The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-24
ANTHONY WALKER HUNG.
A Negro Preacher Executed at Mar.
shall for Murder,
HOW tiE KILLED WILLIAM HENRY.
He COnfeSses and duplicates the Wife
of His White Victim.
HIS SPEECH AND HIS SENTENCE
Also Some Poetry to Raise Charity
Fund for His ''Bereaved" Family
Thousands Witness Him
swing Like IA Pendulum.
HE KEPT COOL AND DIED GAME

MARSHALL, Jan. 23.---LSpecial. r.
Anthony Walker, colored, suffered the
extreme penalty of the law to-day for
the murder of VIII Henry.
sKErou OF THE MURDERER AND HIS
CRIME.
lie was born in Alabama in the
year 1917, and was brought
10 Texas when an infant
He leaves wife and nix children to
mourn (?) his loss. He joined the Chris
tian or Campbeilite church early in life,
and was lincensed preacher of that
church. ! he HERALD correspondent in
terviewed him few days since. lie said:
About two years ago Mrs.
Henry first approached me on the
subject of killing her husband; / was
hOniti q and would not entertain the
proposition. She insisted said that she
could not live in peace aud quiet with
IA, r husband, aud must get rid Of him.
| advised her to ledVe him and quit
him. THIS she refused TO do, for the
reason she would lose all her interest ia
the property, which sue waR not willing
to Go. Shortly after this | moved up
in the neighbOrhood of Hallyille,
and did not see or hear any
tiing moro from her for year or so,
until | returned into Henry's neigh
bOrhOo1. Soon after my return
She renewed her entrcaties for me to
Kill Ger husband, and said she would
give me 10 acres Of land and $50 in
Q ma u l...H q
she would give me herself. finally
cor seuted to do the deed; arranged to
me her IN MMshaii, whore she FRO
cured ana iuruished me the powder and
| SHIT and gave mo 40 In money, On he
MIGHT { November r. 1888, VIII Henry
hsA his arrangements TO 20 aud
arg ST 'tuegfu man living In the neigh
! be hood, about two miles distant, for the
| thCit of some cotton. Mrs. Horny
al risof.m aud said that now was the
! time 70 do the work. ] loaded my gun
carefully with powder and shot she Ead
| furnished ne, laid in wait in the woods
by the roadside whore | knew no would
pass and when he came along ] shot
and killed him.n
| On the 23l of December, 1884,
Walker was brought into open
court tor sentence, ana when questioned
| by the judge wuether he had anything
to say Why the sentence OF the law
Should not he pronounced against him,
sad in substance;
ANTHONY WALKEB's APpEAL.
Nothing to say ia regard to IT. moth
| ing that | can say will change tine pro
ccsdiug of the law. | would desire TO
have you hear what | want 10 say
to the court, before white ana colored. /
stand before you to day to acknowledge
my guilt. know that ought To suffer
/ and am wiling to suffer tho penalty of
| the law. The good book teaches us that
we mus, confess our sins to one an
other, but 1t is known from nature that
every man has his faults. They have
them when they amt been seen.
| / have to say | have been lodg q i'm
the county jail for thirt n months. !
am 36 years Old. All my life ! have
! lived a pc colut, quiet ,iie. B, fore the
| white men will say | 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: | have beOn preach
| ing for eight or nine years; in the midst
/ otall that, afer teaching, after address.
sing, alter ttlliug thom to shun evil, to
DO good, and after all that, | vas leo
astray. hope 10 be forgiven. | have
had Time tO repent. Watch this, all
preachers; be careful, and that thev
should he placed where to serve God
Let us be mindful Of the word. Touch
not, taste not, handle not the uncleau
tning, the good book says. | believe
have said enough ! viii ask the Judge
your honor, that he will admit sxecu
ton soon to take place, desire | re.
marked to you heretofore. This is all
have TO say.
JUDGE BOorY's SENTENCE:
Judge Booty thon said to Anthony
Walker:
On the 18th day of November, 1885
some person wing in ambush shot tn,
deceased, William Henry, in Harrison
county, Texas, aud inflicted upon hin
Injuries from which in a few hours h,
died.
on the 2sth day of November, 1883
the grand jury of Harrison county Pre-
Seuted at the bar OF this court bill o
indictment, in which they solemnly dc
clared that you was his murderer.
On the 18th day of June, 1854, a jury o
Harrison county, composed OF thought
ful, intelligent and conscientious men
after hearing all the evidence in you
case, and after hearing the argumen
OF the counsel for the state, aut
tho argument of the counsel who 81
ably and zealously defended you
brought into this court verdict b,
which they sOlemnly declared you to b
guilty OF murder In the first degree an,
assessed your punishment at death.
Your faithful counsel, manitestin
the Same zeal and energy which hav
characterized their conduct durin
their entire management OF your causC
prepared and filed motion for a ney
trial, and urged II before this court, /
earnest argument, but the cour
deemed II its duty to refuse It, and the
thereupon gave notice of appeal to tn
ceurt OF appeals. The record of you
case was sent there. And thg
high tribunal, far remove
from local prejudice, II ther
was any, after n patient, thoughtful an
conscientious Investigation of You
cause, with naught before them say
the silent record, came to the conclusio
that in the trial resulting in your cor
viction, no error had been committed
and solemnly affirmed the judgemel
OF this court, aud sent her thoir orde
commanding that the judgement of thI
court, condemning you TO die, i
obeyed and executed.
Away back In the law of Moses it
declared that "who so shcddeth man
blood, by man shall his blood be shed,
and this dreadful declaration Is aboi
TO be verified in your execution.
You stand ut the bar of this court
near the awful sentence tkat you mul
die. The last source from which leg
relief might have been hoped for la
been appealed to nnavaiiingly.. In IL