Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-09
JAMES THORNTON AVENGED
John Walton, His Murderer,
Dies on the ScaffoId.
SAID He WAS READY TO GO
Time of Hanging Little Premature and but
Few Present-Bref Resume Of the
Crme-AEether to Hang.


John Walton, alias John Waldrop, was
hanged yesterday morning in the county
iail ward for the murder of a fellow con-
tit a. Co,,h,,,,.
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Inc audience was unusually small,
caused by an unusual disposition of such
cases. If has ALWAYS been he custom i'm
Jeffer on countv for n bacr.ng To tal,a
place as naa,, the bo,,r of noo,, ae nossi-
I1a ~ - ,,tt,, ~ ,.aa.a,,la..
W.. no. 81 WIN 'iie oiie Sesteiuas'
only rev mad gathered at the jail at IL
o'clock, when the prisoner was led to the
scaffold. and probably not more than two
DOZEN neon,a co n, waite, nov tho nan ,l+v
of his cri,ne Fyen tbe od,,ntv yaiciao
was NOT an hand IN tin,e mr. arriyad a r.
Ter the bangine was al ove,.
re,,as, puses g., IIi.
10y ca 'ot
~ several negro ministers M arrived at me
jan as carry as ~ cloek ana began 20
o 20 o reIlglous services 10, Tor me penent
u .n e coiIaenllea man. ne lt'Ie ollee
oxei .ns Ja.i was lliieu WIN negro pleacil-
ens' ahi3hs Wh on were KEY; W. n;
odarhe, HeH. l.; w. WeLs' rev. D M, nan IA, u
OF East Lake, 6eV. X. II. hellar, the city
l.Issloldly' anu al several othefs, VINO sang
hymns ana oil . up lefNsllt prayers lor
walton. ne Joliie . IN the exercises III d
puiet, ui'a 1.s nioils'iatiVe nlalllIer, aiiu
his he,oa ,er ~ We nooi a,,d ooi1aoted
and made a short talk 10 the ministers
saving that while he repenied commit
ting the act for which he was about TO
sutfer death still he had made peace with
and was ready IN meet his cod He told
them he was not afraid to die. After the
conclusion of the religions services in the
iail he took
sTos+ Wall
m tho scaffold With m, Norro,, on ono
sae cue ca Ghiof Ta. wa IN ol one
e,ue enu me- Deputy % "A. n III C',a
sai,,,.a aiio,' ~ -, ,11'
fouom,ia 80 ,,o ,,no,. ,;,,istaua ,i5
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go, 49,, e., ~ H. i,aoi; - ~ 10
e,,nd sr.,,n - the iast Iis fana
eieu so'lie oMaius .ne iase' ms laGe
carried "a a crave appearance, Whie ms
aftar The snnffo oN he1 49, cached
+ha t nou ,'a
iiao,,s sinai,li a,d
.is' r us go p "a tiie IA
=, 80 i,,a,,. e., ,.a,.o - ~ = 20
i - at ~ us. U.s.,
bi 80 me',n - 10 ae nc .'.iea
III na,,,ea az he 49, M
iai,,ad 49,, ~; u; H. $500, ;, ''iu
rta,. tha ,lrauars Shn,ies Ntorro.,, a,,,oa
,,aito,, &c ~, "a ,.,.i - % "" "7' NJ
snai,a s,n,,,i, ~ e,, ,nS ~ ON
,pt ,7,,iaes IN. Sbniin
H e. pmiess MI, S1eiiiiis' 'iie "aiueh at
ihe Drop TO Death.
Being Informed that Mr.. Sherling was
not In the crowd, he signihed his readi-
ness for the sheriff to go ahsad. DR.. Nor
row placed the rope around his neck,
examined 1t second time and then ad-
Justed the black moose over his head:
When all was ready SnsflfI MORROW
stepped 10 the potion OF the glpDet ana
] ii'ed the lever when let loose the trap
door upon when Watt-a $1,000. Ihe body
IeIi stfalsnt downward, ana slmuitane-
ousiy stiiieu sIodn was hedru. IHe
pooy quiVefeo a niue, ana the race,
cduseu py tne position III Wnlcf the rope
was placed, turned toward the west Inc
crop teli at Hive O'Clock, and at ll:25
CLOCK Inc physicians pronounced MIN
ueau.
Inc pouy was then cut down, ana an
examination showed that ne had died
from slrahguiation, ana that MS neck
mad not been broken.
AS soon as the pody was cut down II
was turned over 10 j. u. Mliler, the UNI
deftaker, VINO bought the same from wal
ton Tor $l0. considerable crowd OF ne
groes gathereo around the jan ana fol-
lowed the dead wagon 10 MIXERS estab-
llshment. number of them hung around
there untll In the afternoon. trying to get
glimpse OF the corpse. me body was
then embalmed, and VIII be shipped this
morning. 10 Tyler, TEX, for the purpose
OF demonstrating the art of embalming
before the Texas Undertakers' associa-
ton, which meets In that place next week.
walton is the lourtn murderer Una. mas
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