The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-29
HE KEPT COOL AND DIED GAME,

extreme penalty Of the law to-day for
the murder OF viii Henry.
SKETCH OF THE MURDERER AND MS
CRIME,
lie was born In Alabama in the
year 1911, aud was brought
TO Texas when an infant.
He leaves wife and nix children to
mourn CD his loss. He Joined the Chris
tian or Campbellite church early in life,
and was II lincensed preacher of that
church. The HERALD correspondent IN
tervlewed him few days since. lie said:
About two years ago Mrs.
Henry first approached mo on the
subject of killing her husband; | was
horrii I'd aud would not entertain the
proposition. She insisted; said that she
could not live in peaco aud quiet with
her husband, and must get rid OF MN.
| advised her 10 leave him aud quit
him. THIS she refused to do, for the
reason she would lose ali her interest in
the property, which she was not willing
to do. Shortly after this / moved up
In the neighbofhood of Hallville,
and did not see or hear any
thing more from her for year or so,
until / returned into Henry's neigh
borhood. Soon after my return
she renewed her entIeaties for me to
kill her husband, and said she would
give me LOO acres of land and $50 in
money, and If that was not sufficient,
she would give me herself. i finally
consented to do the deed; arranged 10
meet her in Marshall, where she Pro-
cured and furnished mo the powder and
shot and gave mo SO in money. On tho
night of November II, 1883, VIII Henry
I, In ti M n no "a nn
arrest a negro man living in the neigh
borhood, about two miles distant, for the
theft OF some cotton. Mrs. Henry
advisedjme and said that now was the
time to do the work. | loaded my gun
carefully with powder and shot sho mad
furnished me, laid in wait in the woods
by the roadside whore | knew he would
pass and when he came along j shot
and killed him."
On the 23d of December, 1884,
Walker was brought into open
court for sentence, and when questioned
by the judge whether he had anything
to say why the sentence OF the law
should not be pronounced against him,
said in substance;
ANTHONY wALKER's APPEAL.
Nothing to say in regard To it; moth
ing that can say will change the pro-
ceeding of the law / would desire to
have you hear what / want TO say
to the court, before white and colored.
stand before you to-day TO acknowledge
my guilt. ] know that / ought TO suffer
and am willing to suffer the penalty OF
the law. The good book teaches us that
we must confess our sins to one an
other, but it is known from nature that
every man has his faults. They have
them when they amt been seen.
l have to say / have been lodged in
the county jail for thirteen months.
am SO years old. All my life / have
lived a peaceful, quiet life. Before the
white men / will say L was led astray,
and in this court ask my friends to for
give me.
/ have been worried over this trouble
about fourteen months. In regards to
my to preaching: l have been preach
ing for eight'or nine years; in the midst
of all that, after teaching, after address
sing, after telling them to shun evil, to
astray. / hope to be forgiven. | have
had time to repent. Watch this, all
preachers; be careful, and that they
should be placed where to serve God.
Let us be mindful of the word. Touch
not, taste not, handle not the unclean
thing, the good book says. believe 1
have said enough. / will ask the judge,
ton soon to take place, a desire L re-
marked to you heretofore. This is all
have to say.
JUDGE BooTY's SENTENCE:
Judge Booty then said to Anthony
Walker:
On the 18th day of November, 1883,
some person lying in ambush shot the
deceased, William Henry, in Harrison
county, Texas, and inflicted upon him
died.
On the 2sth day of November, 1888,
the grand jury of Harrison county pre-
scented at the bar of this court bill Of
Indictment, in which they solemnly de-
clared that you was his murderer.
On the 18th day of June, 1884, jury of
Harrison county, composed of thought
full, intelligent and conscientious men,
after hearing all the evidence in your
case, and alter hearing the argument
of the counsel for the state, and
the argument of the counsel who so
ably and zealously defended you,
brought into this court verdict by
guilty of murder in the first degree and
assessed your punishment at death.
Your faithful counsel, manifesting
the same zeal and energy which have
characterized their conduct during
their entire management of your cause,
prepared and filed a motion for new
trial, and urged it before this court, in
deemed it its duty to refuse it, and they
thereupon gave notice of appeal to the
court Of appeals. The record of your
case was sent there. And that
high tribunal, far removed
from local prejudice, If there
was any, after patient, thoughtful and
conscientious investigation of your
the silent record, came to the conclusion
that in the trial resulting in your con-
victi0n, no error had been committed, |
and solemnly affirmed the judgement
of this court, and sent her their order |
that the judgement Of this
court, condemning you to die, be
Away back i'm the law of Moses it is |
declared that "who SO sheddeth mans |
blood, by man shall his blood be she'd"
aud this dreadful declaration is about |
70 be verified in your execution.
You stand at the bar of this court TO
hear tho awful sentence that you must
die. The last source from which legal
relief might have been hoped for has (
been appealed to unavailingly. In the |
face OF your public confession that
yours is the hand that fired the fatal
shot which sent the soul of William
Henry unwarned, and it may be unpre-
pared, to its final account, it Is scarcely
possible that you can hope for clemency
there be hope for you it is in the decla-
ration of him who hath mercifully de-
clared: although yonr sins be AZ soar
LEI, they shall be White as snow"
II g difficult for one in the vigor of
health ard the middle of manhood to
reaiiSe that his active limbs will soon
be cold and pniseless in death. There
turks In tho heart sort OF half hope
hat DOOM 80 awful win, by some
MI i.