Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-27
the gallows is located.
Regards Scene IntereStedly

| L3CCHO
| 1 A deputy gave him a supporting
| hand under the arm as he walked
along, but apparently he needed no
| assistance; his step was firm and
| his eyeebright when he entered the
roo rrrrom which he would soon be
| carried. out a corpse. A hush fell
over the little group in the death
chamber as the condemned man en-
| tered. He looked about with appar-
emily interest and as he mounted the
steps to the trap over which hung
the hangman's moose, he glanced
back over hte faces of those who
were OF witness the execution
At his elbow stood Bert Donald
son, an attache of Solicitor General
| Boykin's office, who does much re-
! ligious work at the jail and had been
with Satterfield for several hours,
things. Mr.. Donaldson had a little
Testament in his hand, and as Sat
terrified stood at the edge Of the
trap, he opened it and began to read
| g passage from the fourteenth chap
ter of the book Of st. John.
LET not your heart be troubled.
! In my Fathers house are many man
| sions. l go to prepare a place for
! you, that where | am, there we may
| be also"
SatterfielGs Statement
| Then Sheriff Lowry, who was
standing on the little platform with
in arms reach of the condemned
man, asked if be had anything to
say before the sentence of the court
was carried out. Satterfield threw
back his shoulders, took a deep
breath or two, and began to speak.
First of all, L want to say that
since [ have been in this trouble |
have found two real men; they are
men in every sense OF the word
! Sheriff Lowry and Bert Donal 1son.
Sheriff Lowry is a man with a heart
| big enough to do his duty, and az
the same time to reach out and take
care of man like me, and you know,
[ have been naughty little boy.
"Heres something else. L am go
| ing to be an exampel to the world.
| leave here with that on my lips,
and on my heart, and on my mind.
after you hang this man, if I
may call myself a man. if | get up
| high enough and have the power, l
am going 10 ask God to destroy Every
gallows in the land. When the law
criticizes mob rule, the mob turns it
right back to the law, saying T am
just as fair as you Christ died to
prove that. That's all l want to say
about that.
He moistened his lips and com
planned that his throat was dry, so
a deputy hurried out and got a glass
of water. Satterfield drank A swal-
low or two and then resumed his
statement.
81 don't know that 7 should say
this. but I'm glad I don't realize
what I'm going for.
I'm glad there is a power that
keeps me from realizing that | have
taken a gun and blown a hole
through somebody. I'm glad [ don't
| realize what I've done.
ain this hour Of trouble T have
the knowledge that I'm going hunt
/ ing for something. I know I've got
somewhere to go and something to
go for. You know, when Il hunter
goes out in the fields with his gun
and his pockets loaded down with
shells. he knows what he is going for
and what he wants to find. That's
the way I'm going now.
II hope my life and death will be
an example and a service to human
ity.
Now in regard to all that has been
connected with this trouble. l have
forgiven all my enemies. I hope
they take on new life. 1t makes no
difference to me II they have fer
Fgiven me: I heard TODAY that some
OF them had done so. but it makes
no difference. I have forgiven them,
and it gives me strength and enabled
me to walk UP here"
Tells of Dead Daughter
He paused for several seconds and
them began to speak again. more
slowly and with evident emotion.
You know the pictures Of Christ
often show Him with the prints Of
the spikes in His hands. 7 have
prayed as He prayed. IF it be pos !
sible. let this cup pass from me-
II have A little girl II years old, |
who took poison because she knew |
her father was to be hanged. She !
Travelled for two days and two nights. !
with the terrible acid burning her !
stomach out. She got message ] /
had sent her. and in awful torture /
she read it, Whatever you wish. I /
will do it, When she got my mes !
sage she smiled and said. Now let j
me die
"And now say, Let me die and
be with her
His voice broke and he burst into |
a torrent Of sohs that shook his |
whole body He went for A moment |
or two and then. wipinc his ewes
with his handkerchief Strengthened |