scared, hid the wrench and went home," The woman was treated at
Baptist Memorial Hospital and released. Gilmore was captured the
nest morning and when the woman, accompanied by her husband, viewed
him in a ‘Lineup composed of other blacks, she pointed an accuping
finger at him and faitned into the arms of her husband, Gilmore,
who had been wearing the watch taken from the man in the preceding
August, then confessed to all of his crimes and took the officers
to the fairgrounds where he revealed the hiding place of the wea-~
pon. Convicted by a jury which deliberated for only eight minutes
and sentenced to die, he was electrocuted at the Tennessee State
Prison on April 18, 1941. He went to his death calmly and acknow=
ledged his guilt just before he was ‘stzapped in the chair at 5:20
AM, Three minutes ‘later he was pronounced dead after only one
charge of current had been applied,
MEMPHIS PRESS-SCIMITAR, Memphis, Tenn,, l\-18 and 4-19, 1903
MEMPHIS PRESS-SCIMITAR, Memphis, Tenne, April 18, 191.
seared, hid the wrench and went home," The woman was treated at
Baptist Memorial Hospital and released. Gilmore was captured the
nest morning and when the woman, accompanied by her husband, viewed
him in a ‘lineup composed of other blacks, she pointed an accusing
finger at him and faitned into the arms of her husband, Gilmore,
who had been wearing the watch taken from the man in the preceding
August, then confessed to all of his crimes and took the officers
to the fairgrounds where he revealed the hiding place of the wea-
pon. Convicted by a jury which deliberated for only eight minutes
and sentenced to die, he was electrocuted at the Tennessee State
Prison on April 18, 1941. He went to his death calmly and acknow=
ledged his guilt just before he was 'stzapped in the chair at 5:20
AM, ‘Three minutes ‘later he was pronounced dead after only one
charge of current had been applied.
MEMPHIS PRESS-SGIMITAR, Memphis, Tenn., l-18 and l-19, 19h03
MEMPHIS PRESS-SCIMITAR, Memphis, Tenn., April 18, 19h1.
seared, hid the wrench and went home," The woman was treated at
Baptist Memorial Hospital and released, Gilmore was captured the
next morning and when the woman, accompanied by her husband, viewed
him in a Lineup composed of other blacks, she pointed an accusing
finger at him and faitned into the arms of her husband, Gilmore,
who had been wearing the watch taken from the man in the preceding
jugust, then confessed to all of his crimes and took the officers
to the fairgrounds where he revealed the hiding place of the wea~
pon, Cénvicted by a jury which deliberated for only eight minutes
and sentenced to die, he was electrocuted at the Tennessee State
Prison on April 18, 191. He went to his death calmly and acknow-
ledged his guilt just before he was ‘stuapped in the chair at 5:20
aM, Three minutes later he was pronounced dead after only one
charge of current had been applied.
MEMPHIS PRESS-SCIMITAR, Memphis, Tenn,, l-18 and 1-19, 19,03
VEMPHIS PRESS-SCIMITAR, Memphis, Tenn., April 18, 19L2.
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GILMORE, Van ("Circus")
Gilmore, a 3l-year-old black man, resided at 686 Henley, Memphis,
Tenn. During the summer of 1939, he committed several robberies
in rural Shelby County and raped two black women, In August of
that year, he accosted a young white couple who were parked in
"Ghost Grove! off Haynes Avenue in Memphis and, after robbing the
man of $10 and his watch, forced him to remove his pants, He took
these with him, to prevent the man from following or fleeing for
help and forced thr woman to accompany him down a railroad track
to a spot where he raped her, After wards, he returned the man's
pants to her and told her to take them to him, Around 1:15 on the
night of April 17, 190, a 25-year-old married white wom ang and
her neohew were going to pick up her husband when their car stalled
at the intersection of Huguenot St. and the I, C, Railroad. Gil-
more approached them carrying a wrench which he pretended was a
pistol and forced then from the ¢ar. The‘man offered him $2.00, the
only money that he had, and Gilmore took it. He then forced the
woman to accompany him into the nearby fairgrounds and there he
raped her, threatening to kill her when she told him that her _
nephew waS a policeman, After he finished, according to his con-=
fession, he "was sorry I done it right after it was done, I got
GILMORE, Van (''Circus't)
Gilmore, a 3l-year-old black man, resided at 686 Henley, Memphis,
Tenn, During the summer of 1939, he committed several robberies
in rural Shelby County and raped two black women, In August of
that year, he accosted a young white couple who were parked in
"Ghost Grovel! off Haynes Avenue in Memphis and, after robbing the
man of $10 and his watch, forced him to remove his pants, He took
these with him, to prevent the man from following or fleeing for
help and forced the woman to accompany him down a railroad track
to a spot where he raped her, After wards, hé returned the man's
pants to her and told her to take them to him, Around 11:15 on the
night of April 17, 190, a 25-year-old married white wom ang and
her nephew were going to pick up her husband when their car stalled
at the intersection of Huguenot St. and the I, C, Railroad. Gil-
more approached them carrying a wrench which he pretended was a
pistol and forced them from the dar, The‘man offered him $2,00, the
only money that he had, and Gilmore took it. He then forced the
woman to accompany him into the nearby fairgrounds and there he
raped her, threatening to kill her when she told him that her
nephew was a policeman, After he finished, according to his con=
fession, he "was sorry I done it right after it was done. I got
GILMORE, Van ("Circus")
Gilmore, a 31-year-old black man, resided at 686 Henley, Memphis,
Tenn, During the summer of 1939, he committed several robberies
in rural Shelby County and raped two black women, In August of
that year, he accosted a young white couple who were parked in
"Ghost Grove" off Haynes Avenue in Memphis and, after robbing the
man of $10 and his watch, forced him to remove his pants, He took
these with him, to prevent the man from following or fleeing ‘for
help and forced the woman to accompany him down a railroad track
to a spot where he raped her, After wards, he returned the man's
pants to her and told her to take them to him, Around 11:15 on the
night of April 17, 1940, a 25-year-old married white wom an and
her nephew were going to pick up her husband when their car stalled
at the intersection of Huguenot St, and the I, 0, Railroad, Gil-
more approached them carrying a wrench which he pretended was a
pistol and forced then from the dar. The ‘man offered him $2,00, the
only money that he had, and Gilmore took it, He then forced the
woman to accompany him into the nearby fairgrounds and there he
raped her, threatening to kill her when she told him that her
Rebhew wag a policaman, After he finished, according to his con-
fession, he "was sorry I done it right after it was done, I got
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