dangerously wounding, and then robbing Alfred Smith, whom
he left for dead in the woodg, where they had been camp-
inge Ed Belton and John Mobile were his accomplices in
the crime. Belton was executed January 27, 1882." Wi
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dangerously wounding, and then robbing Alfred Smith, whom
he left for dead in the woodg, where they had been camp-
inge Ed Belton and John Mobile were his accomplices in
the crime. Belton was executed January 27, 1882." NWS,
Galveston, Texas, 10-1)-1882 (1/)). :
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"Mansfield, Lae, 10-13-1882-A few minutes after 1 o'clock
this evening Paul Pringle paid the penalty for attempting
to kill and rob another negro who had been working with
him, Hemade no confession, but asserted his innocence,
There were over 1,000-people present. This has been a
remarkable case, being the only one known even..to lawyers
where assault to kill and rob led to legal execution, It
has been through all phases of the law - judicial, legis-
lative and executive, The act itself was remarkable inas
much as he and two other negroes cut the throat of Alfred
Smith from eah-to-ear, beat and clubbed him into a jelly,
threw him into the bayou, but he recovered and prosecuted
them to the rope's end," ",,.,His neck was broken by the
fall. Pringle made a religious talk and declared his
innocence to the last. The crime for which Pringle was
executed was that of lying in wait with intent to murder,
PRINGLE, Paul
"Mansfield, Lae, 10-13-1882-A few minutes after 1 o'clock
this evening Paul Pringle paid the penalty for attempting
to kill and rob another negro who had been working with
him, Hemade no confession, but asserted his innocence,
There were over 1,000-people present. This has been a
remarkable case, being the only one known evento lawyers
where assault to kill and rob led to legal execution, It
has been through all phases of the law - judicial, legis-
lative and executive, The act itself was remarkable inas4
much as he and two other negroes cut the throat of Alfred
Smith from eak}-to-ear, beat and clubbed him into a jelly,
threw him into the bayou, but he recovered and prosecuted
them to the rope's end." ",.,His neck was broken by the
fall. Pringle made a religious talk and declared his
innocence to the last. The crime for which Pringle was
executed was that of lying in wait with intent to murder,
PRINGLE, Paul
a Lae, 10-13-1882-A few minutes after 1 of clock
this evening Paul Pringle paid the penalty for attempting
to kill and rob another negro who had been working with
him, Hemade no confession, but asserted his innocence,
There were over 1,000.people present. This has been a
remarkable case, being the only one known even. to lawyers
where assault to kill and rob led to legal execution, It
has been through all phases of the law = judicial, legis-
lative and executives
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