Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-09
HE DIED GAME.
George Young, the CoIored Wife.Mur.
derer So.CaIl,d, Pays the
Penalty OF Ills Crime.


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spoclait 70 tho uazetio.
wAxAnAoHlE, Xxx, May s.--As earl,
rs O'Clock this morning living mass
came pouring into the city 10 Witness Ii,
execution OF George Young, the viii,
murderer About O'Clock Sheriff RS.
burn and posge with the prisoner left the
jail yard for the grounds where the execn.
tIon was 10 take place Reaching the
\ grounds II became net essary for tho on.
GERS 10 clear the way TO the rope, so dense
was the crowd Young was allowed "a
talk, which be did in a quiet manner.
| He protested his Innocence 10 the last
and prayed epgc ally + Sheriff Ryburn
and the jury which convicted him. Two
colored ministers were with him praying,
reading and singing. He protested re-
lgion aud SAID thai he was not afraid to
I DIE. He met bis fate cooly, and just be-
! fore the trap was sprung he asked for a
! drlDkOi water. When tho black cap and
I rope were adjusted he stood erect, pray.
I ing and shaking hands with tho sheriff
and Deputy Oscar Sinms, with good
bye 10 all The trap was sprung, throw
Ing him seven feet straight down His
neck was broken with scarcely motion,
Tic died In eleven mirutes He was pro-
nouuced dead by the attending physicians
after hanging fifteen minutes lie was
cut down and the body turned over to
friends. AT least GOO people witnessed
tho execution, aud tho best Of order pre-.
vailed. Gle died game" was the mi.
yersal opinion Of all.
HISTORY OF THE CRIME.
George Young, the negro wife muir
dersr, who paid the penalty Of death on
The gallows to-day for his crime, was
raised In Galloway county, Mo was free
born, and at an early age began wild
career He was for several years en-
ployed as deck-hand on Mississippi
river and gulf steamers. He travelled
two seasons through the South
with Rohinson's circus, and before
coming TO Ellis county he lived
one year IN Southern Texas. Up 10 the
time OF the killing he had been living in
Palmer nearly two years He has no
relatives living excepting a half brother.
who Is supposed to be somewhere In
Texas.
Fannie Young, the murdered woman.
was thirty-two years old, and Georges
senior about four years.
The killing occurred ON the night OF
April o, 1886, bya pistol shot wound I'm
the head From the evidence elected
during the trial 1t was learned that they
were never married, and for some time
had not been living agreeably together.
lie had threatened repeatedly to kill her,
ana mad gone so far as to ask her: 'Fan,
should XIII you, what would YOU have
me do with MatY"--iBeaning her daugh-
ter, who was living with them.
After supper Of the fatal night, he took
a sack and left the house, saying that he
was going up TO the depot after some
coal. Having filled the sack he returned
to point near the house, left the sack of
coal, pulled off his boots and slipped
around the house In his stocking feet to
window, through which he fired the
fatal shot. In his retreat from the
window, the ground being muddy, his
socks come OFF, and by them was the
chain OF evidence made complete.
lie run at large some five or six days
before being captured. He was well
armed, and the terror OF the en- |
tire neighborhood, He was hunt |
ca Tor with bloodhounds, but |
evaded detection until one night Dep
uty Sheriff VIII MoCue and posse came |
upon MIN IN the brush. He was ordered |
" HuiIeHVer pub Heu. a ShOt was flfcu, |
which took effect In his back, producing
wound from which he came near dying.
His case was tried at the September term
OF the district court. Capt. Il. =. Andor.
son aud G. Il. Mcdonald were ATTORNEYS
for the defense, County Attorney M, b.
rempleton and Il. M. Maxwell being the
attorneys. There were no
witnesses introduced for the defendant,
and when the case was submitted to the
jury verdict OF guilty was returned in a
short while. The case was APP
pealed and affirmed, and during
the March term of the court Judge
Arson Rainey passed sentence, setting
Saturday. May 8, as the day of execu-
zion, The sentence was received coolly
and with but little emotion, and since he
no uneasiness, and said that
he was Innocent.
In two or three letters to the waxa-
hachie Enterprise he thanked the citizens
Of Waxahachie for their kindness toward
him during his confinement.
Your correspondent visited hlm in his
cell twice, and found him unconcerned
and very laxative. lie waited nothing
but tobacco, aud seemed perfectly re-
signed 10 his fate
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