fully, also their child, and then escaped into the woods"
NEWS, Galveston, Texas, JunelO, 1883 ()/h)
GHORGIA - BOOK AND MAGAZINE EXCERPTS.
fully, also their child, and then escaped into the woods"
NEWS, Galveston, Texas, Junel0, 1883 (/),)
*HORGIA - BOOK AND MAGAZINE EXCERPTS,
ROORGIA - BOOK AND MAGAZINE EXCERPTS
"BAILEY, John Weft P-c Le. Wd fAoresad
"Macon, Ga.,y dune 1, 1883~John Bailey, aged 28, negro,
hanged today. light thousand persons were present, mostly
negroes, Bailey murdered Parish Tappan, an old negro,
last July in a dispute over $1, He had joined the Catho-~
lic church while in prsion and spent most of his time
praying. This morning was spent in devotional exercises
and he ascended the scaffold with a firm step, Made only
a short statement from thé gallows." NEWS, Galveston,
Texas, June 2, 1883 (1/8), AffirmedE&70 GEORGIA 617.
(Note: victim's name was Tatum, not Tappane)
"Ira Jennings, a Georgia negro, witnessed the hanging of
Bailey and Wimbish recently; walked 13 miles in the hot :
sun to his house, and became violently insanee He attack-
in the field, bit her feare
BAILEY, John Mike 6. JU Yet OS)
"Macon, Ga., dune 1, 1883-John Bailey, aged 28, negro,
hanged today. light thousand persons were present, mostly
negroes, Bailey mrdered Parish Tappan, an old negro,
last July in a dispute over $1, He had joined the Catho-
lic church while in prsion and spent most of his time
praying. This morning was spent in devotional exercises
and he ascended the scaffold with a firm step. Made only
a short statement from thé gallows." NEWS, Galveston,
Texas, June 2, 1883 (1/8), Affirmed&7O0 GEORGIA 617,
(Note: victim's name was Tatum, not Tappane)
"Ira Jennings, a Georgia negro, witnessed the hanging of
Bailey and Wimbish recently, walked 103} miles in the hot '
sun to his house, and became violently insane. He attack~
pit her fear
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Hannes BG Wier ee 2&0.” Nw [gorec_eh
"Macon, Ga,, June 1, 1883-John Bailey, eged 28, negro,
hanged today, Hight thousand persons were present, mets
negroes, Bailey mrdered Parish Tappan, an old negr
last July in a dispute over $1, He had joined the “athon
lic church while in prsion and ee most of his tim
praying. This morning was spent in devotional exercises
and he ascended the scaffold a a firm step, Made only
a short statement from thé gallows." NEMS, Galveston,
Texas, June 2, 1883 (1/8), Affirmedk70 GEORGIA 617,
(Note: victim's name was Tatum, not Tappan,
"Ira Jermings, a Georgia negro, witnessed the hanging of
Bailey and Wimbish recently, walked 13 miles in the ae 6
sun to his house, and became violently insane, He attac
o in the field, bit her ee
