The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-03
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Anderson Finch Executed and
Doc Eacon Respited.
FINCH MAKES STATEMENT
81 He Denies HIS Guilt and De.c"es he
Knows Nothing Of 6acon's Move
u,snts that Day-The History
of the Crime.
Anderson Finch Executed and
FINCH MAKES STATEMENT
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4 1,r,yiSr0N VA, September 2,-Andef..
so,, Finch was hanged here IN the JAIL
yard to-day. The drop fell at ls;oo.
!. T'ha mock was not broken, but death was
nroouced By fstrnngulation. lie was pro-
nr,,nced acad by Or. Hamilton IN fifteen
minutes after the drop fell but the BODY
was allowed to hang for thirty minutes.
Finch showed great nerve and ascendec
the steps leading to the gnllows VII
firm and steady step. re stated DC
FIRE and even after, reaching the gal
lows that he was innocent. Els state
ments have been contradictory from inc
beginning to the end. He said on the
Gallows that he was ready to die.
STATEMENT BY FINCH.
The following statement was taken by
Sheriff Cogbill by direction OF the Gov
ernor fow moments before the execu-
ton by q. G. Anderson, private stenos-
rapher for Sheriff Cogbill ~ .,,,,
.Doc Bacon had nothing to do Win ,hls
That I know Of. Nothing at NIL. l 40 hot
know nothing Of 1t. either. am just rs
innocent of Il as God in heaven. dld
not tell the preacher in Petersburg that l
Aid H. I told him that swore tnat
d,d Il. NV God in heaven knows that
swore a lie when told 1t. do not wan.
10 70 before my God With ne ~ ~, ,'s
mouth. I do not know whetner - 80
Bacon did It or not. Il kno" uiu ~ ~
7 do not know where Doc Bacon was pc
tore - = clock. The first time saw nm
WAS On the platform at the depot. DoI
wa there 1 do not know II. Know ,ila'
,fTDoc did It do not know anStnlns
8 . Mont itFtI 40 not know myself WHAT l0 ~
Ana, told them that was guilty " shne
NV own life. My God In heaven KNOWS
was not there. swore ne 10 sase
nv own life. am innocent ana was ~
there" o.o,1oN
1,,nch,s body was hipped by express TINS
afternoon to the medical oel'''''''ei. -
the University Of Virginia 49,, voc.
Tho Two negroes were brought mere yes
Y +erdav from Petersburg, where they NAYS
{ heen in confinement since their lrla!, | NY
Il 1n,ora In charge Of Deputy Sheriff Wafer
potosi and we're marched from the depot
to the iail and placed In the steel case.
The faces OF the men wore eNpressio on,
+ Of great terror as they appeared 70 re''ilHe
4 that tho supreme hour for them was lle ''
at hand. ~,
* RESPITE FOR BACON.
O'clock this morning, a telegram
4 was sent to Sheriff Cogbill by the Gov.
ornor granting a respite to Dock Bacon,
for Il short time, III order to allow MS
,nsoto be heard by the courts on mo-
tion for a new trial.
the sheriff early this morning sent DOCK
pacnn hack to Petersburg. This action
ofItho Governor was based upon Ander-
srn Tinch's statement made recently that
he had sworn falsely against Bacon, ana
+ that he was an innocent man. ana tl'a :
he, Finch. was the guilty man.
During the morning devotional services
,,nre hold IN the jail in which Anderson
Finch joined
THE CRIME.
rho crime for which Finch paid the
death penalty Is fresh In the pubic NINA.
One night In the latter part or Jul! MIS-
Charley Ceoghagan was left alone zen
cent her little chlldren) at her home IN
Chase CITY, her husband having gone 10
attend a rehearsal for mn entertainment =!
In which he was an actor. ABOUT IL
O. clock that night, while Mrs. Geoghasah
was sitting alone in her front porch, she
was seized from behind by some one and
an attempt was made to choke her, and
the ruffinn at the same time threw meal
into her face and eyes, binding her en-
tirely. 80
dren, and their cries frightened the man
away.
The next morning Anderson Finch and
Deck Bacon were arrested. After their
arrest Anderson Finch confessed, saying
that he and. LOCK t,acot .ose'he, "S'.
to Mr.. Geo:hagan,s, and that while Ba-
con went into the house and attacked the
lady, he was watching in an adjoining lot.
There was strong circumstantial EVIL
dence in addition to the confession Of An
derson Finch, going to show the guilt OF
Bacon. Ono was that there was meal
found on his clothing the next morning
and knife he had in his pocket had meal
upon 1t. Bacon stoutly denied his guilt
from the first
GOVERNOR WILL INVESTIGATE.
Governor Montague said last night when
the confession Of Finch was read TO him
that he would investigate the case furth-
Doc Bacon whom ne respitcd until Fri.
day on the recommendation Of Common.
wealth's Attorney II. G. Goode, OF Neck
lenburg. would be given perfect justice
BOY THROWN FROM CAR