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the blade of the axe and killed him. Guards rushed in and King

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guilty, but the judge insisted that he be gried by a jury. The jury
experienced difficulty over the matter of premeditation and when they
returned to the courtroom to ask the judge for further instructions,
King interrupted the proceedings by Saying: "Why say that? I did hav
time to think, Hamiltaon lay on the ground and I Stood and looked
at him and I said to myself, ‘shall I kill him?! And I determined I
would kill him and make an end to him; The deed was premeditated,"
The jury returned to its deliberations and promptly returned a ver-~
dict of guilty. King was sentenced to die and when the sentence was
pronounced, he said "The sentence is just." During the last week of
his life, he received a letter from a relatime in New York saying
that an effort was being made to obtain a respite and he flew into
a rage, writing back that he wanted no stays of execution, On Nove
“Ky 1881, in a drizzling rain, he was hanged in the jail yard of the
Clinton County Jail at Plattsburgh. His last words were: "As for my
religion, I have little to say, I am sorry for what I have done and

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guilty, but the judge insisted that he be gried by a jury. The jury
experienced difficulty over the matter of premeditation and when they]
returned to the courtroom to ask the judge for further instructions,
King interrupted the proceedings by saying: “Why say that? I did hav}
time to think, Hamiltaon lay on the ground and I stood and looked :
at him and I said to myself, 'shall I kill him?! And I determined I
would kill him and make an end to him; The deed was premeditated,"
The jury returned to its deliberations and promptly returned a ver-
dict of guilty. King was sentenced to die and when the sentence was
pronounced, he said "The sentence is just." During the last week of
his life, he received a letter from a relatime in New York saying
that an effort was being made to obtain a respite and he flew into

a rage, writing back that he wanted no stays of execution, On Nove
4, 1881, in a drizzling rain, he was hanged in the jail yard of the
Clinton County Jail at Plattsburgh. His last words were: "As for my
religion, I have little to say. I am sorry for what I have done and
a asked God to forgive me and hope that he will do 80. ‘hat is

PLATTSBURGH REPUBLICAN, Plattsburgh, Ne Ye, Nove 5, 1882

the blade of the axe and killed him, Guards rushed in and King
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cuilty, but the Judge insisted that he be gried by a jurys The jury

at him and I said to myself, ‘shall I kill him?! And I determined I
would kill him and make an end to him. The deed was premeditated.”
The jury returned to its deliberations and promptly returned a ver-
dict of guilty. King was sentenced to die and when the sentence was
pronounced, he said "The sentence is just." During the last week of
his life, he received a letter fron a relatime in New York saying
that an effort was being made to obtain a respite and he flew into

a rage, writing back that he wanted no stays of execution, On Nove
Uy 1661, in a drizzling rain, he was hanged in the jail yard of the
Clinton County Jail at Plattsburgh, His last words were: "As for my
religion, I have little to say. I am sorry for what I have done and
have asked God to forgive me and hope that, he will do so. “hat is

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King, @ white man born in New York City in 1850, was a petty criminal
who, with his associates, engaged in virtually every type of criminal
activity that might earn a dishonest dollar, On July 10, 1876, he
-picked a man's pocket and stole a watch, He was fleeing when Police
Sargeant George James MeGiven overtook him and King stabbed him in
the abdomen, He was overpowered by persons who witnessed the incident
and narrowly escaped lynching, At his trial, he E&XEXERH pleaded
guilty to second degree murder and was given a life sentence at the
State Prison at Clinton and there he was assigned to work in the
kitchin, His best friend, another kitchen workeryamnz named Mike
Hamilton, was serving a five year sentence for grand larceny. Presi-
dent Garfield was shot on July 2, 1881, and on July 13, the two con-
victs, at work in the kitchen, got into an argument over the merits
of ‘ice President Arthur who would succeed to the Presidency. should
Garfield die. ‘They decided to go to the woodshed and settle their
differences in opinion by fighting. When they entered the shed,

King picked up an axe and hit Hamilton with the: blunt ify pe eile
and knocking him to'the ground. They looked into each other's eyes
for about a minute and then King Hacked his head several times with

KING, Henry

King, a white man born in New York City in 1850, was a petty criminal
who, with his associates, engaged in virtually every type of criminal
activity that might earn a dishonest dollar, On July 10, 1876, he
picked a man's pocket and stole a watch. He was fleeing when Police
Sargeant George James McGiven overtook him and King stabbed him in
the abdomen, He was overpowered by persons who witnessed the incident
and narrowly escaped lynching, At his trial, he EXESX#E% pleaded
guilty to second degree murder and was given a life sentence at the
State Prison at Clinton and there he was assigned to work in the
kitchin, His best friend, another kitchen workeryanz named Mike
Hamilton, was serving a five year sentence for grand larceny. Presi-
dent Garfield was shot on July 2, 1881, and on July 13, the two con-
victs, at work in the kitchen, got into an argument over the merits
of Yice President Arthur who would Succeed to the Presidency. should
Garfield die. They decided to g0, to the woodshed and settle their
differences in opinion by fighting. When they entered the shed,

King picked up an axe and hit Hamilton with the. blunt Godard beaten
and knocking him to the i ound. They looked into each ot rs eyes
for about a minute and then King Hacked his head several times with

KING, Henry

King, a white man born in New York City in 1850, was a petty criminal
who, with his associates, engaged in virtually ev. i
activity that might earn a dishonest dollars

picked @ mans pocket and stole a watch,

Sargeant George James

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and knocking him to the ground, They looked into each other's eyes
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