CHARLASTON : Taylor
Charleston, a 33-year-old black man with a high BES ae intelligence
was a laborer in Birmingham, Ala, At one time » he had some difficulty
with another black man named Will Hardy and a definite enmity axisted
between them. In the Fall of 1901, they met on First avenue in
“irmingham and Charleston drew a revolver and emptied it in Hardy's
body. Hardy, who was one~leggedy made an unsuccessful attempt to es=
cape but was hindered in doing so by his infirmity. After the killing
Charleston made the statement that he wished that Hardy had another
life so that he could kill him again. His defense was self-defense
as he claimed that Hardy had threatened to kill him on a number of
occasions, but when it was shown that the murdered man was unarmed,
Charleston was convicted and neptlaeaiaeta to die. He was hanged before
a large crowd in the Jefferson County Jail Yard at Birmingham on Sept.
5, 1902. Prier to his execution, he made a rather eloquent address
from the scaffold which he closed with a prayer,
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CHARLESTON, Taylor
Charleston, a 33-year-old black man with a high degree of. intelligence
was a laborer in Birmingham, 4la, At one time, he had some difficulty
with another black man named Will Hardy and a definite enmity axisted
between them. In the Fall of 1901, they met on First aveme in
“irmingham and Charleston drew a revolver and emptied it in Hardy's
body. Hardy, who was one-legged, made an unsuccessful attempt to es-
cape but was hindered in doing so by his infirmity. After the killing
Charleston made the statement that he wished that Hardy had another
life so that he could kill him again, His defense was self-defense
as he claimed that Hardy had threatened to kill him on a number of
occasions, but when it was shown that the murdered man was unarmed,
Charleston was convicted and sentenced to die. He was hanged before
a large crowd in the Jefferson County Jail Yard at Birmingham on Sept.
5, 1902. Prior to his execution, he made a rather eloquent address
from the scaffold which he closed with a prayer.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS, Birming v) Alas, Sept. 5, 1902 Q)
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CHARLSSTON, Taylor
Charleston, a 33-year-old black man with a high degree of intelligence
was a laborer in Birmingham, Ala, At one time, he had some difficulty
with another black man named Will Hardy and a definite enmity misted
between them. In the Fall of 1901, they met on First aveme in
hic ham and Charleston drew a revolver and emptied it in Hardy's
body. Hardy, who was one-legged, made an unsuccessful attempt to es-
cape but was hindered in doing so by his infirmity, After the killing,
harleston made the statement that he wished that Hardy had another
life so that he could kill him again, His defense was self-defense
as he claimed that Hardy had threatened to kill him on a number of
occasions, but when it was shown that the murdered man was unarmed,
Charleston was convicted and sentenced to die, He was hanged before
a large crowd in the Jefferson County Jail Yard at Birmingham on Sept,
Prior to his execution, he made a rather eloquent address
from the scaffold which he closed with a prayer,
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