Evening journal., 1920-07-23
NEGRO DIES
ON GALLONS,
TRIED Twice
AT suicide
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the scanold beside two guards. The
Gap was placed over his head and
the moose adjusted after which hc
was asked II he had anything 20 say
He replied only by saying Good
bye 90 all" The trap was sprung at
twelve minutes after three. his body
falling nine feet. lie was pronounced
dead in ten minutes. The fall had
broken his neck.
There was no demonstration OF any
kind and after the announcement
from the Jail that the hanelng was
over the crowd on the outside dis
twice during the night Fountain
attempted TO end his life nrsi NiNi
razor blade and later by hanging
/ himself with bed GOVERNS. The eA-
act hour set for the hanging was
known only 30 The sheriff ard the
prison guard.
None OF Fountains relatives were
present at the hanging. They refused
| the Invitation offered by The shcrim.
( They also notified The sheriff That
they would not bury the body. The
lhody was taken 10 Fountains farm,
a short distance from the scene OF
the attack. Immediately after he was
/ pronounced dead by DIT. Merrick, aud
buried Ia a lot just behind the house
where he lived with his wife ana TWO
children
The scanold was completed shortly
before o'clock yesterday afternoon
and the trap and rope were bsied
with two bags OF sand weighine
about POO pounds. Everything work
ed smoothly.
Fountain was extremely nervous
yesterday and mOaned continually
while the workmen were completing
the scan0ld. lie could hear the work
men discussing the scaflold and his
death. AT one time he distinctly
heard one workman ask another d
he thought the drop suilhlent 10
lbreak lsaiah's neck.
shortly after noon Fountain seni
for Sheriff soulsby and pleaded viii
the sheriff 90 shoot him at once. II,
lsaid the noise made by the w0rkmer
i'm building the scaffold was too agon.
izing for him and he dreaded TO die
on the scanold. Long after the sheriff
left his cell he continued 20 plead FOL
some one 10 shoot him.
The condemned man spent severa
hours yesterday with two coloreG
preachers. They are The Rev. Abran
Chase. of Trappe. and the Rev r. II
Woodley. pastor OF Asbury African
Methodist Episcopal Church. Easlon
lie sang several hymns with th'
preachers snd at times attempted q
y direct his attention away from th
noise OF the building OF the scaf0h
10y reading the Bible left him by th
preachers They accompanied him u
the scaffOld.
several times yesterday Fountain
again said he was innocent OF IN
, lcrimc for which ne died. lie told On
same thing 90 the preachers afte
4 they pleaded with him TO confess
!. ihe is guilty. Opinions as 20 the con
= fessiOn 80 much divided In Easton,
Founta,a was twice convicted OF tn
o crime. At his first trial In Easton
G few weeks after the assault Occurre
S he was convicted by a jury and ser
r fenced 90 death by Judges Adkins an
S Micks on the first night OF IN
4 trial Fountain. fearing the crowd tina
o had gathered in front of the jail wa
e about 90 lynch him, leaped from
y window in Sheriff Stitohberrys OF
D fee and escaped. TWO days later h
was captured in Hartley, Del. Bugen
ODunne, his attorney, on the grOgn
that the Negro did not then have
fair trial. appealed the verdict and On
J Court OF Appeals granted a ne'
1 trial
The second conviction took plac
In the Circuit Court OF TOwson. tn
I verdict was brought in by Judge
- Onutt. Duncan and McLanc At bot
y trials Fountain attempted TO prov
4 an alibi, but both times Miss SIM
s son Identified him as her assailant.
d One month ago Fountain. with On
;. assistance Of other prisoners in On
r. liail., sawed the bars Of his cell an
S escaped He was at liberty for Ovs
a week and was caught In a barn o
;, the farm OF CALVIN Anderson, abOt
e "a miles north Of Easion.