The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-22
ONLY SMALL HOPE
FOR SLAYER BRAUGHT
Governor Rnlrrtapu LiNC- No inti.
nation uf ,lcmrnc, Ia Cars uf
T. H. Brpught.
IS CHAIRS FIRST WHITE MAN
Time ~ UIS Execution Not Vet
I'hrd, hui u YIN H." Between
Midnight and Morning

M.NLESTLN Okla. Mhy II T
Il rnurn' TIE nr~' whI'r man 10
bo ol"tlru,l',l IN ,ll,huut. Niu H.
10 the electric chair tilta uuir."
Gov 4 T. \ Enu,r'r.u in'cry'u's
Ana 'hc governor nrs tohitl"ly 10.
s.aird 'hl' D.. NII nor prevent tnt
cary ng pai q .Gc uuurts verdict
lr,Ighi wac sentenced lu crock
. county September !. lHl, 'hu utIEi.
hnI date fur 1,rDuruu lt.uU -,i Tor
Novomhor "a ot iuu aWr ',,r ~"
laya wcto obtained ON uu appeal 'o
the Supreme r1ur' which affirmed
~" lowor oourts tndiugp ana so'
tho new date
The crime n Iiruthl one.
Hrnupho kucd puE Robbins W
onion Juy /. Igl5 Tho prisoner
and his vrtim wore Of a road house
called THE Hump" three ana ono
hair miles from utl,on. on that M.
Cruouu. when. according 60 tho t,ttl.
m,ut Introduced In 'hr iriuI
Hrtugh, struck Ruhb.us kuootiuE
him down ,urHiug him profunrly.
ne r'ruuk NuhHius repeatedly and
stamped ON the prusruir mans Htu.
According to hy stnudrrn the man
ON tho ground dld not defend him
self, hut hcEged his aWailant not 10
hctt hln Aficr . whilc iiruught l"i
Robbins M ordered hlm to get In
an automobile. ana getting I'm him
self had the driver go To- u garage
~ uiltuu During tho rldc he held
Robbins on his lap
Arrived at Oiltou he and the
driver got out After throwing q
revolver 20 Robbins. who was bleed
Ing prufuHrlN. lirnuEht shot him IN
tho side with another revolver. wit
nrsfoH 10 the killing. pf whom there
were five, testified that Robbins did
not touch tho revolver. nor do any
thing to make lrnught fire After
tho shooting BrauEht lined un the
witnesses and AZ the point OF his
pistol made them awcnr they would
not testify against him,
Tried scif-Dcfcn-c Pice.
In HIS testimony at his trial the
prisoner declared that Robhins had
grabbed his revolver. crying out
You Killed my cousin, I'll oven up
hy killing YOU with yonr own gun ."
In dcfcnsc OF himself HrauKht tes.
tifled he grabbed revolver belong
Ing TO one Elzie Messenger and shot
Robbins Messenger never could he
found Nv the authorities Ia sub
poena for the case
IirRuRht has not received n visitor
cxceptpersons who asked TO see him
from curiosity, since he was received
al the ponitentihry on October 10,
1917. officials say Efforts for com
mutation of ha sentence arc being
made by n sister, who IN not In good
health. reports say. assisted by
friends and persons who usually
take up such matters
Other Death Sentence Men.
Tn the compartment with nraught,
n special tier of cells being set aside
Tor death sentence prisoners are two
other white men, two negroes md an
indian The white men arc Jim
Wilson. Carter county, and Zack
Noel Cherokee county Both have
appeals pending In the supreme
court The same In true Of the
negroes. G, G. Chambers Okfuakee
county. and WIN MAYS, Mcintosh
county william Tubby, the indian,
has been granted retrinl. accord
Ing to unofficial notices received
The hour for RrauRhts death has
mot been set. The court did not
specify any time In the condemna-
tinn order, aa IL sometimes done In
cases IKE Braushts the penlten-
larry officials usually carry out exc
cutions shortly after midnight
The electrocution victim will not
he the first white man legally exc
cnted since statehood. for two were
hanged before 1914, tho year when
the legislature established the new
method OF inflictnR the death pen
atty, BESIDES. five white mon have
been slain by mohS In the state ora.
Since 1919 seven negroes have been
elootrocutod at the local pcnltcn-
tiary. Three ~ these were killed az
ono ume--Wllllo Williams Chester
Taylor and Charles Young, date
April IL. 1917. The others were
Henry Bookman. December 10.
1915. Cecil Towery November 6.
1915; Henry prather, May :. 1918.
and James Brown, November s.
1918.
These werF John Hopkins. hanged
at Miami on conviction for murder.
Ing his sweetheart. and Henry r
Armstrong, at Ferry for Staying a
man.