Gp Wt E
Wyatt Holmes, black, hanged on June 2), 1881, at Holly
Springs, Miss. within three miles of the court house in
presence of about 5,000 persons for mrder of Andrew Scott
black last February. The condemned man ascended the
scaffold with a firm step and composed smile. He made a
confession of his crime and called upon all present to
meet him in Heaven, At 12 o'clock the rope was adjusted
and the trap sprung. His neck was broken by the fall and
in 15 minutes his body was taken down and delivered to
his friends,
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Philadelphia, Pa., 6-25~1881,
HOLMES, Wyatt
June 2), 1881
GDA Itt E
Wyatt Holmes, black, hanged on June 2), 1881, at Holly
Springs, Misse within three miles of the court house in
presence of about 5,000 persons for mirder of Andrew Scott
black last February. The condemned man ascended the
scaffold with a firm step and composed smile, He made a
confession of his crime and called upon all present to
meet him in Heaven. At 12 o'clock the rope was adjusted
and the trap sprung. His neck was broken by the fall and
in 15 minutes his body was taken down and delivered to
his friends.
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Philadelphia, Pa., 6-25-1881,
HOLMES, Wyatt ‘
June 2), 1881
HOLMES, Wyatt q
aA
YWyatt Holmes, ‘black, hanged on June 2, 1881, at Holly
Springs, Miss. within three miles of the court house in
presence of about 5,000 persons for mrder of Andrew Scott|
black last February. The condemned man ascended the
scaffold with a firm step and composed smile. He made a
confession of his crime and called upon all present to
meet him in Heaven, At 12 o'clock the rove was adjusted
and the trap sprung, His neck was broken by the fall and
in 15 minutes his body was taken down and delivered to
his friends,
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Philadelphia, Pas, 6-25-1881,
aye take tne ted ceiver ta
FENADELeWA MAIR, Pasadegia, Pay 65-180,
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0