The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-08
MUST DIE FOR HIPS DEATH John Williams WllHang
 on Ga11ows. ALL HOPE HAS PASSED Supreme Court Affirms Culiman
 County Court. White Man Will Pay Penalty of His Crime on July 27--shet and Kill
 cd State Senator.

John Williams. the white man wdo Robert L. Hipp on May s1. 1905. in Cullman county, must hang July 27.
 The strenuous efforts which have been made In his behalf since the date of the killing, to save him from paying the neua1ty of his crime. have proven In vain. Notwithstanding the hasd le.. gal struggle which has acc2nr anied the trial of the condemned man since he was first indicted by the grand jury CT Cullman county, hts attcrnHys nave now been forced to acknowledge de- feat. Williams must hang, and the days of his life have narrowed down to little more than two score.
 When the news of the action of the Supreme Court on his appeal for his life Is taken to Williams in his cell at Cullman he will be told that every resource has been exhausted That tribunal has decided against him. and from no higher court can there be an appeal. The decision is final. and the murderer must be hanged. Except there be action of clemency taken by the Governor the sentence of the lower court. affirmed by the higher body will be carried out on the date set.
 The final opinion in the appeal of Williams was handed down by MT Justice Tyson yesterday. On the pa per bearing the fatal confirmation Of the finding of the Cullman County Cir cult Court appeared the words in a firm Handwriting. Friday, July 27. 1906. is fixed by this court as the day for the execution of the sentence" Williams was convicted in tho Gull man county court on July II, 1905, of the murder of State Senator Robert ift..D on he last day of the May pre- ceding The case at the time attract ed most widespread attention The l fatal shot was fred mead May4pple. Cullman county. about two and a half | miles from Joppa. when Hipp accom- | panied Sheriff J. H. Dunlap and Con stable Jiles to the home of Williams, | to dispossess him of his farm under a ! writ of restitution, Williams resisted l the action of the officers. and fired at | them with pistol. One shot struck l Hipp In the back of the head as he was retreating from the house. kill | ing him almos instantly. Another se- riously wounded Sheriff Dunlap Will 1 Hams fed from the scene. but later i surrendered to a neighboring farmer. At the time of his death, Mir Hipp | was one of the most popular young | men in his district. graduate of
 Rlount College in 1892, he was admit
 ted to the bar in 1900, and later in the 1 same year, was elected to represent the 1 Third Senatorial District in the State Legislature. It is said. was engaged
 to marry a prominent young woman of | Montgomery.
 l When the case of Williams came to
 trial In Cullman County the attorneys
 for the defendant sought to secure q
 change of venue. The feeling in that
 portion of the state, 1t was urged, was
 too strong and too fresh to permit of
 D fair trial. The motion to obtain a | change of venue was overruled. and in
 the trial which followed, Williams was
 found guilty and sentenced to be hang l ed. July II. Sentence was suspend | ed.
 Yesterday the Supreme Court upheld
 the action of the lower tribunal. and
 set the date for Williams death on
 july 27.