The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18
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RussslIviIle. Dec. 17.--( (speciai.)--- Tom Robinson was hanged here today Tor the murder of hts wife and mother tn-law. Mrs. J. ". Clark.
 The execution was in public. The preliminaries Of the execution cons sisted of q speech by Robinson and re- Hgious servioes. conzumed an hour and a half Robinsph wanted his death to take place In public so that It should be 6 warninK to Ail*
 In his speech he urgsd all to take warning of n<s kHte and, iiye>upright lives He died h eleven ntnut9s after the drop was sprun6 s ss i z. z
 In addition 10 hlllng hfe wife and mothes s-in-law. at their home n. Dart his father-in-law. and maimed him fer
 nobinson refused to allow lawyers to make an effort to stay the exseu- ton, saying he wanted to die Ter nis crime
 He leaves three babies who. visited aim in the jail here yesterday
 Robinson was hung In the jail yard the drop failing at 12;4s, His neck very slight twitohtng Of the tsfoilders
 
 Although the pulse ceased beating eleven minutes after the drop fell. his splendid nerve was with him 10 the end At his request before mounting The scaffold he was allowed to inspect his conn. which had beun brought wfthin the enclosure surrounding tho Eal1own. Tn plainly audibie votee hs expressed himself as well pleased with fl, and said # yes snlEslty nee 2
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 He failed to sieep any Ieet night. but insisted on sitting up and talking with the dsath watch ,of six men, whqs m <A1 Jail c6rridors were sepafafsu From RpblnHon only by the hars of hta cell H& 5ofned chearfitll% tn geferel cqn- versAtipn. aiaenesiaN f&fq3th4 fsailsg 4il.l natnrsiix Aioaf f3idnleh ile sz.ssa net all ,oia nm s.i...ss n assnkls sss seftes 1'ish {. hza ss ssse <, nroasns fls
 He talked ef 1iz 4spkinx iis g nsat- ter-of -cos,fse xA,x 1ald ffpk he MFS mot afrafa of 1t { 8hnt &8d had p&rdonsa him. ana fhal he would be sawed and soon be with his wife. He said he was bothered As to whether thex would know sdch other or not
 Eobinson declared that gambling was :. ths cause Of his froobaesi that he haa iearned to play wzsa xnesss shat 2 few yeara aro hs had learned poksrs that he had uaaAliy lost. and that he must not have been good player Gambling kept him from spppossing hss
 Gives story sf Chime.
 About the murder. he said
 q don't mind talking about 1t was going to Mr. ciefk'g hpnes from one side, MT. Clark coming from the pEher and was kind of running ho,,se Just as he stepped on the norch. was onfgfde the yard near inc end of the porch ! shot him He rtarted toward the east room where his gun was and shot him again :. f9e ran into the room and went into the hail. Mrs Clark came out of the door of the west room, shooting at me with s2-antomatie shot her and she fell aead--didn't move q nnser :. My wife came out right oenlna nsr mother, saying Shoot him, mamma
 ashe then threw up her hands ane began praying shot her She tsvsa a Iiffls while, praying all the time. and when she aied. I knelt ana kissed lar and nx.ffed her cheek. Sne went straight to heaven. know.
 1T pushed open the door of the east room. MT Clark was standing anoak the middle of the noor. shot m. " fH2 Intk0 iLA+4ANt AAAkkA 4AN -@~Nr ~rFff hs was dead. went into the west room. got my three little children and leff. I put them down Q little ways From the house. People were after me. shooting at me"
 Robinson ate q fairly hearty break fast this morning. People were ad- nlitted to the jan and ne began talk ing to them. Several brothers ans two sisfers visited him and all were much more effected than Robinson was.
 A number of visitors at his request joined in singing and praying At i0:s0 he began dressing for hts death drop and at l1:05 he stepped from fhe front door of the jail tO an impfoTised platform where he faced huge throng. His voice was loud and dis tinet and he was not embarra@ed al- though his first attempt to speak. He began:
 T walk out to meet death for the crime 1 committed. coiAe to pay the debt with my life. It's all ! can dpfs
 He said he loved his wife and hoped to meet both his, mother. and sdanmh- ter in heaven. He was sorry they aid not build his seaffold in front Of the iail and hang him publicly es he wanted everybody to see him hupE f4e asked all who had anyfhfHk against him to hold up their hande. None went up. Then he thanked Qqd for that.
 Robinson talked for some time in a rather disconnected manner. He would frsduent1y stop when song would be given Prayers. led by two wQs nieh. were offered. Rev Mir Part ridge read a chapter. Robinson theA called for Mir. Clark. the man he had shot MT. Clark was finally persuaded to come forward but refased to shake hands or to say he forgave Robinson although the latter appealed to him strongly to do so. Robinson asked if Clark objected to his being buried by his wife. Clark replied that he had only n small, lot. Robinson seemed deeply hurt He asked that two w9- men who had stood near him and prayed fervently. should pray on the acaffold and invited all present to Als own burial from his fathers home at II o'clock Saturday.
 Admonished that time was up, he bade farewell and the march to the scanoid was taken up. Only few were admitted
 with a cry of Lord have maRcy on my poor soul..' tho drop. fell.
 The body was sent out to hls feths