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WILLIAMS, Robert
“WJuly 15, 1891-Robert Williams, colored, ws hanged at Pine
/Bluff, Ark., this morning, At an aaery hour Williams rose
and began praying and singing. Shortly after 11 o'clock he
was taken to the scaffold, The drop fell at 11:30, break-
ing his neck, He was cut down in twelve minutes. Williams
killed a negro preacher named Alfred Hayes last November,
le made no lessthan three confessions, all materially diff-
erent, The statement genrally credited is that Hayes
assaulted Williams' wife, for which offense the latter
assassinated him," NEWS, Galveston, Texey 7-16-1891 (2-2)
WILLIAMS, Robert
"July 15, 1891-Robert Williams, colored, ws hanged at Pine
Bluff, Arkey this morning. At an early hour Williams rose
and began praying and singing. Shortly after 11 o'clock he
was taken to the scaffold, The drop fell at 11:30, break-
ing his neck, He was cut down in twelve minutes. Williams
killed a negro preacher named Alfred Hayes last November,
He made no lessthan three confessions, all materially diff-
erent, The statement genrally credited is that Hayes
assaulted Williams' wife, for which offense the latter
assassinated him," NEWS, Galveston, Texe, 7-16-1891 (2-2)
WILLIAMS, Robert
"uly 15, 1891-Robert’ Williams, colored, ms hanged at Pine
Bluff, Arke, this morning,
Shortly after 11 o'clock he|
was taken to’the scaffold, The drop fell at 11:30, break-
ing his neck. He was cut down in twelve minutes, Williams
assaulted Williams’ wife, for which offense the latter
assassinated him" NEWS, Galveston, Tex., 7-16-1891 (2-2)
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