Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-10-22
BUCHANAN is DEAD
NEGRO RAPlsT AND MURDERER
WAS HANGED.
WAS TRIED AND EXECUTED
Negro Waived the Grace Allowed Him
by Law and Asked That He be
Immediately Executed.

Nacogdoches, Texas, October 49,
jim Buchanan, rapist and triple muir
derer died here on the scaffold yester-
day. He was legally executed by
Sheriff Apradley, of Nacogdoches coun-
ty, on the order of District Judge
Davis as the result of guilty on muir
der indictments returned by regular
ly impennelled jury.
The execution was witnessed by g.
900 people. AS soon as it became
known that the negro was to ks
brought to this city people began to
come in from the surrounding country
and when the hour of execution ar
rived there were hundreds packed
about the court house and the public
square.
When the negro got into the town
1t was determined that he was to die
before he left here. The telegraph
and telephone wires were put out of
order for the time being and a rail
taken from the track on either side
of the special train, making it impos-
sible for the negro to be removed by
train.
1t was known that Buchanan was to
be brought here for trial, and long be-
fore the time for the arrival of the
train bearing him there was a large
crowd at the depot. When the train
pulled in shortly before. o'clock it
was empty and there was great dis
appointment at what was believed to
be another trick The fact that the
train was empty is what caused the
determination to become firmly fixed
that the negro had to die here and
at this time. The train had been stop
ped half mile from town and the
soldiers and their prisoner disem-
barked. They at once formed in
marching order, and with Sheriff
Spradley and his prisoner in the mid
die the troops marched to the court
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A strong guard escorted the prisoner
into the court room Guards were sta
toned at every entrance to the
building and the rest of the men were
drawn up in solid line in front OF
the court house. No spectators were
permitted to enter the court house.
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rors and newspaper men was carefully
searched to see that he was entitled to
enter.
There was no trouble in securing a
jury. There was no quibbling over the
talesmen, though each man proved
himself qualified as juror. The jury
was made up as follows: Robert Muir
ply, foreman; James Shaw, R. Black
well, Isaac Skillern, James eDrriclS
John Rusk, Frank Richardson, Ed.
Diemer, Ollie Hall, Thomas Grimes
Turner King and j. F. Bingham.
The jury had been impaneled before
the prisoner was brought in, but al
things was the panel regular.
Buchanan arose and raised his right
stolidly Indifferent to what was going
on about him. He smoked cigarett,
and occasionally seemed to think thu
whole proceedings was joke, for h,
would grin.
The district attorney read the in
dictment to the prisoner and asked
him: Guilty or not guilty."
Buchanan arose and raised his riyh
hand above his head and said in al
audible, though not loud tone
"GUILTYi"
When the virdict had been agreed
on and the death warrant signed
District Attorney Wiley Mangum I'm
boden, Captain Fowley and ]. G. Har
ris made speeches to the crowd. The.
counseled that no show of vindictive
ness should be made.
The time set for the heading wa
1880, which was legally done. Les
than four hours from the time Ia
negro arrived in the city, he had bee
legally tried and executed.