The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-08-16
HE: WAS READY.
n Negro Murderer Pays the PEN
atty of His Crime.

hANy Oh HlS 0TAluGs
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, August 1J.-l}ill
WcStmurcland, the negro murderer, was
hanged here to-day. He was i'll com
pany with Father Kenny and Sister
Mary Ann from IN early hour in the
morning, and up to the moment he
swung through the Scat1oId, exhibited
degree of nerve almost Unprecedented. At
| O'Clock Inc was led from his cell i'll til,
county jail, and i'll passing through the
office to the yard, he was permitted to
tarry few minutes to bid good bye to
hlS brother, Il prisoner i'll the jail for wife
beating. The scene was very affecting.
The brother broke down and wcpt; but
Bill said THAT won't do no good; brace
up, and when youEct out do fright and you
won't have to die like me" As he was led
to the scatfold by sheriff Brcvard, the
condemned bad man recognized several
acqumintanccs ON the wall of the Jail
yard, to several Of whom hcnoddcd, and
to ono he smiled, and gave a significant
wink lie repeated all the responses
after Father Kenny i'll Il loud clear voice.
and when his hands had been pinionrd
by the sheriff he straightcncd himself up
and said: 81 am ready" The sheriff
dropped his handkerchief as Il signal
and a Young EnylishmHn named Hall,
who had volunteered, then Sprang the
trap at exactly 81 O'Clock. His neck
was broken in the fall and life was
extinct i'll four minutes. Through
Sister Mary Ann, Wcstm"rcland
sent parting message to his
mother i'll Georgia. lie also left a
written statement addressed to liamil-
ton Jay, city editor OF the Timcs-iinOn,
i'll which he avowcd complctcrcpcutancc
and expressed no fear of death. The
crime tor which he was hanged was conf
mttcd i'll this city on the night of April
5, of this year, WcStmorcand went
home drunk; and after quarrcling with
his wife shot her through the heart, in
the presence of several people He was Il
habituai wife bcatcr. lie was born in
Atlanta, and was twenty-five years old.
The execution was witnessed by about
1000 people i'll the Jail yard; but the sur
rounding streets, roofs of houses, and
trees were filled with negroes anxious to
catch Il glimpse of the terrible scene
Another Trusted Man short.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, August 15.-WiI-
liam Jones, for twenty years a trusted
employee Oi l.. ii. Butler & Co., cduc;-
Iional publishcrs of This civ has disnn-
pcarcd lie is said to me short in his no.
commits with the tirmto thrrytcntnTSlO
600. Jones is bachelor, and lived
alone in an old fashioned residence in Ger
mantown. He is said to hnychnd = mas
sion for COLLECTING rurc hnnks currov-
inps andantiuucs of nll SORTS Ills house
was filled from cellar to parrct with val
uabIc effects. Every nook and corner
was stuffed with antique furniture. the
walls were heavy with rare nlotrs from
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volumes of standard authors. Connoi. |
Seurs have already pronounced his effect |
one of the most valuable private collcc- |
.tious in the CITY. All of this collection
has, it is said, been turned over to his
late cmplovcrs in partial restitution of
the shortage, The firm is disposcd to be
very lcnicnt with Ioncs.
shooting nN an Illicit DiHttller.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, August 15.-Last
nipht Frank Weller. dcputy collector of
internal revenue for the Tallahassee
division. in Comuauv with n drnutv T. =
marshal and sheriff Mci,oud went tu
the house of Tohu Bros,vrll an Illicit dis
ilIcrIiympnSa WcstyilIr IIolmrsrourty
l" "'ieS' MN tue uCputE harSha'
well thcrcupon iumpcJ ont of window
shooting Weller MS he iumprd and kin.