The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-28
WASN'T HUNG YESTERDAY
Lum Haynes RePrieved BY the GoveFneF
Till November 5th-Hc Makes . State
ment duplicating White Men and T0ld
who Hired Him to XIII John Lee

" no Hired Him to XIII John Lee
Yesterday at noon Lun Haynes,
colored, was to have BEE hanged at
Whiteville for the murder of young
Lee, but, as announced in the Messen-
ger a few days age. Governor Russell
respited the condemned man at tbs So
licitation OF the solicitor so he can
testify at the next term Of court
against persons who have beer indicted
as accessories in the crime.
The Columbus News, Of Whiteville,
under date Of September %. says:
Yesterday afterno Sheriff Ward re-
ceived a telegram from Governor u
sell, through his private secretary. as
follows:
The governor reprieves Lunnon
Haynes until November 5th."
]. E. ALEXANDER,
Private Secretary. .
Last Friday afternoon Lun Haynes
told Sheriff Ward hat he wished to
make a statement of what he knew
about the murder Of John Lee, and
asked him to get several men (whOm
he namely to go up in the jail and hear
it. Accordingly they went Friday
morning, and after being cautioned to
tell the truth, and that a confession on
his part could not tighten his sentence.
he told what he said was his entire
knowledge and connection with the af-
fair: He said that he vas present at
the killing and shot the second gun.
He sale he was paid $3.50 for his ser
vices on that occasion. He also told
who was with him and shot the first
gun, and also who paid him the 81. so,
but we will follow the just and we'll
established rul Of we'll regulated news
| papers and not publish those state
ments against other parties until they
| are arrested and put upon trial, where
the statements will then be made un-
der oath and the defendants will have
the privilege of vindicating themselves
if they can.
The main points of his statement were
Immediately written to Governor Rus
| sell and Solicitor Seawell, and the re-
prieve was no doubt made pon request
of the solicitor SO that he may have
| Lun as a witness at our next term Of
| court.
Preparations had been lac for the
execution, which was to ave taken
! place tomorrow. Sheriff Ward went to
Wilmington Tuesday and bought the
| rope with which to hang him.
| The notice of the reprieve was so late
| that there will no doubt be a large
crowd of people here tomorrow, who
| will not hear of it till they get here.
The following note, wrapped around
a nickle, was thrown out Of a windo
of the Jail Monday afternoon to a col
ored boy who turned it over to the
sheriff.
Will you get me a S cent file and
come rite back and i will take it up here
with a line nobody will not now it and
i will not tell hoe give it to me J.. l..
| Haynes.
LATER-Lun Haynes was not in
formed Of his reprieve till II o'clock
this Thursday morning. At 10 o'clock
a party of citizens vas taken up in the
| Jail to give him a chance to speak be-
fore going Gas he then thought he
would) to the gallows tomorrow. He
again told the story of the murder in
the same ann that he did Saturday
without any material change. His
story Of the affair COMEDIES with Jim
Haynes story, except that Lun denies
that he told jim anything about who
killed him in the short conversation
they had on Richardson's railroad the
morning after the murder. He pro-
fessed to be prepared to die.