The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-13
NEGROES
MEET DEATH IN
ELECTRIC CHAIR
Triple EIeCtrocution at Meal
ester Early Today,
ALL CONVICTED OF MURDER
Two DqeY Their Guilt to Last
One FIjppant,

McALESTtR Okla. April lj-(Spc.
6ialJ lJ-Thrcc negroes Chester Taylor
from Creek county, Charles Young
from Tillman county and Willie Will
Hams, from MnSkogec county were
clcctrocuted at the state peni,entiary
here between s and 80 this morning
All three OF the doomed men were
stolld las, night in the face of death
Rev A. h Johnson prison chaplain,
and two other ministers were at the
doors OF the cells reading passages from
the Bible and singing hymns
Killed Wife.
Chester Taylor was Creek county
negro who was convicted OF numbering
his wife, Millic Taylor, on the night oi
Aug. p. 1914 Taylor had forbidden
his wife 10 60 to dance at Oilton
where they wepc living, according to
evidence. She returned from The dance
about midnight and was killed shortly
liter
Charles Young Of Tillman county,
killed George Good a white man. De-
ccmber 2 |, was shown that the kill
irg was accidental, Young having run
amuck in a negro settlement where
Good had come for his laundry.
Willie Williams, the Muskogee
county negro electrocu,ed this morn
ing, killed Sam Neal, Muskogee po-
llccman
William, Fhppant
"Say. YOU white folks. we can't al
iord to put on free show here-pav
ior YOUR tickets The price iur men
folk IS y cents Ii thcyc women
along, wen ic, en- in for a dime"
Thus Williams greeted the newspa
permcn who visited him ten minutes
before his execution this morning in
the state penitentiary His manner to-
ward all visitors ever since he was
put in the peni,entiary has been flip.
pant, lie took the quarters Offered
and turned them over to the Rev. A.
r. Johnson, prison chaplain, to I've
given to Roswell Westbrook, white,
and Willie Fisher Indian, who are
uder sentence to die.
Taylor and Young were at devo-
tlons when seen Young was count
ing over the beads OF rosary. lie
was no, interrupted Taylor, a Rap
,,st told the visitors that he was ready
to 60.
When taken to the chair Williams
nadc statement
I'm going to die for crime that
! know nothing about but am ready .
he said Before go, though | wan,
tn say that when ! came into th,,
room ! saw man who went To the
witness stand and swore to lies againS,
ne. There's the man right over there
who is to blame for this Nv only
hope is that he gets the punishment
he deserves"
Pointed at Sheriff.
Williams pointed through the steel
netting a, John s. Barger. sheriff OF
Mu'kogce county Barger did moi
change his attitude in the least.
That ngger didn't IVORY me-" he
told fellow spectators II know tha,
| sworc to the truth about him"
l, took six charges Of electricity n
satisfy the prison physicians that vii.
lismS was dead
The shock started a, 1900 volts and
increased 500 volts for each repetition
\ man tainted a, the sixth turning ~
Of the switch lie was carried outsid,
and revived Williams was killed Al
S,22 o'clock =
Young came second lie was exc
,u,ed a, SA o'clock. TAYLOR wa,
strapped in the chair ten minutes later
both denied their guilt ius, before IN,
hood was closed over their ewes. an,
each spoke Of their confidence ,ha
they would meet God in the next fev
minutes II took three charge, for III,
! last two negroes.
Record Number.
This is the largest number Of elec
lrocutions ever had al one time in IN,
state Representatives oi the governcf
county officials and about fifty chi
T,ns were present
The sentence Of Willie William, ha
been affirmed by the criminal cour, o
appeals No transcript of the tria
court proceedings was furnished M
court in the cases Of the other two