Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-01-07
ARNOLD MARTIN HANGED
/. EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Gruesome Details Witnessed BY
Some Us Persons.
DOOMED MAN SINGS TO THE LAST
Il Have Anchored NV Soul in a
Heaven of Rest" Sheriff SulIi-
van Conducts Execution in
CreditabIe Manner.

/ AAnoiU martin, the coiOred murderer
Of Special Policeman John Miller. at
Glen Burnie. this county this morn
ing paid the penalty for his crime.
when he was executed in the yard OF
the county Jail here.
| crowd of possibly one hundred and
| twenty-five white men stood about the
foot of the gallows. through the trap
of which, the negro dropped to his
death. and, to all appearances. hugely
enjoyed every gruesome detail of the
| execution
Indeed If there is any established
code of conduct for such occasions.
| The colored man who was hanged pos
sibly had shade the better of his
audience He displayed remarkable
| courage and a GOODNESS that has rarely
been equaled in the executions which
/ have taken place in this city.
Accompanied by his spiritual adj
wiser, Rev. e. S. Williams. pastor of
Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church
he sang in strong and unfalterinp
voice the hymn, ~ Have Anchored MY
Soul in Haven of Rest as he march
ed through the Jail corridors and up
the gallows steps. Even after the black
cap had been put over his head his
muffled voice was heard still singing
!; up to the time the trap was sprung.
While the crowd which had gathered
some of them coming as far away as
Baltimore. Brooklyn and Curtis Bay
was orderly, the relish of some of the
members, and the occasional rather
british and cold-blooded remarks
formed a strong argument against
semi-public executions.
The manner in which the execution
was carried out was creditable to
Sheriff John r. Sullivan and his dep
uties. The actual springing of the trap
was concealed from the public view
the mechanism for this being carried
through window into the Jail build
ing Here screened from the gaping
public outside there were three trigger
ropes instead of the usual one, and
and with Sheriff Sullivan were two
deputies, each of whom pulled a drop
at signal from Deputy Sheriff Boone
1t was assumed that none of the
three men knew which of the ropes
was the real one and which were dunn
mics so that there was the same as
sumption that none knew which had
actually sprung the trap.
In the crowd which gathered at the
Jail before daybreak were six automo-
bile loads of persons from the upper
part of Anne Arundel county and Bal
timOre Among these was Jack
Flood. keeper of the well-known Cur
tbs Bay park, and the Democratic boss
of the Fifth district. These automo-
bile parties made the trip over snow
covered roads in the very early hours
before daylight, for the presumable
pleasure" of seeing the negro meet
his death
1t was about fifteen minutes after
seven when the trap was sprung. and
the negro was then examined by Drs.
Walton H. Hopkins, William S. WEIGH
and S. s Hepburn, of this city, and
Charles Fl. Brooke, of Curtis Bay.
Carrying out a request made by Mar
tin. his body was shipped this morning
to the Third district and there Inferred
in a private lot beside that of his wife
who died some time ago
Before his execution, the doomed
man made the following statement,
which was given to The Capital by his
spiritual adviser, Rev. e. S. Williams,
pastor af Asbury NJ. e. Church:
Good bye You see what bad
company and whiskey brought me
to. / hope this is a warning for
everyone. / am sorry killed Of
ficer Miller / shot him first, but
it was not my intention to kill him.
Part of my testimony was false. |
= am sorry now I did not tell the
truth 1 have been treated fine by
everybody and appreciate it.
January 6. d916.
(Signed) ARNOLD X MARTIN,
mark
w. ]. FLOOD.
Death Watch
] c JONES
The Rev. Williams says every cour-
tesv was shown him and the Praying
! band of Asbury Church. and the mem
hers of the choir Carrie Brice, leader,
| Maize Hawkins, Anne Sims, Josephine
Ogle. Mary Scott, Hester Johnson,
| James ID. Brice and James w. Hardes-
| tv Qocal deacon). who visited the
4 doomed man, prayed and sang with
| him. and Mrs. Norwood and Hester
| Johnson read TO him Pilgrims Prog
/ ress.' and other books of like char
/ acter. during his Imprisonment. Min
1 lister Williams desires to express
thanks to all the jail officials for their
courtesy and kindness to the doomed
man and those who were his spiritual
| advisors.
Herbert Kaufman.
81 would rather own his God-driven
| nen than RockefeIler's and Morgan S
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