Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-21
Archie KinsauIs, the Sampson
County Murderer, is Dead.
TESTIMONY OF THE SHERIFF.
He Says He Knows tho Story That Kinsauls'
is Alive to be Lie lilo Hanged tho
Man Twice ana Ho is Qualified to
Speak AdvisedIy Why it Was Necessary
to Give the Condemned Man the Second
Drop The Corporation Commission.

Raleigh. N. c., Oct. 20.-There are
many people who believe that Archie
Kinsauls. the Sampson county muir
derer. who three weeks ago was twice
dropped from the trap of gallows, is
still u live man.
Sheriff j. Nj. Marshburn, of Sampson
county. who arrived in Raleigh yester-
day. is not one of these. BE it said to
the sheriff's credit that he is not boast
ing of the celebrity with which he dis
patched 1tinsaulS. nor will he base his
campaign in future elections as Il COM
potent and up-to-date cXecutioner. In
fact. Sheriff MarShburn has come to
the conclusion that he was not cut out
for this particular work and that he
made pretty sorry job of the Kinsauls
affair
1 asked the sheriff, who halls from
Buffers strong county of Populsts.
whether the story that Kinsauls is
alive is based on facts.
Il know It's Il lie." the Sheriff
promptly replied. Il hung him twice
and reckon l ought TO know. He is
dead and there is no doubt about it,
Robert Crumplcr was present at the
funeral. which took place Saturday
after the hanging on Friday. He told
HE that he closed the collin and that
the body was smelling right high.
The people down my way don't take
much stock in the story about Kin
sauls being alive
The facts connected with the bung-
ling ana revolving execution oC Kin
sauls have never been fully told. The
statement has been made by persons
present that the condemned man. after
hanging in the air, begged the officers
IN take him down and quickly end his
life. asked Sheriff Marshburn about
this yesterday. He said:
NinSaulS' throat wounds were Just
healing and when the rope was placed
about his peck he complained that il
hurt him. My deputy loosencd the rope
slightly. The result was that the rope
slipped and caught under the chin
when the trap was sprung. Under the
circumstances he was able TO breathe.
After hanging seven or eight minutes
the mistake was discovered and it was
the decision of the doctors that he
should be hung over. One of the
arteries had been severed and he was
bleeding badly.
when we lifted him on tho scaffold
tho second time he was still alive.
Some of those around him said he
cried out. %. Lord | did not hear.
lie appeared TO he making an effort to
talk. though he could not set up"
Sheriff Marshburn is of the opinion
that he is an unmistakabe failure as
an eXecutioner. II am fully satisfied
that all executions in this State should
lake place in the penitcntary." Sheriff
Marshburn said. II say this from ex-
perience. If the executions were con-
Quoted at the prison there would be
less of the revolving unavoidable fca-
lures so often experienced at hingings
In this state. Iiinsauls neck was
never broken and it is seldom that a
sheriff breaks a mans neck by the
method of hanging practiced here"
INV
The Corporation Commission had n
long session n day or two since. 1t
looked after two or three special com
plants. One of these was made by
James Kyle, OF the Wilmington Tariff
Association, in behalf of the cotton
mills in that city and elsewhere in the
State. particularly at Fayetteville and
Iaurinburg, and asked for reduction
OF 20 per cent in freight rates on cot
ton piece goods from the mills to points
within the State. so as to bring the
North Carolina rate to the same figure.
as the Georgia rate. Another special
complaint was by the furniture manu-
facturers. who were strongly repre-
scented. They asked for a lower classi-
1ication so as to secure a consequent
lower freight rate.
The commissioners have their Jokes
like the rest OF the world. \ complaint
was read from citizens of Turkey
Foreign relations said one Of the
commissioners. with n smile In n mo-
ment another was read from Canton.
More of our foreign affairs" was the
remark. Last there was one from
Ccrro Gordo. Our Mexican business. -
was the comment
Clerk Brown, of the commission. is
certainly a jewel. One often hears OF
an Invaluable man. lie fills the bill
exactly. The commission dispatches
business in such n way as to be n
model. In the centre sits the chief JUS
tice. Mr.. MCNEIL with S. l.. Rogers on
his right and -. II. Abbott on his left.
The office is admirably kept. The com :
mission has the respect alike of the
railroads and corporations generally
and of the public, and certainly de-
serves ii fully.