The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-03
"TALI' HALL HANGED
Law and Order Triumphant
in Mise County.
NO DISORDER OCCURS.
EYay PrsCauiion 10 heVent a
Rescue.
TYE THOUSAND People PIEiENT.
Vast q Them Friends Of The 0ll-
laT.
KS FACES DELTd FIRhLT,
Ind Shows Some Signs OI Ptnl-
teDCa
ul. Neck Broken by the FALL and He is
r.r.nsonced Dead In seventeo" Min
stes-His BodT sent to Ken
tucky for Burial.
Yost q Them Friends Of The Oll-
laT.
VQ FACES DELT1 FIRmLY,
Ind Shows Some Signs Ol Pell-
teDCe.

tucky for Burial.
Nor,.r Va, Sept 2-S2ecial.-Iaw
,,4c,aer have uumphed in Wise county
tod,,. srI outlwry and crime have re-
c.;,,d black eye from which they will
rot recover for ycars Talton Hall WAS
HANGED little after high noon until ne
was dead. and now his hfeless body is
20, thc road 20 Lctcher county, Kentucky
vlor. relatives viii give it a decen; bu-
ua.
Las, niclt the quiet village of Glades-
Vile. or Wise Courthouse. was guarded
ly one hundred and fifty soldiers. No
disturbance was created except the ar
rest of few mOOuShiners. who had
large quantities of liquor on sale. The
uekcts were instructed 20 halt every man
who came into town and ascertain If he
Dad any kind of concealed weapon: II 50
le was relieved 10 once and wagon
load of pistols, more or less, were de-
fosited.
HALL VERY RESTLESS.
Hall had no rest during the night and
scmed to be completely Frustrated by
htlNlitsn. " ittu hdN NN NMilt'is ~ -
o'clock, his breakfast was served up but
le did not touch it. and called for liquor,
which was given him. His spiritual adj
yi>er Father Lynch. of Lynchburg, re-
Uained with him for several hours. No
ono was admitted inside the jail yard
save the guards and half a dozen others
FIVE THOUSAND PRESENT.
BY 10 o'clock the crowd composed Of
the outlaws intimate friends and stran-
gers numbered three thousand and by
11.30 there were anywhere from four
thousand five hundred TO five thousand
mon and women sprging to and FRO in
the principal streets. Everybody was
anxious to get a glimpse of Hail. the
condemned outlaw, who was to appear
at the upper window in the Jail in a
few moments.
APPEARS AT TIRE WINDOW.
When the clock struck eweve the i'm
patience of the spectators became mani
fest. just at - o'clock and three min
utcs, he stepped to the window and
looked out Not a word did he say, ex-
cept TO speak to a fried from Floyd
county. At 1216 members of the press,
the guards, Drs. Board and Cherry
and Talt's cousin, Allen, and one or two
others entered the barracks where the
execution was to take place in five
minutes.
LAST INTRRvIRw WITH BIS SISTER.
Ia a moment his sister, Mrs. Bates,
mounted the platform, and all eyes turn
ed toward her Hall was to give her in
etructiOns about putting three men out
of the way, but he only said: Il don t
want anybody killed; let matters rest.
did not disObey the law in killing Hyl-
ton it was done in self-defense." She
said: 'IaltOn, farewell forever in this
world, but l hope TO see you in the next. "
and She stepped down. Father Lynch
kissed the doomed man and taught a
final prayer, which was repeated Slowly
and audibly. Sheriff HolbrOok adjusted
the black-cap and said: God have mercy
ON The unfortunate man, and cut the
rope.
NICK BROKEN.
Han dropped six feet. His neck was
broken. In seventeen minutes he was
dead He faced death brayely. Seven
tg-hye murders have been committed in
Wise county since the war; but this is
Tie first legal hanging
STORY OF THE CRIME.
The crime for which Talt Hall was
sentenced TO suffer the extreme penalty
of The law to-day was one of the most
arOuOus murders ever perpetrated in
tls section. On the 10Th of July 1891,
I-nos Il. HyltOn, who a short time be-
lore had been appointed a special police
man of the town of Norton, Wise county,
Va, had taken into custody Miles Bates,
desperate character of that region, for
tle theft Of a watch and pistol While
taking his prisoner down the railroad
track, Talt. Hall came across field
oagOnally from the town and overlook
Them. When he came up he demanded
the release Of the prisoner, which Hyl-
ton, Of course, refused. Before Hylton
had time TO draw weapon or say any
thug further, Hall pulled out 3S-cal-
l3re pistol and shot him, the ball pass
ins clear through him, killing him IL
santly.
Hall and Bates started off together i'm
medlately, going together up the railroad,
the way HyltOn and the prisoner had
gone, and after going a short distance
turned out into the woods, making their
escape before pursuit was organized.
They separated in the woods, Bates max
ing his way into the mountains.
The next seen of Hal was at COeburn,
whence he went TO Roanoke. He re.
manned in Southwest Virginia several
weeks, and then went DaCA ,urOugh Nor
ton and Big Stone Gap to Middesborougl
where he stayed all night, registering al
the hotel. Then he went by way OF
Knoxville and Chattanooga to Memphis
where he joined his family.
CAUSE OF THE MURDER.
AS to the cause of the murder: Hal
claimed on his trial that he had not
seen Hylton before that day, which
was possibly true; but il is not TO be
believed that the murderer's only motive
was the refusal of Hylton TO turn hi:
prisoner loose These important facts have
been ELECTED since the trial, which throw
some light on the matter. First, Hal
bad eloped with a married woman
named Saylor who was sister-n-law
Of 1ylton. Hall had met this woman
and had fallen in love with her, and il
seemed that the passion was mutual
Shortly after the meeting Saylor wa
assassinated, IL is now pretty certain
by tho hand Of Talt. Hall And Hal
took the woman as his wife Hyltol
is said to have sworn 10 kill the maj
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