Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-08
A BOY HUNG AT FIFTEEN.
HOMER PERRY EXPIATEs AN
OUTRAGE AT COVINGTON

Ihe Execution Witnessed by 10. 600 Peo-
ple-The Lads Death Al,nost pa,,,,as..
His Victim Negress Half his c.x,,,,
Age-His Efforts to Criminate an Tn-
nOcent Companion.
CoyINGToN, GA, Nov. The exacnt,on -
Homer Perry (colored) tooA nlaco 49,.
at IL O'Clock. The crowd that folIouyod b;,,,
10 the gallows was probably the largest ever
seen IN Covington, being fully 10000 Moro
than hal1 were colored. The excitemant ,,-aa
very great, women screaming, and the SCENE
presented beyond description. The o.,o,ss
were vlgllant and there was no disturbaroo
ne ne was calm and absolutely stoIid Ea ;,s',ie de,
70 De IN heaven to- morrow F~
tefry was bright mulatto Inv with a
SI I'll @nlSl cheek bones aud very black eyes n,
mother wss SeafS u hr;Gh old on June Is last. His
woman, who is now dead and Syas ho,a i.aetv as
raised slave. The crime for which 10 aaa 1,-n.
o1itic'eu Iit,'o was committed upon the person ~
IlIile colored girl, or wears of age ,snot
s Sis fefry, about June 9, of the nresent s. raa,s
ohe llVed about mile from his homo oh a.
, evidence .h was that he went to her home me-
on the morning of that dav. ,rbilo nJnle has
mother was absent, and ,vhe, ner
was no one at the house but some other cbil
nren. lie induced the girl TO 90 with h,n
lhGo some woods near by, when he n,raitt9 la
the outrage upon her person He st,,oi1 ~ -
WIN WIN suck or rock, breaking ont some ~ hos
teeln' ana knocking her senseless oNye, tTo
niIo re then returned to his home, about
mile distant, and afterward went bacE 10 tbe
spot III the woods where he had left tho oi,l ~.
ueau ana carried her home in his arms sb
.a, Was III ma d very critical condition. which cra
ated considerable alarm and excitement
party was raised to search for the nernatra+
OIL the outrage, and Homer carried thenn int1
,.n nelgnLporIng lL field belonging to Thomas Par.
Iich, n, Whefe ne and colOred bov named Iittia
Peter Patrick were at work Homar chaS a,.seiS
beter with the crime, and stated t6at
ne ne haa seen him passing near where
Who is Tustiee @as of ,EH found: nd Mr.. Patrick,
i ren9er reter, because he Peter had hean
WOrklng IN the field withhim cOntinuonel1 re-
or anu since the outrage was committed gpon
the iittle girl, and he knew that PETER co,Id
not De the guilty party. Mr. PatrIek nron
ised the party, however, that he wonld % TO
Ine Il residence of Josiah Perry, who was a1so q
but who y, 'IG Tya6 eeace IN an adjoining district,
IN IN Peter's behalf, should il be
necessary for him to do SO. The marty vvss
saIisneu nna Inat Peter was not guilty. al went
is his own safety. returned home changed
MS MS, clothes, procured what money he eoSId
aonnt anu ieIt IN the direction of jackson, Butts
;ao1nty. From jackson he went fo
Atlanta on the cars, where eD' he was AZ
Shps;g SdhPsuTeu on June IS by the
I sneflm nddI. OF Newton county, Col. Newton
a anuerson, assisted by Mr.. n. G. Carr. Of A.
anta. He was brought TO Covinpfon the
anne anne night and lodged in Jail, where he has
lnce oeen confined. He was indicted bv the
o %n Jury Jury az the September term of the Supe-
I;n r1l court Tor the crime of rape aud was
req @ ana convicted at the same term Of the
So ouIt. ne was unable to employ counsel. and
y re SciaI c4urG appointed Col. A. S. Florence,
i i social Circle, and Judge John V. Woodson'
4 4 OoVington, to defend him. Thev dis
harged their duty faithfully and ahiv win
erdict LEE OF OF reward reward but the jury returned
olulct OF guilty, and he was sentenced Inv
udge John ID. Stewart to be pubIiclv HANGED
CoVlngton on Nov. Z, 1884.