Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-09
H. CLAY KING.
Final Scene in the Supreme
Court Room.
The Doomed Man Makes Final Plea to
be Heard, Which is Promptly Re
fused by Judge Turney.

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what dramatic conclusion of the III.
Clay King case in the Supreme court
at Jackson, is taken from the Appeal
Avalanche:
immediately, and not noticing an
exclamation from III. Clay King,
JusticeLurton read on: She sentence
OF the law is that you, ii. Clay King,
be remanded to the sheriff of She lbv
county, and that you be safely kept
by him in the Jail of said county I'M
til Friday, Aug. IL. 1892, when be.
tween the hours of ID O'Clock a. m.
and O'Clock p. IN. of said day, you
shall be, by the sheriff o. said county,
taken to gallows erected within the
Jail, or an enclosure, such 8required
by the statute, and there hanged by
the neck until you are dead, and may
God have mercy on your SOUL
The scene toward the conclusion
of Justice Lurton's deliverance was
intensely aud thrillingly dramatic.
Not a sound could be heard through
out the room except the voice of the
justice, which became husky and
faltering toward the end. 1t seemed
at times as though he would break
down, so deeply was he affected by
the task upon which he WAS engaged.
"When the justice came to the con.
clusion of the decision, and entered
straightway without pause into the
death sentence, H.lClay King bound
ed to his feet, and standing half way
erect, with a voice so husky as to be
audible only to those Immediately
about him, began to say: will you
not wait on me while, Pills
words ceased with a choking gasp as
he fell back into his chair livid, par
alyzed, for the justice had paid no at
tention to his appeal and continued
the reading of the awful death
sentence. Each note uttered by the
man on the bench seemed a distinct
stab inflictt d upon the covering man
in the chair below. AT last the read
ing was over, and the sentence OF
death had been pronounced.
"The doomed man attempted to
make another plea. He seemed too
weak to rise to his feet, but leaning
far forward in his chair, addressed
Chief Justice Turney: viii your
honor allow me- he began.
"The chief justice interrupted him
With Whatever you have to say you
will present to the court in writing,
through your attorneys
"Both men spoke 50 low as to be
almost inaudible. The chief justice
seemed as much affected as the other
spectators. He wanted the scene
ended before it became worse He sig
nailed the officer OF the court. Mrs.
King clutched her husband 8 arm and
both arose as the officer approached.
Il am ready to go with you,' said II.
Clay King, with an assumption OF
his old-time nerve. But it did not
last long. Before he had taken
many steps his shoulders dropped.
The thought of his awful predica-
ment unnerved him end it seemed as
though the little woman in black
who walked with upright head at
his side would have to support him
But she herself needed support AS
tho party neared the door she leaned
on the arm of her son-in law, Mr..
Brooks, and SO they passed out of
view, looking neither to the right nor
the left.
"Col. King was taken at once to
his cell. He was visited during the
afternoon by his adviser, Judge j..
M. Greer, who returned to Memphis
later in the evening. King will
probably be removed to the Shelby
county Jail within couple of days"
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