KEITH, Vincent
Keith, a Childersburg, Ala., black man, used a hickory stick to
bludgeon to death John Houston, another Childersburg black man,
After his arrest, Keith confessed and stated that his only reason
for killing Houston was to steal a few dollars that he knew his
victim had. After his conviction and sentence to die, he turned
to religion and took great consolation from the visits of the
various ministers who came to see him, Prior to his execution,
he addressed a large crowd that had assembeld from the jak window
of his cell and he made another statement from the gallows in which
he admitted the justice of his sentence. He was hanged at the
County Jail in Talladega on May 16, 1901.
Birmingham NEWS, Birmingham, Alabama May 16, 1901
His friends sang "Nearer My God to Thee" during his last’ moments.
ARKANSAS GAZETTE, 5-16-1901
KEITH, Vincent
Keith, a Childersburg, Ala., black man, used a hickory stick to
bludgeon to death John Houston, another Childersburg black man,
After his arrest, Keith confessed and stated that his only reason
for killing Houston was to steal a few dollars that he knew his’
victim had. After his conviction and sentence to die, he turned
to religion and took great consolation from the visits of the
various ministers who came to see him. Prior to his execution,
he addressed a large crowd that had assembeld from the jak window
of his cell and he made another statement from the gallows in which
he admitted the justice of his sentence, He was hanged at the
County Jail in Talladega on May 16, 1901. i
Birmingham NEWS, Birmingham, Alabama May 16, 1901
His friends sang "Nearer My God to Thee" during his last ‘moments.
ARKANSAS GAZETTE, 5-16-1901
KEITH, Vincent
Keith, a Childersburg, Ala,, black man, used a hickory stick to
bludgeon to death John Houston, another Childersburg black man,
After his arrest, Keith confessed and stated that his only reason
for killing Houston was to steal a few dollars that he knew his
victim had, After his conviction and sentence to die, he turned
to religion and took great consolation from the visits of the
various ministers who came to see him, Prior to his execution,
he addressed a large crowd that had assembeld from the gat window
of his cell and he made another statement from the gallows in which
he admitted the justice of his sentence, He was hanged at the
County Jail in Talladega on May 16, 1901.
Birmingham NEWS, Birmingham, Alabama May 16, 1901
His friends sang "Nearer My God to Thee" during his last'moments,
ARKANSAS GAZETTE, 5-16-1901
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