The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-10-23
THE Law INDICATED.
AVERY BLOUNT. THE TANCIPAHOA
TRIPLE MURDERER. DIES ON
THE SCAFFOLD.
lireat Interest Centered In His Execu-
tiOn at Amite City Troops
Present.

Amite City. La. Oct. Is. Avery
Blount's remarkable nerve, which
he had shown from the first after
being arrested for the triple MUIR
lder of j. o. Breeland. his wife and
lstepdaughter, nine months ago,
Ibid not desert him when he went
Ito the galloWs today to pay the
penalty Of death.
A few minutes before noon
Blount professed religion. Yester.
lday he had intimated that it was
no use, and sent word to ministers
to this effect. When his brother,
Enos E. Blount, visited him for
the last time and pleaded with him
Ito make his peace with God, Avery
finally began to cry and then asked
for Methodist minister.
Almost his last words were that
Ihe was innocent. He had no state.
ment to make, except that he was
mot guilty of the charge. If Avery
BIount shot down Breeland and the
two women it is the opinion of
many that he has never told it to a
living person. Blount maintained
This innocence at all times. His
courage. his stoicism, has been the
/ feature of the man ever since the
Eordeal began. And he went to his
death at the end Of rope as he
had appeared from the beginning.
NECK BROKEN.
The trap was sprung at 1:21
o'clock this afternoon. There
wasn't quiyer Of the body after
he had Edropped to eternity. HIS
neck had been broken. In five
minutes there was no pulsation of
the heart. At 1:42 o'clock, twen-
ty.one minutes after the drop, the
body was taken down.
Avery Blount leaves a wife and
two children, mother and father,
four brothers and one sister, Mrs.
Leo. Stevens, wife of his partner
in business in the little store in
Tickfaw, near where the tragedy
was committed. His brothers are
Enos E.. Will. Noah and Sharp.
All live in Tickfaw exeept Enos..
who is a Constable III McComb
City, Miss.
Almost his last words to his
brother Enos. were that he was
sure everything possible to save
him had been done. Enos Blount
has spent all the money he had at
his command in behalf of Avery.
Avery Blount's body will be
buried in the family lot in a ceme-
terry six miles north of Corbin, in
Livingston parish. Less than a
half mile away is the old Blount
homestead, the place where Avery
was born thirty-four years ago.
Tonight the body was taken to
Tickfaw. to the home Of the father,
W. A. Blount. Sunday morning
the body will be taken to the ceme-
terry and buried at 10 o'clock.
Enos and Will Blount arrived on
the morning train. accompanied by
Mrs. Enos Blount and Mrs. Walter
Provost, friend of the family.
They were all with him an hour be-
fore noon and assisted in the re-
ligious ceremonies when Avery
accepted the faith. Avery's wife
remained in Tickfaw. The last
time she saw him was in New Or
leans, before the meeting Of the
Board of Pardons.
Because he asked if District At
torney McClendon lived in Amite
City, saying he wanted to ask him
a few questions. Will BIount was
taken in charge by the military
authorities in afternoon by order
Of Sheriff Saal. This caused rip
pie Of excitement to stir through
the several hundred people in town..
owing to the fact that many had
been expecting something 10 hap
pen. no one knew what. at almost
any moment. 1t was on this ac-
count that the jail in Amite has
been guarded BY company Of
militia night and day since Avery
was brought from New Orleans
early Wednesday morning. In adj
dition to the soldiers, { Sheriff Saal
had fifteen deputies Oh duty, it
having been intimated or suggested
that an attempt might be made by
Blount's friends to rescue him
after there was no other hope.
Will Blount remained in charge Of
the soldiers until the departure of
the LIS o'clock train for Tickfaw.
when he was put aboard.
Another reason Sheriff Saal cali
ed upon the State authorities was
that several days ago he received
an anonymous letter stating that
if he hanged Avery Blount he
would not live twenty-four hours.
During the Blount trial. which be-
gan the last week in March, the
court house and Jail were guarded
by troops. After conviction and
sentence Blonnt had been in the
New Orleans Parish Prison until
Wednesday.
BEFORE KINCHEN'S CELL.
When Avery BIount S body drop
ped to the end of nine feet Of rope
it was directly in front Of the cell
Of Ben Kinchen. held and indicted
on the counts Of accessory before
and after the fact ii the case Of the
BreeIand Everett murder IN
front Of the bars Of the cage q
blanket had been hung. This and
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