
feet on my feet, his body on my body, his
mouth to Minis and blew his breath into
me until | WAS nearly dead" He
asserted that Carter knew o., the inti.
macy TX sting b.tween him and Nancy
ana did not disapp,ove OF it, aud that hs
bs would not have murdered him exc.l
tast he yas .Lcitt d t. il ty Tie xGula,
"Ror il tuonths," he sail, II hss,
asked aGd 20 paisiOL ,,c, bd' | bate
fDu d 10 sraue YETI lie hsd al wh-i
tnr Cub WAS Lil IA iho HYeu. aud gsk,
th.t 1t night be- held up 40 shet la zig
ssg it,
AT l,3U o'oioeis the black oap @ta n
on, the fops oji4s1 around Lis ne,l
sal tLs ,I-.- as spruag, dropping r.
about six feet osing to the rope pei
very large thsmsp's reek was not brasei
ant he harg Struggling violently al
sic sly sttl.rsied l., dealo At'sr Il
minn'es lia wa pronounced extinct an,
tnr bate was cat dogn AID turned over
to friends.
EHyr re made by tia preachers of
his race who attended Gillian to have
him obtain rel,giou. but hs refused to tbe
last, aid expressed Lis opinion that hs
would go to sll unless Christ paidoned
his sins ct .hu laas moment.
Nancy Carter wss Gillisn's paramount
ami tho ~,fe OF Henry Carter, TIE mar
GSTtf ma. Gfti'dtn and NspcS murdered
hsary Cai.ei, beGausa ha stood in tie
way Of their Intimacy. Nancy and her
parhnoGr Gnrs arrastei on Suspicion
Thsy we're tried ri Lhs fail term OF
Pami;co gu etior court eod fluid guilty.
0iiism aa condemut,d to be- eEeouted
to day aud Nancy was sentenced to the
peniteutisry for 20 years She expressed
heraaf very much dissatisfied with tbs
procedure, declaring her wish 10 be
banged with Gtilism. Sne is quite e
hapdsons mulatto and the mother of
three cnlldseD.