family but no effort was made to arre st Craig who did his work on
Dayton's farm throughout the day. That evening Dayton sent him to
_ New Creek to summon a doctor Sor one of his children and when Craig
was returning to the Dayton farm, he was taken into custody on the
West Virginia side of the line, He was held MHXXK there until the
_ proper extradition papers could be filed and he was then returned to
Allegheney County where he was convicted by a jury which deliberated
for only thirty minutes and sentenced to die, There was no appeal
but a number of persons, feeling that Mrs, Dayton's eyesight was not
good and that she might have been mistaken in identifying him, peti-
tioned Governor Whyte for a commutation of sentence but he refused to
intervene and Craig was hanged in the jail yard at Cumberland, Md.,
KUXKAX at 12:5 PM on January. 10, 1873, before 60 witnesses, H e
never admitted his guilt and ake) last words were: "I dons (Look upon
yonder rope and coffin without. fear for God sustains me,"
BALTIMORE SUN, Baltimore, Md,, santas LL et Lone
family but no effort was made to arre st Craig who did his work on
Dayton's farm throughout the day. That evening Dayton sent him to
New Creek to summon a doctor Sor one of his children and when Craig
was returning to the Dayton farm, he was taken into custody on the
West Virginia side of the line, He was held WHXXK there until the
proper extradition papers could be filed and he was then returned to
Allegheney County where he was convicted by a jury which deliberated
for only thirty minutes and sentenced to die, There was no appeal
but a number of persons, feeling that Mrs, Dayton's eyesight was not
good and that she might have been mistaken in identifying him, peti-
tioned Governor Whyte for a commutation of sentence but he refused to
intervene and Craig was hanged in the jail yard at Cumberland, Md.,
BUXXAX at 12:5 PM on January 10, 1873, before 60 witnesses. H e
never admitted his guilt and his last words were: "I can look upon
yonder rope and coffin without. fear for God sustains me."
BALTIMORE SUN, Baltimore, Md,, January ll, 1873
family but no effort was made to arre st Craig who did his work on
Dayton's farm throughout the day. That evening Dayton sent him to
New Creek to summon a doctor Sor one of his children and when Craig
ti to the Dayton farm, he was taken into custody on the
est Virginia side of the line, He was held MMXXX there until the
proper extradition papers could be filed and he was then returned to
Allegheney County where he was convicted by a jury which deliberated
for only thirty minutes and sentenced to die, There was no appeal
but a number of persons, feeling that Mrs, Dayton's eyesight was not
good and that she might have been mistaken in identifying him, peti-
tioned Governor Whyte for a commutation of sentence but he refused to|
intervene and Craig was hanged in the jail yard at Cumberland, Md,,
e
Se
KYXEAX at 12215 PM on Jamary 10, 1873, before 60 witne
never adnitted his guilt and his last words were: "I can look upon
yonder rope and coffin without. fear for God sustains me."
BALTIMORE SUN, Baltimore, Md, , January 11, 1873
onary 0, 183, so
CRAIG, *illiam ("Ben")
Craig, a black man, had been employed kx for ten months by John Day-=
ton, a white farmer who lived in BWM Allegheney Co,, Mde, just across
the State Line from West Virginia and about two miles from New Creek,
We Ve, to tend to Dayton's horses, During the period of his emloy-
ment, he had frequently been sent to the home of Dayton's widowed
Theyear-old grandmother, Mrs, Lottie Dayton, to attend to certain
chores, On Sunday nighty August 25, 1872, Craig attended church with
some of his black friends, leaving them shortly after ten o'clock,
When he passed Mrs, Dayton's home, she had retired for the night and
he entered the one room dwelling through an open window, ‘hen she
awoke, he was standing by her bed and, recognizing him , she called
him by name and asked that he leave, He choked her until she was
nearly insensible and then raped her, She revived after the assault
took place and began screaming, This frightened him and he fled
into the darkness, returning to his house on John Dayton's farm.
Mrs, Dayton walked 200 yards to the home of a neighbor and, preferr-
ing to tell some member of her family what had occurred before tell-
ing others, she waited on their porch until morning, She had started
to the home of John Dayton to report the rape when he met her and
she told him, He believed that she had imagined the incident and
went to New Creek do attend to some business, Shetold others in the
CRAIG, *Hliiam ("Ben't)
Craig, a black man, had been employed kx for ten months by John Day=
ton, a white farmer who lived in BW Allegheney Co,, Made, just across
the State line from West Virginia and about two miles from New Creek,
We Ve, to tend to Dayton's horses. During the period of his emloy-
ment, he had frequently been sent to the home of Dayton's widowed
7l-year-old grandmother,km Mrs, Lottie Dayton, to attend to certain
chores, On Sunday night, August 25, 1872, Craig attended church with
some of his black friends, leaving them shortly after ten o'clock,
When he passed Mrs, Dayton's home, she had retired for the night and
he entered the one room dwelling through an open window, ‘When she
awoke, he was standing by her bed and, recognizing him , she called
him by name and asked that he leave, He choked her until she was
ne,rly insensible and then raped her, She revived after the assault
took place and began screaming, This frightened him and he fled
into the darkness, returning to his house on John Dayton's farm.
Mrs, Deyton walked 200 yards to the home of a neighbor and, preferr-
ing to tell some member of her family what had occurred before tell-
ing others, she waited on their porch until morning, She had started
to the home of John Dayton to report the rape when he met her and
she told him, He believed that she had imagined the incident and
went to New Creek do attend to some business, She told others in the
CRAIG, william ("Ben")
ment, he had frequently been sent to the home of Dayton's widowed
Theyear-old grandmother,km Mrs, Lottie Dayton, to attend to certain
chores, On Sunday nighty August 25, 1872, Craig attended church with|
some of his black friends, leaving then shortly after ten o!clock,
When he passed Mrs, Dayton's home, she had retired for the night and
then she
he entered the one room dwelling through an open window,
awoke, he was standing by her bed and, recognizing him , she called
him by name and asked that he leave, He choked her until she was
nearly insensible and then raped her, She revived after the assault
took place and began screaming, This frightened him and he fled
into the darkness, returning to his honse on John Dayton's farm.
Mrs, Deyton walked 200 yards to the home of a neighbor and, preferr-
ing to tell. some member of her family what had occurred before tell-
ing others, she waited on their porch until morning, She had started
to the home of John Dayton to report the rape when he met her and
she told him, He believed that she had imagined the incident and
went to New Greek do attend to some business, She told others in the
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