Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-22
NOT ASK FOR APPEAL
rtrE,s COUNSEL WILL AILo" 'hH
VERDICT TO STAND.
CONVICTED FELOs BREAKS DOWN
nc weeps All the Morning. an"
SAWS lie wants 10 See fre"c"e
p-oo.ynttons being Made for tue
r,ecution Next Month.

roecnh FIFE. the negro hend VINO Dy
bis acts OF last week has foFiei'eu ne
,,,o ~ the law. will be hanged on 'he
date Fixed by Judge Witt in passing S'.'.
,once upon him on Tuesday. IL was 'no"s'.'
-, ono lime that his counsel wouiu dsA
sor a sfay OF execution or a ne" lIia''
,.ut Colonel spotswood assured D'S
III man Yesterday that he wouid not
Interfere further in the case anu
avg would be permitted to carry o"' ~
oo,rse without objection being i"'''1
thereto. - ia felt
that the punishment meted out " ''-1
,,,rv was Just one still he fet DuiusneN
-. ,,o verdict until the prisoners father
,.,.,tod hin, and assured him that ne was
aaaedent he had done all he could iof
his son. , "-o-
IN "'t, 900 no Gittle. and as the family
~ tho condemned boy were satisheo, !
.to',gtt might as well be. VIII the'e-
toro Iet the case rest and the sentence
~ tho Court will be executed 80 lar do
I am concerned"
THE NEGRO FREAKS DOWN
rn., ne il bound to die on the scat
foId he now fully realized by the hesio'
a,d ne has Cost that nerve when ne u.s.
,1aved during the trial. lie slepl We"
Tucedav nieht. but upon awdklng yes
,ordav morning the thought OF the gar
,or,e loomed no before him in an Jus
a,yf,,lness and he began 10 weep ne
,,re,, morose as the hours sped by' anu
,,ont more copiously later IN the uag'
lie ala not lose his appetite ho"sN0
hn, ate heartily Of the food placed be-
fore him. -, T., tic ,oy,er
A., ,,,,ta che last days Of the negro ne
a. comfortable as circumstances VIII au
NIT He has had the cch in Whlch
Cluverius passed his last days ttted up
for the darby, and has had MN hio'oN
therein The cell IS on the upper cor
ridor OF the JAN, and has a southern eN
nosure II is one Of the most secure
APARTMENTS in the prison, but III oiuv,
t6 avoid any mishap. close watch VIII
be kept over Fife until he Is executed.
WANTS TO SEE A PREACHER
T., conversation with Dispatch man
c.bo called upon him in the jail, Fife SAID
that he was not member OF any
church He at one time ATTENDED 'he
Fiftb-Street Baptist church, ana eN-
dressed a desire 10 see its pastor. Inc
nero stiu maintains his innocence pu!
the tain officials think he viii make
confession very soon. rs his nerve j.
almost entirely leaving him.
The verdict of the Lynchburg jury u
heartily approved Of 10y all classes OF
citizcns. and Judge Witt and the OIL
GERS Of his court have been highly com
rlimented for the expeditions manner IN
which the case was disposed Of There
was some little surprise expressed at the
action Of the two jurors who thought
confinement in the pen!tentiary was sur
Gcient punishment for the negro. An
attcmut has been made. too, 10 discredlt
tho statement of this fact. as made eX-
cinsiyelv in the Dispatch yesterday morn
ing The fact remains, however ara
Tho information on which the report was
based was received directly from Two
members Of the jury, and confirmed by
others .,, ,.,
n is rather a singular coincidence n
connection with the Fife case that AT
the same time he was being convicted IN
richmond the negro Jackson Whson was
receiving the same sentence in orktown
ror a ike offence These are the FIRST
convictions had In Virginia under the new
law enacted In 1894, making an attempted
assault a capital offence.