The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-02
|CKSON DIES
SS|NCCROSS
Yer of Miss Hood Meets
Death on GaIIows at Dis
\ trict Jail.

Zines Henry Jackson, convicted
Mr. of Miss Lillian Hood, war
Tier, paid the penalty or MS criHo
the gallows of the District JAN
lI0l o'clock this morning.
ele condemned man met his rate
1ng the Rosary after Rev. rain
him, and was calm and unmoVeo
IL last. The trap was sprung AT
N O'clock, and Jackson was pro
Iced dead at TIA o'clock by DTS
is A. Cannon and j. NJ. Ladd' at
1ng physicians.
Muy be Last Hanging.
His Is probably the last hanging
II will be held in the District OF
,mbia. inasmuch as Congress has
stirred to action against hang
Terminals within the shadow nf
,lCapitol. A bill is now pendine
Hongress replacing hanging with
urocution.
i6kson remained calm In the last
lis preceding his execution. He
ia with the rest of the prisoners
he death house as he bade them
IWell and to Louis Randall.
her prisoner who is sentenced to
Ianged, May -, he remarked that
lEould be back tonight and leave
n some favorite tobacco.
ate hearty breakfast this
hing, consisting of a steak.
Ahered with onions. wheat cakes,
biscuits and coffee. Father
in remained with him all night
81 Il. an
he'd mass with Jackson present.
II mass was said on a temporary
II erected in one OF the rooms Of
'lprison. The room had been
thed in white linen by Superin-
hnt Charles Foster.
Converted to Catholicity.
Ickson was recently converted
he Catholic religion. He said
when he was a boy he was
hit the faith but dropped away
passing years. He received
hunion this morning and died
smile on his face. AS he
|hed down the aisle Of the death
bber to the scaffold, he avoided
Ugly over tho audience of nifty
4
is of the rosary after Father
he kissed the crucinx, offered
by the priest, the visitors were
lished to SEQ two sparks flicker
J his lips. Many conjectures
offered concerning the appear
Of tho sparks, which were not
te electric flickers. A common
was that It was the sunbeam.
fiickered on the cross as he
d II.
kkson was visited at the prison
Irday by his sister and divorced
Although his mother did not
him in prison, she sent word to
kintendent Foster that she would
charge of the body of her son.
Shines warden's Shoes.
then Superintendent Foster read
Heath warrant to Jackson early
morning. the prisoner, who be-
greatly attached to the super
dent during his stay, asked
kr to allow him to shine his
as a last favor. Foster COM
with his request
moose was adjusted and the
kr Mihm recited the Rosary.
Ieen minutes later he was pro-
ted dead. but his body was left
hiding until 1885 o'clock. Four
hits from the Georgetown Medi-
fhool assisted the physicians in
lining the body.
kerintendent Foster received
compliments from the visitors
he excellent way in which the
Ition was carried out Just two
les had elapsed from the time
bndemned man left his cell until
lody was suspended in the air.
b officials who have witnessed
executions. stated that the
was the quickest ever done at
prison.
Never Lost Heart.
was hanged on the same scat
hat Charles J. Guiteau, assassin
resident Garfield, paid the PEN
4 Not once during his stay at the
! b, did Jackson lose heart. He
/ + letters to his relatives and
I Hs and kept n CHEEKY disposition
I e time. He was regarded by the
ais as a bright fellow with
/ sense OF humor. Not one muir
' was heard from him except
/ bered good-by to Father Mihm.
! Is Lillian Hood, whom jackson
convicted of Staying, was assault
ID shot to death in her room at
4 j. street northwest on the night
Inuary %, 1919.
prisoners are now in the death
!, four OF whom have been SEN
Id to be hanged and the other
although convicted of first de-
murder, have not been sentenced
ct. The four condemned pris-
are Charles Ross Webster,
murder, sentenced to be hanged
h 16; Josephine Berry. colorud
fer, sentenced to be hanged. June
puts Randall, colored. rape, sem
III to be hanged May "a, and
X Bowman, colored, murder.
need to be hanged June Is.
hrles Price, colored, and Ming
Wan, a chinaman, are tho two
ners convicted OF first degree
er who have not been sentenced.
there are seventeen prisoners
IL jail charged with murder.
|HCongress passes bill prohibit-
banging, the condemned prison.
will In all probability, be cleo.
ted.