The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-13

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lRlG, BLACK BRuTEsINo WIN PENl.;
TENTlARYi FOR MU RpERW WANTS;
10 AsLAYS M BREMEN.
MOI WILLIE. Nv. Va. !. Jan. IL.
There are Just two more men ibe.i
hind theses wallis that II want 10 xiii.
thenthe sooaersI die, the better ia
rather be dead now than have, to live
as 4 am but III get those fellows ii
Isgetst the slightest chance, N M
Such was the startling statement
made afew days ago by Oscar Phlpps,!
murderer Of at least two men, one OF
whom he killed In one Of the prison
shops, about two years ago. Phipps,
jwho Is IA negro Of giant proportions,
was originally sent up TO- be executed
for the murder Of another negro IN
Mcdowell county. Al few days before
the time set for the hanging his sen.
ltence was committed to lie limprison.
ment by the governor. Shortly after
he was placed TO work In the pants
factory. He had been there but a
Ebriefstime when he deliberately killed
ta fellow workman. also q negro, with
a. knife made from a: shear blade He
was sabdped bys the guards only after.
hard struggle. He was placed in
close confinement but after a month
or 50 was again allowed the privileges
accorded other prisoners Promptly
the blood lust overwhelmed him and
again he attempted to murder another
fellow prisoner. Warden Matthews.
who was In charge of the institution:
at the time, ordered him again placed.
In close confinement and for several
days after Phlpps conducted himself
much in the manner of a veritable
demon, raging and tearing about his
lcell like awildman, making IT posi-.
4 lively dangerous; for even armed
guards to attempt to enter his cell. 1t
was then that the most stringent
methods were resorted to by Warden
4 Matthews, who & ordered the negro
chained to the bars OF his cell, with
his movements iimitedsto the length.
Of the steel links. Since that time
three months or more have elapsed
without "a serious; outbreak manifest.
ling Itself on the part OF the wild negro
but the pen officials are taking no
chances with him. profiting by. pre-,
yious experience, for on a former oc,i
casion, after he had been chained mp
for two weeks he made such;a pitiful;
plea to Warden Matthews for his lib.
erty that the warden turned him loose
Within three hours the negro had at!
tempted to commit another murder
That marked the end OF his privileges.
This Is awful. Phipps IS said to.
have stated to "a guard a. short time
ago, referring to the close, chained
confinement in which he is held in d
cell adjoining the execution chamber
In the hospital building. AZ ~ shad
way they would stakeSme right out
there" tmotioning toward the gallows
rooml "and drop me through that
trap. with a rope around my neck.
But before they do 1t i wish they
would give me one hour Of freedom.
| ThenSI'd get those two fellows and
send them To- eternitylto meet me on
my arrival" }ljlt ",
But Oscar Philips viii probably
never get the chance for which 3she'
| Graves forsit appears that he must live
out4 the remainder Of his life in the
narrow confines q his cell, wl viii a
heavy steel chain binding him closely
to the well. q, III
II is said that Phipps cut or the
only attempt that Thomas Wayne,
alias Raymond, who vas recently exc.
cuted for the murder Of Mrs. John
| Aiiliff at Quinnimonts Fayette county,
made to confess the crime to his spirit.
ual adviser y was a few days before
the execution, and Wayne was appaf:.
emily about to make a statement to Dr..
Rker. He had said, "There IS some.
thing 1swantltottell you. Z There. came
Ia hurried rap on the wall from the tie
adjoining cell, occupied BY Phipps; who
said, Mind what ! told you. While
there IS life there IS hope ,Appar.
emily Phlpps had previously warned
Wayne to hold his tongue. ii Ii ga any
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