Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-03-22
TWO CENTS
CARTER HANGED.
Colored Murderer Executed at
Moundsville.

Friday Night the Date OF the Execution
Carter met Death Brgyely Twenty
Five Persons Witnessed the Affair
Story Of the Crime.
MouNpsvILLE, March, 22---George
Carter the colored murderer of Geo.
Whistler was hanged last night in
the petitentiary. The execution was
witnessed by about twenty five peo-
pie who were newspaper men. min
listers and court officials who took
part in the trial Warden Haddox
sprang the trap. The hanging is
the first one that has taken place at
tue pen since January 10 1000 when
Frank Walker also colored was
hanged.
Carter was convicted OF murder in
the first degree, in the criminal
court of kanawha county, and on
January 10 sentenced to be hanged
on March % 1901. He procured n
writsof error from the supreme court
of appeals in which the Judgment
Of the criminal court was affirmed
and he was sentenced To be hanged
January 81, 1902 lie made appIi-
cation To the governor and a respite
was granted to enable him to make
application to the pardon board for
communication OF his sentence to
| life Imprisonment. The board re.
fused to recommend the change,
/ however.
The evidence OF the trial Of Carter
tended to show that his crime was
premedltated He met Whistler in
barber shop at Charleston, in a
basement, and asked him to step to
! the door for minute. Whistler
asked Carter to 60 to the top of the
steps with him, and when they ar
rived at the top Of the stairway
i Carter asked Whistler for n piece
/ of that referring to money which
Whistler haG won BY gambling the
night before. and which he claims
Whistler said. Il do not understand
Won You don't I'll give You some
OF this 3e, and Whistler Immediate
lv threw himself into a position to
shoot by throwing his hand back TO
/ his hip pocket as il he were going to
draw pistol. This is the story told
by Carter. and he says that Whistler
had his revolver in his hand when
he drew his own pistol and fired.
They were directly facing each
other and Whistler showed 40 signs
of being wounded He turned to the
wall and said, "I'll get You yet, af-
ter which Carter fired twice. Whist
! Ter then turned and went down the
steps into the barber shop. While
descending he turned to Carter and
repeated his threat, and Carter fired
twice again in quick succession.
Whistler went into the barber shop
and Carter claims he did not know
he had shot him at all He says he
fired each of the shots under the
firm belief that he would be killed,
or badly wounded. The evening
preceding the homicide Carter lent
Whistler a pistol, having pawned his
own.
Whistler was wounded in five
places and died the next day. The
first shot alone, according TO the tes-
timony given by DIR. W. w. Tomp-
kins, who was called, would have
proved fatal. ANY of the shots, how
ever, might, have PROVED fatal.
Carter tried to prove that he kill
ed Whistler in self defense, but the
state proved that such was not the
case. The trouble between the two
men was very slight. Whistler was
not 50 provoked as to afford Carter
any reason TO believe that he IN
tended to kill him. The two men
were warm friends and gambling
companions. Scarcely anything
whatever can be said excusing or
exculpating Carter. He seems to
have been a thoroughly bad man.
He was professional gambler and
habitually dealt deadly weap-
ons, not only having the instrument
which he committed, but having a
short time before loaned his victim a
pistol. This indicated that he must
have contemplated murder in his
heart. There is not the least doubt
that he deserved the end which was
meted out to him Friday night.