The morning news., 1897-06-17
eEoRGIANs UNDER THE eIBBET
TWO HANGINGs ALMOST SURE TO
OCCUR TO-MORROW.

Tom DeIIk's Appeals to the Governor
Not at All Likely to Gain Him a
Further Lease of Life-GIy ynu
County's COndemned Half Breed
Indian Also Pretty Sure 10 Stretch
Hemp at Brunswick For the MUIR
der of His Partner.
Atlanta, Ga, June l6.-The wife Of Tay-
Ior Delk and the mother of Tom both of
whom are under sentence of death for the
murder of Sheriff Quinn of Pike county,
called on the governor to-day and persis-
tently insisted on either a Communication
or a reprieve for Tom. Mrs. Delk paid twd
visits and did all she could, but the gov.
ernor was firm and refused to interiors
with the execution of her son next Friday.
Two men are to hang on that day, unless
something unforeseen turns up. The other
is NJ. Lowry. the half-breed Indian con-
demned to death at Brunswick. Lowry was
a hunter and trapper in the Altamaha
swamp and had a pal named Pat Barnes.
They slept in the same shack and were
partners in business, but finally had some
trouble in dispuung the proportional own
ership of the little property they had.
Barnes in his dying statement, sad Low
nv had shot him from behind log and
that he saw him. Outside of this the evil
dence was circumstantial.
If is contended that Barnes could not
have seen him, and to-day the governor
has been elaborately telegraphed by Low
rvs attorneys, who claim that they have
newly discovered evidence. They wished to
know what time could be given them 20
make their showing. The time being very
short and the governor not disposed to in
terfere unless for tangible reasons he sent
"a dispatch to the attorneys directing them
10 wire him what they proposed to prove
and nv what witnesses they proposed to
prove it.
In response to this a message was re-
eeived. stating that there was not time
to nrepare the testimony. So in this case,
as in the other the executive seees no
reason for him to interfere.
The fate of Terrell Hudson, the Dekalb
county negro, who killed man for the
sake of a dog, also appears TO be sealed
Hudson. as will be remembered, was saw
al hv a two weeks respite last Friday
within an hour of the time set for his eX-
ecution. Since then a good deal of work
has beeu done in his behalf at the eXecu-
tive office, but guesser might reasonapiy
iump to the conclusion that thus tar
ali has been in vain The governor has,
of course. not expressed himself direct
IL on the matter for some new light may
he shed on the situation at the last mo-
ment. but the individual opinion might be
ventured that the light now in view lead
him to the conclusion that Hudson Is
guilty. A gentleman asked him to-day II
he did not consider the case dreadfully
mixed since Aaron McNullin, the eye wit
ness. had made affidavit that he perjured
himself in his original testimony and then
sworn that he was guilty of perjury in
making the affidavit. But" said the
governor. suppose you found that other
witnesses, who reached the scene within a
few minutes after the murder, saw the
ak with which it was committed lying ten
feet away from the corpse?'
IT is fair to resume that this circum>
stantial evidence is considered amply cor
roborative of McMullin's first statement,
and if so, f1udson's chances are not worth
a great deal more than pair of shoe
strings.