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ately. Every effort has been made by ex-Senator W. Ee Bibl
who was counsel for Hicks, to get his-prisoner off. Mr.
Dibbts last move was for a writ of error before the Supreme
Court, but all of the judges refused to grant it. A move-
ment was started by a BNSF of sores in the county re-

qudze. ana Cortmariweal th 2 eeterney declined to sign the
supplication, and for tape reason the papery were not pre=

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who was counsel for Hicks, to get his-prisoner off. Mr.
Pibb's last move was for a writ of error before the Supreme
Court, but all of the judges refused to grant it. A move=
ment was started by a number of ladies in the county re-

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judge and Commonwealth's attorney declined to sign the
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vo was counsel. for Hicks, to get his.prisonar off. Mr.
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ment was started by a number of ladies in the county re-

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HICKS,. John Wesley, = —s—s(s« I UObEr’ 3, 1902
"Louisa, Va., 10-3-1902-John Wesley Hicks, the murderer o
his son-in-law, Melton Bourne, was hung this morning, The
drop fell at 62:6, and 10 minutes later Dr, H. W. Porter,
the attending physician, pronounced him dead, The body
was cut down and turned over to the heart-broken wife and
children who had come prepared to take it away. Owing to
the splendid arrangements so carefully made by Sheriff
Anderson and Deputies Mills and Bickers there was not a
\ hitch in the execution, The doomed man went to his death
qvithout a tremor, The crime for which Hicks paid the
death penalty. today was that of the murder of his son-in-
law, Milton Bourne, and was regarded as one of the most
ye brutal in the history of the county. .The two,men had som
slight difficulty, growing out of family affairs, and

Hicks took a double-barrelled shotgun and emptied 3 loads
of buckshot into the body of his victim, who died immedi-

HICKS,- John Weskey, Oetober 3, 1902
"Louisa, Va.s 10-3-1902-John Wesley Hicks, the murderer of
his son-in-law, Melton Bourne, was hung this morning. The
drop fell at 626, and 10 minutes later Dr. H. W. Porter,
the attending physician, pronounced him dead. The body
was cut down and turned over to the heart-broken wife and
children who had come prepared to take it away. Owing to
the splendid arrangements so carefully made by Sheriff
Anderson and Deputies Mills and Bickers there was not a
Snitch in the execution, The doomed man went to his death
without a tremor, The crime for which Hicks paid the
«\death penalty. today was that of the murder of his son-in-
law, Milton Bourne, and was regarded as one of the most
Wobrutal in the history of the county. he two,men had somq
slight difficulty, growing out of family affairs, and
Hicks took a double-barrelled shotgun and emptied 3 loads
of buckshot into the body of his victim, who died immedi-

HICKS, John Westey, Oetober 3, 1902

"Louisa, Vas, 10-3-1902-John Wesley Hicks, the murderer o
his son-in-law, Melton Bourne, was hung this morning, The
Grop fell at 6116, and 10 minutes later Dr. H. W. Porter,
the attending physician, pronounced him dead, The body
was cut down and turned over to the heart-broken wife and
children who had come prepared to take it away. Owing to
the splendid arrangements so carefully made by Sheriff
Anderson and Deputies Mills and Bickers there was not a

|. Ndeath penalty. today was that of the murder of hit
law, Milton Bourne, and was regarded as one of the most

sgerutal in the history of the county, The tyo,men had some

slight difficulty, growing out of family affairs, an
Hicks took a double-barrelled shotgun and emptied 3 loads
of buckshot into the body of his victim, who died immedi-

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