The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-13
WALLACE WITHOUT FEAR
Feigns Utter Indifference as to His
Impending Fate.

! Snid He Was Ready when Informed
That He Would he Hanged on May
27-Regrets the killing of stafford,
for Which He Claims SeIf-Defence.
| Il am ready whenever they are" was
| the reply made yesterday by Boyd Wal
| lace, colored, under sentence to be hanged
| for murder in the District Jail on Mon
| day, May "a, next. when asked if he has
made any spiritual preparations to meet
! his fate, in the event that the order for
his execution is carried out on that date.
/ Wallace was convicted of killing his half
brother, Robert Stafford, also colored, on
| August 10 last. and Gas sentenced by
Justice Clabaugh. presiding in Criminal
! Court No. !, to be hanged on Friday,
| April Il last. After his conviction, the
| prisoners counsel, Royal A. Hughes filed
a motion for a new trial and arrest of
| judgment. When this was over uled, he
| took an appeal to the Court of Appeals
for the District. The matter not having
/ been considered by that court, an order
was passed respiting Wallace, and fix
! ing May II as the date for his execution.
| Argument the appeal was heard in the
! Court of Appeals last week, and ii is
! doubtful If a decision viii be announced
for some weeks In this event 1t will be
necessary again to postpone the date of
| execution.
Although Wallace states that he is
ready at any time to meet his fate he
! does not claim to have become converted
to Christianity since his incarceration in
the District jail He is member of the
| Baptist Church. he says. and is visited
regularly by the Revs William Howard
l Il.
missionary work at the District Jail
| In speaking of the circumstances con-
nected with the commission of the crime
| for which he was condemned, Wallace
| did so calmly and with great elaboration.
| No one. he said, regrets the death of his
half-brother more than he and there
would not have been any trouble between
| them, he stated, had 1t not been for the
fact that Stafford was drinking. He and
Stafford had always lived together on the
best of terms, he said and, so far as he
knew there was no cause for ill-feeling
between them.
According to the testimony given at
Wallace's trial, he stabbed Stafford to
death with a pruning knife about mid
night on August 10 last, in the rear of the
premises 6Q7 n Street northwest. Wal
lace admitted the killing, and claimed
that it was done in self-defence. He tes-
titled in his own defence that mis- half
bro,ber att.cled him with an aye and
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life that he struck the fatal blow. The
weight of the evidence went to prove that
Wallace was jealous of Staffords atten-
lions to a colored woman named Harriet
jackson, with whom the former had lived
for several years. The jackson woman
was called as a witness by the Govern
fnenI She hao oeeh 10 cainp-neeune
with Stafford during the early part of the
night on which he was killed. When she
o+,,,rod ho,,a Che s+atad WALLACE. ,,,,a
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waiting ior her, IN Iact met her oii .iie
street, before she reached her home. On
reaching the house, she said, Wallace
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wished TO SPEAK 10 her, anu as !. was
very warm she invited MN 10 sheu III
the rear of the premises. She said that as
she and Wallace were passing through
,ho t,,Is,. nv, ,bai, ua,, 70 the Shed wal
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lace called TO STANFORD ana saia'
Il want TO see you, too. Stat
ford. she said. went on into the house
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ana "aiaee IN tne she"' II was qui'e
dark in the shed, she stated, and as
soon as Stafford entered he and Wallace
heea, 10 Quarrel She got frightened and
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Wallace and Stafford came to blows, but
which was the aggressor she was unable
to say.
Wallace when questioned yesterday con-
corning the testimony OF Harriet JACK
son. made no complaint OF IL, but SAID
woman named Hannah Reed, who gave
evidence against him at his trial, swore
falsely. This woman testified that be-
fore Stafford returned to the house on the
night he was killed, Wallace was very
angry, and said to her. or in her hear
ing, when Bob comes back III play
cards on his dead body. and when get
through with him umeaning Stafford the