The age-herald., 1900-02-10
DROP WAS SPRUNG
 AT 11:5O O'CLOCK Will GoIson Hung in the Jail
 Yard Yesterday. WAS COOL AND COLLECTED Murderer of Chief Deputy Sheriff Robt Warnock Met Death With
 Smile on His Face-Story
 of the Crime
WAS COOL AND COLLECTED

| drop Tell al 11.0O o CLOCK ana SIX HMnultI
 later the attending physicians pronounced
 him dead. The negro was resigned to his
 fate and met death with remarkable cool | ness.
 The drop was feet inches. and while
 the doctors differed it was the general
 opioin of tlhose present that his neck was l broken.
 Among the witnesse to the execution was | young Bob warnock, the son of the mur- | dered man, who stood near Sheriff O'Brien | when he sprung the trap.
 l Golson's dast hours earth were spent l in praying. He slept very little Thursday l night, spending the time up until o'clock l lin ifervent prayer. At that hour he lay 1 down upon his bunk and tlozed off into a | restless sleep, rolling and tossing about un- | tin o'clock when he again began to pray. l Shortly before o'clock he caught few | moments rest, but soon awoke and began | to prepare for the ordeal.
 He had bath and was shaved at ' 1 o'clock, and breakfast given him an | hour later, part of which he ate. Soon | after breakfast his wife called at the jail l and remained with him until 10 o'clock, l when bhe ministers who have attended l him called. They were Revs Edmondson, l lamar, Pettiford and Walker, and Golson | listened attentively to all they had to say. l An immense crowd had gathered around l the jail yard. but only those allowed by l law were admitted.
 Read ading of Death Warrant
 At l1:so o'clock Sheriff oBrden. accom- | panied by representatives of the press,
 ascended the stairs to the room where the
 condemned man was engaged in prayer,
 and a moment after read him the death
 warrant to which Golson listened atten- 1 lively, immediately after which the death 1 march began through the narrow passage
 to the gallows. The negro walked with light step, and smiled pleasantly at those
 whom he recognized en route.
 Arriving at the gallows, Deputy Sheriff l WdH Love assumed charge of the man, and l he ascended the steps without a visible l tremor, followed by the colored ministers. | He took his position the trap andxin- 1 spected it with interest He recognized l some one in the crowd, and, waving his l hand, smiled broadly. At this juncture l there was some delay, and the trying mo- | nents were spent by him eyeing the spec l tators below. Presently the sheriff told
 him he could speak.
 His Talk the scaffold
 
 "Mens-es, this is the day that I must
 die, and I lay down my life and go to my
 Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ who has
 all power to me. Jesus Christ died for
 me and 1 am going to die for him. l "Mens-es, am going to tell you all today
 the cause of MT. Warnock's death, and l Mens-es, when MT. Warnock up to
 the door and I saw somebody pass the | window my wife looked up and saw him 1 before I did, and she said Look out! I There is some passing the door I l saw some one pass the window. I started | to the window but went back to the man tlepiece and got my pistol end went to tae | door. and MT. Warnock standing on I the left hand side of the door. I shot him l l first before he ever shot me at all. and T. J l before he ever shot at all did not know \ 1 how many times I shot until I got up the 1 l alley, when I found that I had shot four l times. When I left from the house left l l MT Warnock standing up leaning this I way he said, indicating by body ges- i l ture the position. Concluding he said: "I |
 feel saved now. and I ready to go. I i I acknowledge ali my sins to everybody I | shot first, mens-es.'' The Last Prayer i When Golson had ceased talking Rev. | l Tom Walker offered an earnest prayer in l which the doomed joined Handcuffs were then placed on Golson's ! wrists, and his arms and legs bound While this was being done, Golson said: ''Mens-es, 1 I hope none of you will ever come to a place like tflis.' The moose was then tight | ly adjusted, and as the black cap was 1 shutting out the last view of the world to I Golson he smiled to the crowd. When it 1 had been tied and not three seconds before
 he dropped Golson spoke his last words.
 'I am believing on His wor." and then the l body shot through tlae trap Present were Drs. Fox, Huey, Barclay, l Hawkins and Heacock who counted the l moments until life extinct. After the 1 drop the negro hung perfectly still not a 1 movement being perceptible
 1 The body was then cut down and turned | l over to his wife, who had it removed to an 1
 undertaker's establishment. The rope was taken in charge by the | | friends of the deceased officer and cut up |
 into small pieces, which were were dis
 tributed souvenirs. | Story Of the Crime
 The crime for which Golson was hanged | | was committed Sunday, November 27, | 1898. The negro wanted tn Autauga | l county, warrant having been issued l I against him charging him with burglary, | | and his description was in the hands of the | | sheriff's force. Learning that Golson ! | sided with his family in Third alley, be- l
 tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets, | | Deputies Warnock. Love and Barker start | I ed out to arrest him. Barker and Love ap- l 1 preached the housesfrom Sixteenth street. | I while warnock entered the alley from | Fifteenth street. Warnock sent his assist | | ants to the side and rear of the house. go- l I ing himself to the front door. Soon after | | they separated the shooting began Barker | | ran back towards the front around the l l house, while Love broke open the back door l
 and rushed through the house. Barker saw | | a negro running up the alley and fired at |