The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-01-18
TWO TO DIE FOR GRUB MURDER.
Jesse RuiIin and MaSSie Hill SEMEN
ced TO Hang. Both Confess Crime
and Declare no One Else
MAS nnnnpcled with L.
vas L0nneCled with II.

H IN H"fIINN N.I AINN NliNNt Ati iN''
ihan $3.50 hours after The ringing Of The
htIl both Jesse Eunu and Massie
HIllls been tried uy separate iures,
convicted Of murder in the first degree,
auI sentenced by the Court 10 hang
ODD Friday. February 18th, 1897
NuUu va, first brought into court
Atom. with john Brown. who had
Ocen falsely accused of being am ac-
complete thc murder Of Mr. Grubb.
Detectives Robertson and Taylor were
present. and they had shown 10 the
Court and Commonwealth Attorney
WI4vIt. brought with them from
Wr-t Virginia. which clearly proved
1923 al.u or Brown The Court after
waning Brown to avoid in The future
a--0catc- OF the rullian sort discharg-
cog hm lom custody The trial Of
Jesse Rubin Was Immediately taken
ar lpon auaIgnment De pleaded
guilty. mi without argumcntthc jury
rendered verdict of murder iu tine
first degree Ruflin was rep resented
DIS Judge 81. Cute.
Na--Ic liiN was next brought into
court. aad upon hI- araignment
pleaded guilty Another Jury on the
evidence of one witness. Mr. Harry
Prince found 1900 guilty of murder
I'D iHcfr-t degree.
Norcr of tac prisoner testified,
nat Harn made thc statement
through Dol. attorney That only DE and
Na--IcIu were at the billing and
burning of Nr. Cruth.
judge nmdley Immediately sem
teu.cl Huln 100 the following im-
rra->re word
.l,.-ic l,ullu. 10 Is not my purpose
ID. passing sentence on you to say one
word That might unnecessarily harrow
.r wuud your feelings could not
ldj ,a your punishment If would
mi would Iot if could, for your
pm -muent i- heavy enough lnas-
much however as ihe object of all
punishment is to ieterother men from
F tle commission of crime "a, well as to
punish the perpcimtor of the crime, ]
deem Do incumbent on me to say some
taueu relation TO th' awful crime OF
which you have been found guilty boy
a uy 10 your couutryncu. On The
..l lay OF la,t June, a quiet peaceablC
aaI honest citizen of This county wa.
alive ml well m the pursuit of DIE
Min. DE was more than an honest
uet reaccahle citizen. Dee was "a ser.
.aIt ofthe living God, known and
bowed or u. Christian character and
good deeds. On the morning Of the
.atlUfJuue the bones Of this good
man were found amid The ashes o
m. home DE had been robbed anc
murdered u bis own house, and YOU
.late been convicted of this awful
crime l0u saw thi. peaceable old
imam and thinking be had ht ID
money you murdered him in order e
ret d. and then set fire 20 Dis hous'
and burned him zap. No doubt yol
thought a- you left DIS burning hous
chat night. that your crime was cover
Ted 100 forever. bot like So many ba'
mon under similar circumstances, yoi
leg out OF your calculation one impor
unt clement You forgot that though
no human eye saw the deed there wa
.etef upon you au eye that never sleeps
The blood of this good man has crie0
bout against you and your partner II
crime from the ground from that da.
until this. and the sword % eterna
Justice ha, been ever behind you unit
.atla-t you man living in a civilile
community within the sound ofchurc
.IeIl- and .n sight Of church sieeple'
.halc reached the end Of long caree
f . of crime which you have now crowne
los % deed which wonld have disgrace
90 savage. You now stand at the ba
ofiusiice to receive at my hands Oh
sentence of the law for this dreadfl
CRIME The sentence Of the Court
.tnat YOU be taken 10 the county Ja
, and there Doe safely kept until Friday
.tncl5th day Of February, next, whe
. .lctween The hours of sunrise and sun
set oflhat dayyou VIII be taken chars
|ofO us the proper officer of the law am
hanged ny the neck until you al
.dmd and may the Lord have mere
ou your soul.
The Judge sentenced Massie Hill
"a fep words, directing his attention {
hat passed upon Ruflin. The prison
cr- were thcn taken 90 their cells
await ODE execution.
Upon their return 20 The Jail, Oh
,hacsie- were replaced about The
le... and the two prisoners allowed
STAY u celi, separated only by a thI
iron partition. As soon as Massie III
entered bI- apartment hc remarked
Guard Hooper chat DE intended "buI
n. ilc bats before be would ham
meaning that Doe would butt out D.
De- brains. lie also made threat aeain
90 any one entering Dis cell Both pn
P onor. are ret'cent Ruilin says
D doe.a. & care 90 talk of the Grub0 ma
D. eror of DOB. past life. lie will proba
e .Iy change DOB, mind before the day
his execution uut at present be is su
e i.n and non-communicatiNe. lie do'
q .telI uat he suggested the murder, an
- acknowledges that iu his death
Do hanging Doe i, receiving nothing mo-
n thm hcju.ty deserves.
Oh Na-.ic Hii talks more freely. b
% ,a. tha. Doe has nown from the di
30 Iofh.- arrest ai Beiheld 10 the prese.
.. . .,.r.If hang for uarticipatlC