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WHITE, Thomas May 1), 1880
"May 1h, 1880-Thomas White, a white man, was hanged at
Spartanburg, S. C., today for the murder of Pete Hawkins,
a black youth, “Lhe\execution took place within the jail
yard, no one being present but relatives of the doomed
man, a guard of ten men, the clergyman and the shierff,
Strenuous efforts have been vainly made to secure clemen-
cy for White, He was calm and collected, mounting the
scaffold with a firm tread and without betrgying the
slightest fear, His last words were that he wanted
everybody to know what whiskey and bad company would brin;
a manj and had it not been for these he would not have
died on the gibbey. He dropped \' 8" and in 8 minutes
his pulse ceased to beat." NATIONAL POLICE GAZETTE,
May 29, 1880, page 11, column two
Over
WHITE, Thomas May 1), 1880
"May 1), 1880-Thomas White, a white man, was hanged at
Spartanburg, S, C., today for the mrder of Pete Hawkins,
a black youth, The\execution took place within the jail
yard, no one being present but relatives of the doomed
man, a guard of ten men, the clergyman and the shierff,
Strenuous efforts have been vainly made to secure clemen-
cy for White, He was calm and collected, mounting the
scaffold with a firm tread and without betrgying the
slightest fear. His last words were that he wanted
everybody to know what whiskey and bad company would briny
a manj and had it not been for these he would not have
died on the gibbey. He dropped ' 8" and in 8 minutes
his pulse ceased to beat." NATIONAL POLICE GAZETTE,
May 29, 1880, page 11, column two Over
WHITE, Thomas May 14, 1880
"May 1h, 1860-Thomas vhite, a white man, was hanged at
Spartanburg, S, C., today for the mrder
a black youth, The\execution took place
yard, no one being present but relatives
man, a guard of ten men, the clergyman and the shierff,
Strenuous efforts have been vainly made to secure clenen-|
cy for White, He was calm and collected, mounting
scaffold with a firm tread and without betrgying the
slightest fear, His last words were that he wanted
everybody to know what whiskey and bad company would brix
a manj and had it not been for these he would not Tan
died on the gibbey. He di repped A 8" and in 8 minutes
his pulse ceased to be: a NATIONAL POLICE cazetn Es
May 29, 1880, page 11, colum two
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