The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-23
FPPS SNOWDEN
Will Hang FRIDAY.
GOVERNOR i.1FUSES To INTERFERE :
COUNSEL have ABANDONED AP.
PEAL-INTERYIEW With CON.
DEMNED MAN.

a p' tltlon tor the Communication Oh
sentence of Epps Snowden, Will
liamsburg negro WHO is to DC hanged
at Kingstree Friday-unlesS the lew
should interfere in his behalf
The petition was sent IN by
Messrs Lee & Askins, attorneys, ,and
Gov Howard is disposed to think
that they had given him very little
time in which to investigate the case
In the petition no reason for re-
prieve is given other than that the
offense was committed "ln heat OF
passion" and that the verdict should
have been granddaughter instead
of murder.
Immediately upon the petition
from Kingstree, Gov Hayward called
up Judge Watts at Florence over
the long distance 'pnone and con-
ferred with him in regard to the
matter. Judge Watts has not yet
passed upon the case in an official
recommendation to the governor, but
1t is said that he is not inclined at
present toward leniency. Gov Hey
ward did not receive transcript OF
the evidence in the ca,e until just
as he was leaving the office at din
ner time. yesterday. He carried the
racket home with him and as is his
custom in such matters lead every
word of the testimony last night.
The evidence shows that the homi-
eide occurred in the store of Bob
Brown, at Lambert, on the 3rd of
June of this year. The physician
! in attendance stated that the deal
man had been stabbed in four plac-
es, one wound producing almost in
slant death. The evidence in the
case is dramatic, the court stenog-
rapher having canght the vernacular
of the witnesses IN such manner
that the statements in court read
like weirl narrative.
The principal witnesses, it is true,
were relatives of the deceased, but
their evidence is cumulatlvely dam.
aging, and there was evidence from
disinterested parties that will very
nearly put the halter around the
neck of the convicted man.
In speaking of this matter yester-
day, Gov Heyward SAID that he does
not understand why when man has
been convicted and for several weeks
has been under sentence of death, 4
petition should be presented at the
last hour asking for executive Glenn
ency. The law gives man the
right to appeal to the governor for
pardon, and ne does not like to de-
nv a convicted man this privilege,
even at the last moment, but he
feels very much at loss how prop
erly to act in such contingency as
this.
Gov Hayward had Il case of this
kind recently when the petitions
from Greenville kept hum on the
rack for miserable "A hours, be-
cause parties who up to the very eve
of execution had evinced no
interest in the fate of the negroes
came to him then with such plead
ings that even after be had firmly
said ''no" he was forced to recon-
slider.
Gov Hayward will try to get the
matter all in hand today in this case
from Williamsburg and will prob
ably announce his decision within
"a hours. He may grant respite
and he may grant communication,
but yesterday he appeared to think
that insufficient reasons had been
advanced. The State, Nov. d.
WILL HANG TOMORROW.
Governor Hayward has de-
clined to reprieve or commute
the sentence of Epps Snowden
and all proba bility he will be
hanged tomorrow. At the time
the sentence was passed Messrs
Lee & Askins, the prisoners
counsel, gave notice of an. ap-
peal to the supreme court,
which appeal, if taken, would
have stayed sentence pending