The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-30

death penalty Later ~ vas sen
fenced so be hanged os August
Of The same year. On August Gov
error cnIberson granted him a re
priare fof one week On The nixh
~ august Ia be made hts eaeap,
from The jail in most daring man
nsr The death guard had gone e
sloep leaving his pants near sban
cell rs means OF Il hook made oil
wire taken from u broom. around
Esisii BE sra sstsssfsi. sssssysa per e
make Il stiff, Shaw secured the
guards pants Taking the cell key
from the pockeSs be unlocked the
cell and In few Minutes had made
his escape safely from the jail When
The guard awuke the prisoner vas
gone He Was at large about ten
days and vas recaptured at MaIakoff,
zens from half dozen counties hav-
ing joined In the search When re-
captured Shaw's clothing was In tat
tiers and he was almost famIshsd of
hunger On his return 40 jail the
date for his execution had passed
and considerable DELAY was then oc-
casioued He was tried ON q lunaey
charge at The next term of the coun-
IS court, but the charge OF lunaey
was not established He was final
~ hanged November %, 1898, the
first anniversary of the murder
Since the execution of Shaw two more
men have been hanged at Cleburne.
One was John Renfro, who shot and
killed an old man named Williams
al the south door of the courthouse
in Cleburne Renfro's case was a
somewhat famous one A little more
than two years ago Henry F'ugett, col
ored was hanged for the murder of
his wife. whom ne almost cut to
pieces with knife
II has been impossible TO obtain
a list of all who have met death at
the end of this now famous rope, as
no record of same was kept by Mr.
of Mr. Stewart the rope has hanged
three men at Cleburne, three in
Waco, four in Waxahachie, one in
Hillsboro, one at Sherman, one at
Franklin, one at kaufman, one at
Wichita Falls and two at Bonham
He did not give this list as being
absolutely correct The rope has
been used at other places but he had
forgotten them.
Al Sherman on June Is, 1909,
Sid Spears, colored. was hanged for
the murder of his wife At that
time Spears was the twelfth man exc
cuted with the Stewart rope.
In the spring of 1900 King Martin,
a negro, was executed at Kaufman.
He was convicted on charge Of
rape
In the spring of 1889 negro
named Tom Robinson was hanged at
HilIsboro on conviction OF rape
His victim was a 13-year-old girl.
He died on the scaffold denying his
guilt.
On October 81, 1889, Walter Ford
! W ID itdHEtd ct w dto ltt tht fuiii dtf
| of Lucindy Moore, his sweet heart
which occurred June %, 1898 VIII
King was executed October %, 1901
for the murder of Policeman viii
Minthall Mitchell on October 27,
1900 On January s, 1902, Ander-
son Norris died at the end OF this
rope for the murder OF Mrs. Emma
French white woman, which oc-
CURED in Navarro county, near Frost.
December ). 1900 This case was
transferred to Waco from Corsicana
on change OF venue All the par
ties hung at Waco We're negroes.
Four negroes have gone through
the death trap at Waxahachie az the
end of this rope The first hanged
was Fred Sawyer, a mrlatto, who was
executed January -. 1899. lie was
convicted on "a charge of rape. June
is. 1898. Ills victim was "a white
woman and the crime was committed
at Ennis On March %. 19oI.
Brozicr Smith was executed for the
murder of his wife John Henry
Young was hanged last year for he
murder of Alburtus Moore coIored.
and Dee hausinG ot Johnson toda,
makes thc fourth for this city.