Marshall Lewis, GA, 1909 July 9

drop of six feet stretched the cotton rope so that the &
man's feet touched the earth. He was cut down and with
the aid of one man, mounted the scaffold a second time,
Re talked coherently,"

FLORIDA TIMES-UNION, Jacksonville, #la,, 7-10-1909

drop of six feet stretched the cotton rope so that the B
man's feet touched the earth. He was cut down and with
the aid of one man, mounted the scaffold a second time,
te talked coherently."

FLORIDA TIMFS-UNION, Jacksonville, #1a,, 7-10-1909

drop of six feet stretched the cotton rope so that the
man's feet touched the earth, He was cut down and with
the aid of one man, mounted the scaffold a second time,
He talked coherently."

FLORIDA TIMES-UNION, Jacksonville, la, 7-10-1909

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LEWIS, Marshall Lee CS AT EO TIS IN 605
"Nashville, Gas, July 9, 1909-That the hangman's noose is
a*bunglesome and merciless mode of execution was clearly
demonstrated here today when Marshall Lewis, colored, was
led back on the crudely constructed gallows, blood flow-
ing from his mouth and ‘begging for water, after Sheriff
Le C. Ayers had sprung the trap and the body had dropped
six feet. The second attempt proved unsuccessful in
breaking the condemmed man's neck, death resulting in 15
minutes from strangulation. Lewis shot and killed
Clifford Rutherford, assistant postmaster at Lenox, Ga,.,
on April 12. He confessed his #uilt, By publishing a !
sketch of his life,he earned sifficient money to pay for ;

the transportation of his body to his home at Oakfield,
Gae. He was above the average of his race in

intelligence, The few spectators who witnessed the spec=

tacle were visibly affected by the gruesomenesSe The

LEWIS, Marshall PRER LIE AS €—7}9/1909
"Nashville, Gae, July 9, 1909-That the hangman's noose is
a-bunglesome and merciless mode of execution was clearly
demonstraged here today when Marshall Lewis, colored, was
led back on the crudely constructed gallows, blood flow-
ing from his mouth and ‘begging for water, after Sheriff
L. C, Ayers had sprung the trap and the body had dropped
six feet, The second attempt proved unsuccessful in
breaking the condemed man's neck, death resulting in 15
minutes from strangulation, Lewis shot and killed
Clifford Rutherford, assistant postmaster at Lenox, Gas,
on April 12. He confessed his #uilt, By publishing a
sketch of his life,he earned sufficient money to pay for ¥
tation of his body to his home at Oakfield,
pete ace above the average of his race in FCC OCELEE,

intelligence, The few spectators sada sn Sah
tacle were visibly affected by the gruesomenesse

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Lewis shot and killed
Clifford Rutherford, assistant postmaster at Lenox, Ga.,
on April 12, He confessed his guilt, By publishing a
sketch of his life,he earned sifficient money to pay for ]
the transportation of his body to his home at Oakfield,
Ga., He was above the average of his race in X#K#IKXKE
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