Birmingham state herald., 1896-09-05
HANYE DIED LIKE A MAN Face to the East, a Prayer Upon
 His Lips. YELLOW ROSE ON HIS BREAST The Breeze Stirred Its Leaves as the Body Swayed in the Air. THERE WERE VERY FEW SPECTATORS He Was Dead in Fifteen Minutes-His Last Words Were a Warning Against
 Whisky and Bad Company.
 Funeral Today.
YELLOW ROSE ON HIS BREAST
THERE WERE VERY FEW SPECTATORS

Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 4.-Arthur Hanye, a white man 26 years old was hanged here today for the murder of Will Spinks. The two had been bosom friends, and eight years ago they were implicated in the murder of an Italian. Spinks' testimony saved Hanye. Last winter the two friends quarreled and Hanye killed SpinlLs.
 Twice processions were formed and marched through the city to petition Gov ernor Atkinson to commute Hanyes sem tence. The governor replied each time that as there was no new evidence favor able to Hanye he would not interfere with the verdict of the jury.
 The crowd present was very small, which gave the enclosure 8 deserted ap- pearance. Hanye wore on the lapel of his coat a Mareschal Neil rose, while in his hand he carried a bunch of roses. He marched after Sheriff Barnes and Pat Mo- Cullough to the gallows with the two min isters. He looked down on the little crowd in front calmly, as if he were about to perform some ordinary act.
 Advancing to the front of the scaffold, Rev. J. H. Ellis lifted his hands in prayer and prayed while Hanye, with his roses in one hand and his hat in the other. bowed his head and leaned against the railing of the gallows.
 Ere the last words had died away from the lips of MT Ellis, MT. Ward lifted up his voice in prayer for the doomed man. When the prayer was finished Hanye turned to the officers and said something in a low tone. Then, handing his hat and roses to MT. Ward, he stepped to the front of the scaffold. Looking for a mo- ment upon those beneath him, he drew in @ long breath and began to speak. Lift ing up his head after brief interval, Hanye said:
 q wish to say few words, as only have few minutes on earth. I am going to meet that God who has, know. for given my sins. I know l am prepared to meet Him. wish to say to all my friends to tear away from whisky and bad com pany, or it will bring you to the gallows, as it has brought me. I hope every friend in the hearing of my voice will take this advice. He needs it. May God bless you all and all my friends, relatives and lov- CTS, and save us all in heaven at last IS my prayer"
 After he had been tied Hanye prayed for strength to endure the ordeal. He said: "Oh, most merciful God, I beg Thee to bear with me in my last mo- ments. My Heavenly Father, l beg Of Thee when the last breath leaves my body that one of Your angels may pear my soul to heaven, where l may meet my friends that have gone before and those that will follow. Oh, most merci- full God, hear my prayers ana receive my soul, beg of Thee, for Christ's sake.
 Pat Mccullough placed the rope around Hanye's neck and then Hanye said something to him in low tone. 'Ill be as quick as I can," was the offi- cer's reply, and in brief space the task was complete, and with his covered face turned toward the east Hanye stood for a moment while the sheriff called "One, two, three!'
 As the last quick word was uttered there was a rattling of triggers, a falling of the trap and the body shot downward 6h feet, where it swayed idly in the air, the rose leaves on Hanyes coat fiutter- ing in the4 breeze that came sweeping through the jail yard.
 In fifteen minutes the physicians pro- nounced him dead and he was cut down. His body was placed in the wagon of Un- dertaker Patterson and carried to the residence of his uncle, from which the funeral will be conducted tomorrow.