Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-11-11
ON THE GALLONS YESTERDAY
For the Murder of Mr.. Lon
Carr on the End of
October.
The Execution Was Private
Death Resulted From Stran-
gulatiOn i'm Eight Minutes
From the Time the Drop
Fell.

In the face of the published or
der of the Board of County Com
missioners, that the execution of
Sam Wright be made in private
yesterday, there we're neverthe-
less several hundred people in the
lefty, from the surrounding towns
and villages and country districts.
From an early hour yesterday
there had been a coRd of morbid
I~curiosity seekers on the court
house square, and surrounding
the jail enclosure, and at the hour
of the hanging there were 1000
people on the court house yard,
Notwithstanding the fact that even
the gallows was hid from view.
AL that the crowd could see was
the ragged edge of the new sixteen
feet high pine plank wall that had
been put up for the purpose of
conceallng the execution from the
lpublic gaze. At 11.45 O'Clock,
ISheriff Scott accompanied by his
deputies went to the cell of Sam
Wright and securely pinioned his
arms behind him. Sheriff Scott
led the way out of the Jail to the
gallows and was followed by De.
Iputy Sheriff Grady leading the
~prisoner, who assembled the steps
of the galIows to the platform
with steady steps and a firm gaze.
When he reached the platform of
death he took a seat for a moment
in a chair and then arose and said
THAT he had only a few words to
say. He commenced by saying:
Il want to say to you older
people that you should train up
your children in the right man
ner. Teach them to stay away
from the gambling tables and
bar rooms. Whiskey is the cause
of my being here to-day. My IA
ther used to give it to me in g
toddy aud 1 learned to love it,
Teach your children to shun baG
company and attend church and
.lSunday-school."
After he had finished talking
he turned around and faced the
j all. There was a death-likt
lsilence for about two minutes
lduring which time the lips
of the prisoner were seen tt
lquiver and his eyes were fixed o,
space. What his thoughts wer'
during that time no one will
lever know. He turned his gaz'
lHeavenward and began to pra,
as follows:
; sob. Lord God, my Heavenl..
. Father, will you look down OF
me with an eye of pity this day
4 I call on Thee, Oh Lord God, be
e cause I know no other name. Wi
you throw around mein this hou
u your long arms of protection an
+, guide me safely home? Oh bles
: sed Father, you have heard me
f times past while I had my nam
n recorded on the roll book i
II Heaven, and now while, by N
disobedience, I have had N
name recorded on the Grimm;
books in the Court house j
d Goldsboro. will you still hes
" me, and will you guide me frol
Z this gallows to death, and frol
death to judgment, and fro
lie Judgment to my Heavenly home
( Oh Lord God please hear me an
r save me in Heaven I ask fl
= IChrist's sake. Amen"
p As soon as he was throue
is praying he sang in a loud vol
the words: "My dear moth,
don't you grieve after me-. Th
= he repeated three times in an o
ia familiar tune.
u Rev. Collect, coiored, made
he earnest petition for mercy in b
half of the prisoner.
sal He then said;
"My kinds friends: The tir
re has come when [ must leave yo
nm l must die in a short while.
feel that I have made peace wi
IGod and that I have a home
,,es heaven. Goodbye to you ALL
Deputy Sheriff Brodie Sc,
Up stepped forward and read t
death sentence. The black C
eo7 was pulled over his face and t
7s- hangman's knot adjusted arou
IN his neck. AT exactly IL o'clo
the drop fell and with q gurgli
10 hiss from his throat Sam Wris
had paid the penalty with