Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-19


waSxKSBoR0. GA. July 1S.--Samuel
Williams. who shot and killed Csem Bush
Oct. - e LAST yeSr. and who was tried
and convicted q murder at Tire last Nay
terra Ct Burke Superior Court, was exc
cutea at u o'clock privately in tie jail
yard here today. No one was present
bur the sheriff. few men who acted IS
guards, and the poor unfortunate mans
uoshsr. TIE history Of Samuel Wilisus'
crime can he relSted in q few words
About two weeks before the murder q
Glen Bush. on Oct =, Samuel Williams
and his wife qusrreled and parted BE-
cause Glen Bush had notified SSmuels
wife q his Inh6eliFy and attentions 70
another col0ned damsel. whose name
Was Alice and who was a sweetheart
q Clemss also. Glen Bush passed
along the street it happened the same
night that sam and his wife QUarreled-
and when Glen heard sam using
his name in the house. Glen called sam
70 the door. and when sam saw Glen ne
picked up his gun and fired AZ Glen. but
failed 10 hit him. sam remarked then
that he Rad missed bis man that tine,
but be would get him vet This occurred
about two weeks before the nnal
tragedy. sam and Glen remained ere
mics until the very day q the killing,
Oct % last. when they made friends
and 50 parted. About & O'Clock on the
evening OF the 29th. they again guarded
while they were down town near the
store u Mr.. Charles Scherer. sam went
home and got his gun. which had been
loaded with buck shot for two weeks or
more. About 5 O'Clock Glen Bush ard
several friends passed By Sans
house OF their way 10 an entertainment
and inst as Glen was opposite Sans
house Passing sam heard his voice. and
Jumping up he drew his gun and AIRED
once upon Glenn and dashed ont Of the
door. where he stood when be nred, and
made good his escape G3em was lear
fully mangled with buckshot and died
about SIX hours afterwards. sam was
captured after 3 reward was offered for
bin by the Governor. sam was taken
after his conviction 70 the Richmond
county Jail at Augusta for safe keeping
until Yesterday. when he was returned
here On the II o'clock train. He ate no
dinner nor supper. and would eat nothing
but a few nouthfuIs q watermelon.
Seeing the sesFoid as he was
entering the high enclosure Of
the jail yard. already built for ais
execution. he remarked that God could
save him t0-morrOE il he wanted 70. but
be was ready 70 die and was going 20
heaven Bis mother was with him q
short while yesterday, and be sent Tor bis
wife. but she would not come 10 see him.
He said that he .4blamed 10 white man for
his execution, but ne did blame his wife
for il all.'' He slept vel during the night
50 he SAYS. and prayed awhile and slept
awhile. He was resigned to his fate up
10 the time OF his execution. At 8 O'Clock
be ate more watermelon. Three negro
preachers came up this morning, and twO
q them PRAYED for him and talked about
his soul. He seemed resigned. and
told them BE was going 10 heaven.
He persisted in the remark that his death
was wrong; that be knew that Glenn.
Bush had been carrying a gun Tor hin,
and that he shot Glen only in self
defense. This was his plea until the
last hour.
Precisely at u O'Clock the Sheriff, Mr..
Haeseler. who managed everything %
well, took the doomed man from his cell
and carried him 70 the scah0ld. and there,
in private. with only few friends ana
the guards. he was launched into eternity.
The trap-d0or fell shortly after i o'clock,
and be hung only a few more minutes,
when he was cut down. Sheriff HaeseleF
IS to be coDplimented upon the orderly
manner il which the affair was con-
Quoted.
A DOUBLE HANGING.
NEW ORLEANS, July lS.-A dispatch
from Vicksburg. Miss, SAYS: Robert
Hunt and Daniel Parker. both c0lOred.
were hanged to-day at Greenville. the
former for killing Burrell Best cOlOred)
al Refugee On Oct. 8. 1888. and the latter
for killing Richard Barrett [colOred) on
Deer Creek. Nay II. 1884. The drop fell
al O'Clock. Both men confessed their
guilt"
TTTTFEE MTXTTE5.
NEW ORLEANS, July 1S.-A special
from Houma, La. says Cummings Nelson
was hung there to-day in the court house
square in the presence OF ,, COO persons for
the murder OF John Martin. in Ierre
Bonnie parish. The culprit remained firm
70 the last. The drop fell at l2:15 O'Clock
and be was pronounced dead in ffteen