The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-09
prayed for a few minutes, after which be
remarked that be was ready again.

prayed for a few minutes, after which be
remarked that be was ready again.
HANGED A SECOND TINE.
The condemned man bad become weak
from the loss Of blood and was not able q
ascend the Rallows alone. He was assisted
by the deputies. Il was with difficulty that
he stood upon the platform to have the
rope and black cap readjusted. He took
the handkerchief again in his hand, and
after several attempts 70 stand erect he
finally reached the proper position, and at
las o'clock the handkerchief fell from his
hand. The sheriff did the rest.
This time the hanging was a success. The
neck was broken by the fall. The body
did not finch. The pulse paused in
two and half minutes and
circulation ceased in four minutes At 2:l5
O'Clock the body was cut down and pre-
pared for burial. While this was being
done note was received by the sheriff from
Mrs. Ann Smith, on whose property prep
arations had been made to inter the body,
IN the buryinR ground which had been
used for several years for colored people,
objecting to the body Of criminal being
placed on her private property. The sher-
rIn was again in dilemma. Heihnally Sc
cured satisfactory place, however, and
the body was buried.
THE ROPE.
The rope with which Mccoy was finally
hanged was an l 5-inch hemp rope, strong
enough TO have hanged dozen men. Tbs
first rope was Il inch line and was
vet and rotten through having been laid
away for long time. Mccoy weighed lG5
pounds and drop Of eight feet subjected
the rope TO great strain.
Mccoy was born at Ellington, Harnett
county. North Carolina. He was % years
OF age on Feb. 10, 1891. He has mother,
two sisters and one brother living in Dur
ham, n. G. His brother. Sherman Mccoy,
was convicted at the November term Of
Liberty court for completely jim the crime for
which William hanged, and is now serving
his sentence In the penitentiary.
McoY's CRIME.
The crime for which Mccoy paid the pen
atty was the result Of whisky.
The mother Of Bowie, the murdered man.
gave a festival ct hor house. The Mccoy
brothers. Bill and Sherman, went to the
festival with the intention Of breaking it
up. During the evening one of them firoi
bis pistol into the roof of the honse which
scattered the people. Bowie got his gun
and went out into the yard where the Me-
COys were, to prevent them from break
ing up the festival. The trouble
was about 70 eliminate there when
Bowie's mother carried him into the
house into her room and locked the door.
The McCoys came to the door and
demanded admittance, saying they wanted
to make it up with Bowie.
As soon as the door was opened Sherman
Mccoy walked up to where Bowie was SIT
ting on the bed and commenced cursiug him.
Bowie had placed his gun behind the door
and bad no means OF defending himself.
THE FATAL CLINCH.
Sherman Mccoy then grabbed Bowie
around the neck with one hand and fastened
Ia in oh
struggling in that position. witness
caught hold Of Sherman Mccoy and en-
deavored TO pull him of. While this struR-
gle was going OH, William Mccoy, who had
remained standing IN the doorway, fired a
shot into Bowies eide, inhicting a mortal
wound. Bowie died in an hour
and the McCoys fled, but
were afterward captured on the
railroad The murder was generally re-
garded ss brutal. unprovokcd and cow
ardly.
The trial took place at the November
term OF Liberty court. Bill Mccoy was
convicted of murder and was sentenced to
be hanged Dec. IS. Sherman Mccoy pleaded
guilty to voluntary manslaughter, and was
sentenced to twenty years in the peniten-
tiary.
Gov. Nrothen reprieved Bill Mccoy until
Jan. ., to allow his counsel time to gather
evidence to support petition for the com
mutation Of tie sentence.
A petition requesting Gov. Northen to
commute the sentence to life Imprisonment
were gotten up. A counter-petiton
against committing the sentence was also
gotten up.
Judge Falligant, Solicitor General Fraser
and w. w. Osborne, the prosecuting at
torney, refused to sign the petition Go com
mute the sentence and opposed the reducing
OF the sentence by the governor, holding
that the verdict was just and should be car
ried out.