Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-12-11
WALKER HANGED
FOR FIEApSH CRIME
Paid Penalty of Death for Grim
inal Assault
coNFEssEo TO AWFUL DEED

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~ Rescued Hlm-Speelal Term Of
Court Called to TFy Prisoner
Atlanta, Dec. 0.-,Jlm Walker, self
confessed assAiIant OF Mrs. G, W..
Moore, Of BrookwOod, near Atlanta,
who was rescued from a mob By Sher-
IL Nelms and who quickly tried and
convicted on his own startling admis'
sion that ne was the right negro, was
hanged at the Tower by Sheriff helms
Friday morning,
Walker reiterated ais confession 10
the last, and the night before ais exc
CutiOn, he hat protested Conversion,
and hsd declared thAt be was ready TO
ale and unafraid,
There was no hitch In the arrange
ments. The rope mad been tested,
aud ell preparations aad been made.
The execution was private, only G. W.
Moore, husband OF the victim Of Walk.
Or'a assault, hia two sons. John ani
Clif. the negro's counsel and physl'
clans, and Representatives Of the news.
papers having been granted admission
TO the jail by sherlR Nelms.
Walkers arrest following the as
sault on Mrs. Moore, his prompt iden'
tIEeation BY her, the EFFORTS Of the OH.
GERS 10 take him 10 town, and the de-
termined efforts Of mob Of Brook
wood people, armed and determined 20
lynch the prisoner; followed by his res.
cue by sheriff Neims, his speedy trial,
his dramatic confession ana now bis
execution. complete a story Of q crime
hardly without parallel
History Of the Crime.
The crime for which Walker paid
the penalty Friday morning was with
out q parallel in the history OF the
state. In bread daylight on Thursday
morning. Oct. 20. Walker crimlnAlly as
saulted Mrs. Alice Moore, wife Of O.
w. Moore. who lives on PeachtFee road
near HFOOkwoOd. IN q turniD patch
within q stones throW Of her home,
and Ia sight OF store which was kept
BY Mrs. MooFe's husband,
Walker led after be had committed
the assault. Posses we're quickly form.
% and cent out In every direction b
apprehsnd the assailant Although =
pack % biooahOunis followed several
tralla. soothing eOsld be learned o. the
negro. Several persons claimed TO
have seen the negro, and although 3
number Of suspicious pessohs were tai.
ca IN custody. nons vas ideuthed By
Mrs. Moore - her assailant
Arrested IN FslFbsFN.
Friday after the crime had been com.
mittod Marsaal stephens. Of FaiTburn.
arrested q strange negro named jim
walker. The negro was kept IN TIE
FaiFbuFu iaii for nsaFly ten days after
the crime vas committed. When BE-
Was carried IN the pFesonss o. MFs
Moore Gha positively Nsniifed jim
walker e. her asaaliaat
Immsdiataly after the i6eBti6eafion
q GROVE aeeured WeskeF from MARTIAL
@ephens anA Sheriff W3lksRagh. Who
tad aim 90 custody. Threats % lynch.
were made ana The asGEo vas roughly
treated. anailY bslng rescued ~ shef.
90 Nelma. Who. having heard % ths
Iasnthacati0a - waih1F. hurried % he
scene N sa uuioIs0bIla. sheriff Neims
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