The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-12-14


listen to me; my boys are innooenG.,
His plea for his three boys so sne(
d 20 make bis own peril pale into signi
hcanoe. frequently he would almost
yell 90 tho crowds. Nov, do you un
deratand mep Dc, II make myseli
i plainpnng y x q. ,155
i MOORE DENOUNGEs RAwL1Ns.
RSWlins addressed the crowd for g va
minutes and Of 1926 ALI Meore, the
| negro, was led from his cell u the
front second story window of the jail.
Moore looked long and eagerly into
the sea of faoss, in which there were
many black ones. Moore's denunGia.
tion of old man ReWlins showed great
bittognessiin, the negroes heart, as he
sttFfbuted his present condition to bis
partner fla crime.
Listen one and all of you white
folks, and black folks" cried the ne.
gro, gestioulating wildly, Milton
Rswlins killed the Oarter children. l
swore this on tho stand In tho court
house and swear 1T again today
These will bo my last words, people;
Milton RsWlins killed the Garter ohil,
dren."
AS the negro spoke old man Raw.
Inns gat unmoved, not more than three
feet away. It's o lie," almost hissed
Rawlins under his breath, Finally
Sh0riff Pasamore ordered all In the
street below to stop questioning the
negro.
AT 1896 o. M, after sLesking ten
minutes, Moore cried "Good. byen at
the top Of his voice and ho and Raw
Inns were led toward the exc cubion
chamber. Ea route, Rswlins stopped
for photographer to make q picture
OF him.
II do this just 90 my wife and ohil.
dren oan have one" ho repeated sew
sral time over to the photographer,
during bhe process Of taking tho pic
ture, the man never fllnched o muscle
and his expression was atoltd and al.
most indiiferent.
Into tho execution room the jailers
and guards and party were ushered.
Rawlins leading the way and Moore
following closely behind.
AT THE GALLows.
A.t the foot OF the steps leading to
the gallows, RaWlins sat down on the
trst step. The negro walked toward
iim, holding out his hand. Then
followed an almost heated oolloQuy In
ahioh both men told the other they
Aad aworn the truth, each referred to
ahe fact that he stood In the shadow
# the gallows and on the very brink
of death, but RSWling6 maintained
that bis boys were innooenU ana 6iie
negro swore that the statement WAS
aob true, and thab he himaelf5 had
| 5old tho truth.
The heated interview was brought
TO q oloEe by the sheriff, who aanoua0
ssf SsSs' ss Essa sa,l So ..se.. !,
ON the steel floor, while above all
loomed the grim death trap, decorst-
ed with weights and levers aud ropss.
che prayer, o most fervent one, was
offered by Rev. w. w. MoCord, for.
merly Of Atlanta.
This was followed by .bonediotion
md the party was In the act Of NOV
ing towards the scaffold, when the
negro began q prayer, wonderful for
lts wording and earnestness. But
sven In his final prayer to his Master,
5he negro's bitter heart showed there
vas no forgiveness there for RGWlins,
whom he declared had brought him
30 bis doom. When Moore had finish
I'D the two men took their positions
on the scaffold, the trap was sprung
and In few seconds thoy were land
ed into eternity.
SAID HELL AWAITED HIM.
The night before he was hung
RAwlins denounced the editors, the
lawyers and the preachers, aaying
5hey were all towards. he said there
Is no suoh thing as juetice In all the
world, and that hi8 hanging would be
assassination, He said he had aever
killed man In his life, and that the
negfo did the crime for which he was
20 be lynohed. He said that the
sheriff was the luckiest man that
over lived because he hoard that old
Carter was going to mako him move
out Of the county: How lucky 1t
would have boen for me If had drop
ped dead before got In trouble with
Carter" he said.
Tho Bible tells of the evil spirits
that live TO haunt mon; we are dis
linot'y told Of the evil spirits that
won't from man into q drove Of hogs
causing them to drown themselves In
the aea. want my spirit when l
am dead and gone to haunt the court
official to the end Of their days"
He alao jumped on the newspapers
He said he believed that nine hun.
dred and ninety-nine In 3 thousand Of
tho editors would go to hell because
they were too oow&rdlY to fight
against public sentiment" Rawlins
declares that ho will go to hell, hut
that 1t will only give him an oppor.
tunity Of piling Goals OF fire upon hip
enemies.
FACED HIS CELL.
The fact that IL was the last night
on earth did not appear to be q source
Of much worry on the part Of the old
man, who paced up and down his
narrow steel cage talking, singing OF
praying as the opportunity presented
Itself. He was Visited by his wife
and daughters and many friends Gall.
ed at tho jail during the evening
some being admitted, wEtle othors
were satisfied to stand on the soe.
walk and talk to the prisoner through
the &c cond story window
Although RaWlips could not bs
sesn through the window, he li8tene6