John Williams, 1892 October 7

lina Supreme Court and, while the Governor did grant one 30=day ree
prieve, he refused to interfere further, Williams, confident that he
would not die, refused to believe it when told that the Governor would
not commute his sentence and, even as he stood onthe gallows, he told
the Chaplain that the Governor would not allow him to die, He was
privately hanged in the jail yard at Spartanburg on Oct, if, 1092, He
went to his death without resistance, looking straight ahead and
scarcely moving a muscle, His neck was broken by the fall,

GOLUMBIA STATE, Columbia, S, C,, Oct. 8, 1892
15 SOUTHEASTERN 55), :

lina Supreme Court and, while the Governor did grant one 30-day re-
prieve, he refused to interfere further, Williams, confident that he
would not die, refused to believe it when told that the Governor would
not commute his sentence and, even as he stood onthe gallows, he told
the Chaplain that the Governor would not allow him to die, He was
privately hanged in the jail yard at Spartanburg on Oct, 7, 1892, He
went to his death without resistance, looking straight ahead and
scarcely moving a muscle, His neck was broken by the fall,

SOLUMBIA STATE, Columbia, S, C,, Oct, 8, 1892
15 SOUTHEASTERN 55),

lina Supreme Court and, while the Governor did grant one 30-day re~
prieve, he refused to interfere further.

GOLUMBIA STATE, Columbia, S, C,, Oct. 8, 1892
15 SOUTHEASTERN 55h,

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Williams, a black native of Charlotte, N, C., where he was known to
have an ungovernable temper, moved with his wife to Spartanburg, S. (,
On Sept, 27, 1891, he and his wife had a quarrel and he was beating
her when the Mayor of Spartanburg, John A, Henneman, heard her screams
while passing on the street. He entered the yard of the Williams

home and, calling Williams to the porch, demanded that he cease mis-
treating her, Williams cursed him and re-entered the house, Henne-
man, thinking that Williams was going for .a weapon, drew his own pis-
tol and followed him inside, They began struggling for possession of
the weapon and their struggle carried them out onto the porch and into
the yard where they fell to the ground and rolled down a sharp incline
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have an ungovernable temper, moved with his wife to Spartanburg, S, ©
On Sept. 27, 1891, he and his wife had a quarrel and he was beating
her when the Mayor of Spartanburg, John A. Henneman, heard her screams
while passing on the street. He entered the yard of the Williams

home and, calling Williams to the porch, demanded that he cease mis-
treating her, Williams cursed him and re-entered the house, Henne-
man, thinking that Williams was going for a weapon, drew his own pis-
tol and followed him inside. They began struggling for possession of
the weapon and their struggle carried them out onto the porch and into
the yard where they fell to the ground and rolled down a sharp incline,
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have an ungovernable temper, moved with his wife to Spartanburg, S, G
On Sept. 27, 1891, he and his wife had a quarrel and he was beating
her when the Mayor of Spartanburg, John A. Henneman, heard her screams
while passing on the street. He entered the yard of the Williams
home and, calling Williams to the porch, demanded that he cease mis~
treating her, Williams cursed him and re-entered the house, Henne-
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first and shot Hennenan in the back as he laf prostrate upon the
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