The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-11
The he3Remarkable Work K IN. I 4
Telling II the e, sSto'|rryySyo'-'f u y'-'1
.I3 lMCC cues Fate.
TWO EXTE2 A ISSUES
TIMES S.DlSPATC,.Hl-] {, III
Full Story of Execution q: ton and nd
81 Confession on 81 the Street n and an:
;8 Trains an H our After = Hang
iB{. ing Fifteen 4 Thousand 'Flt sand u.
Copies Il Sold Il il il q AZ
Few Hours.

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Few Hours.
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TlcSstory OF the tragic $cx'iatlocn of MS y
ii crimo gly j 4 Samuel N Cue, ats
II y,llt, ana Of the confession made, by the
condemned man to his spiritual 5ndyisers B
Wis gent sbroadca hio ug ghout this State
and all over thsHcity yesterday imn1e.
datcly nfcr tho execution y 1nca ns 81 y
ti,c two extra editions Issued ~ 'fhe Y lt$
l'imes- Dispatch. a i less han an llour le'
Il fer liz Tux ecutloll, the full story of the
IDS hours Of tho condcmned man and tl'e
announcement OF lis confession was III n
print ana being sold BY scores q news
BOYS 3ir, sail parts OF lie city and nun
drcds of pa pcrs were on board y .ra'l
D speeding 5toWurd Churlot tilc scene
$ Of the Etrngic story. tS Ok
Thfs swift and effective dissemination
N 81 tha news inswhicii tho entire State
n vas So intunsclyss3in Interested was made
n possible by the ri pd and igbrll liz ntg work
d Mr. j oseph II. icislnger, the staff cor
respondent OF this paper !, w whose q ccuratc3
nnd elaborate reports OF tle@trial r MADE "a ti
s& him known throughout the st tntf ana py
bybtrlcgraphcrs, ditoTs, compost rs. sriiil-
road ffjciula and all connected VII the
IS pre- I1;iration and nd#dlstribution#of of the news
The managing editor Of the pnncr. ho@
S3 had been ut work all mi ght was on duty
#at the receiving end, and n hand led " the
& &telegraphic reports Of Mr. ticsssn gel, pu VI
ting thcnl4i shape for tbe Alergent thalcrs
n macli.nr operators, who sWi ~ yss put the
story into type and then passed it on ITO
~ In
\ read W. for the ting N ressn,c The
great prcss vas awaiting It's burden and
n when the$powerSssyR was apple ed the splendid,
II machine was Set 8iils mptionBn hc5prjnt-f
tsls story ot5 the last fchapt mei1,ora-
hle trinl w;is In the Ian dis of @clunoring 49,
ssclntnbllns wTbDy5 and being sold; as
8&fnst as tl,c papers could II be- seized II BY
purcl,as ascrs. ssi tl N sy,ls throngl this COM
$5binntionS of Elective agpnG less al s$Wor rls-
ing slnoothlySnild 5hnrmonsously. lat the
sad story was scattered thrDughout&tlic
city and II little later Il trough the
"A State s5S 1s}3.
Not a Minute Lost.
5 The execution occurred Mt 7:35 a NJ
T'wo OF he Western Jnon's finest opera
tors were waiting at The Times Dispatch
key for the lash message lE announc-.
Ing the execution They were Mcssrs.
II o. O. Mitchell ana w iliamS White. who
building, "A Assistant superintendent Cal
vert, OF the Western Union, Wit Ii n large
n staff OF his RRiftcst senders was at the
s. Charlottesville end OF 4 lie wire and had
perfected preparations for tho 3 prompt
Of the news. Al small army
2of3messengcri boys were 3;t3 work snatch
4 Ing the messages from tho hands of cor
respondents and ]mlriying With them to
the men 1T clicking keys. At Richmond
4 "a am Ii
Y the Western 5 Union, We're moving hther
\ and thither expcditng 4 he work an every
way possible g & 81 55s%
M First cane tho flash nlcssag irnmc.
GiatelY after tl,n& &cxecuti ion. Following II t
Immediately was MI. Gelsnger's hurry
II story o the execution, which was ad-
1nruby prepared and fully covered tho
details of the case III Ia remarkably brief
period OF Tine, closing with the startling
announcemcntf that the victlm4had made
n confession or his crime, IS BY a lIttletaf-3
@ ter5 s IA. N. & Extra No. !. wlthHthe story
and confessio oil was on the press, and then
ION tho streets, where III throng of eager
u Inewsboys was awaiting, s8s}
Were Soon in Charlottesville.
Theme important train on which TO
II get the rapers away was the $50 Ches-f
ii Iilpeulin ano Ohio train to Charlottcsylle.
s Tho grcntSpresses We're rllnbling at full
speed, pouring out papers Mt every orlficc,5
and these We're being seized and bundled
for dispatch on this early train. It wa
terrific race against time, Special
\ wagons We're waiting to hurry tho papers
to the train Through tho courtesy of
Superintendent G. G. wa lkcr and Chief
Dispatcher Wright, the train was held
4 Il few moments In order that 1t might
s. cnrry5t0a the people along tho route and
n especially those Of Chnrlo ttesyllle the
news for which all were waiting. Six
hundred papers were sent away on this
Z train to charlottesville and ithcy9$Wer
on the streets OF tho city before even
tho local paper made Its appearance,
Were in Great Demand.
There was tile greatest demand In this
city and throughout tho State for rne
q pupcrs, and they were sent away IN great
8numbers on avery outgoing train IN every
direction, and We're eagerly sought 4 every
where, Tho demand for these papers con-
.tinucd llnnbated and fully up 10 tho 5ca-
5paclty OF the press until about II a, Nj,
when tho second extra, containing q
fuller and more complete account of the
execution and confession Was Off the
press. This Was soon on the streets and
was being rapidly made ready for5,tlle
outgoing mails. These were as eagerly
sought AS the first, and We're everywhere
s'b0uglN, AS y result tney were spoI en-
bausted, ttere being few TO ho found In.
4 tho hands Of newslooys or ut the news
stands by the early afternoon.
seven thousand copies OF tho first extra
X We're issued, and newsboys BY tho score
& .wcr scranlbllng, pushing and 1ostling for
positions TO get the second extra, The
rapldity Of the Sal Of these papers could
hardly be cpmpnred to the, sale OF any
thing else, I'll bier and Stflthcr In every
direction they SWefe lleralded throughout
G Il the city. or as far us thesboys could 30
before they sold Sout and hurried back
hoys as soon us they reached broad
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