returned to Gre Carroll Parish for trial where he was convicted.
His defense was one of insanity and even though he went into one of
his trances in the court room, physicians summoned by his attorneys
stated that he was shanming, His conviction was unsuccessfully a
appealed to the State Supreme Court... While awaiting execution, he
continued to go into trances and have visions which, he told the
other prisoners, assured him that he would receive executive clemency,
Nonetheless, .on three separate occasions he attempted to set the jail
on fire in order that he might escape, The Governor declined to in-
terfere and he was privately hanged at Lake Pravidence .on January 15,
1886, He made a brief speech from the gallows in which he asserted
that his killing of Miss Johnson was accidental .as the pistol had
gone off while he was "toying" with it. When the trap fell, the
rope cut inte his-neck so deeply that-it- severed an artery and blood
splattered over the witnesses,
GALVESTON DAILY NEWS, Galveston, Texas, January 16,1886
37 LOUISIANA ANNOTATED 786
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returned to Gfe¥ Carroll Parish for trial where he was convicted.
His defense was one of insanity and even though he went into one of
his trances in the court room, physicians summoned by his attorneys
stated that he was shaming, His conviction was unsuccessfully a
appealed to the State Supreme Court, While awaiting execution, he
continued to go into trances and have visions which, he told the
other prisoners, assured him that he would receive executive clemency,
Nonetheless, .on three separate occasions he attempted to set the jail
on fire in order that he might escape, The Governor declined to in-
terfere and he was privately hanged at Lake Prividence .on January 15,
1886, He made a brief speech from the gallows in which he asserted
that his killing of Miss Johnson was accidental .as the pistol had
gone off while he was "toying" with it. When the trap fell, the
rope cut into his neck so deeply that-it severed an artery and blood
splattered over the witnesses,
GALVESTON DALLY NEWS, Galveston, Texas, January 16, 1886
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George, agblack man, was agpreacher in al Carroll Parish, Lae, who,
by his ability to go into trances and seg visions, had developed a
large following among the blacks in that Parish who turned to him for
advice and help in temporal asp well as spiritual matters, In May,
_ 1882, he went to Vicksburg, Miss., to collect a claim in the amount
of 90 for one of his followers. When he returned home, he put the
money in a trunk and told the man that he had been robbed while on
xhis way home, The man told him that he did not believe that story
and George compromised with him by giving him $20 in cash and his
note for the balance, When he next looked into his trunk he found
that the money was gone and he at first accused his wife of having
taken it. She was able to convince him of her innocence and told
him that the only other person to have been in the house was Peggy
Johnson, the leader of the females among his followers who aslo
served as his mistress. Miss Johnson moved from the neighborhood and
when she afterwards sought to avoid meeting him, he became convinced
that she was the thief. Finally he confronted her and, after first
denying that she had taken the money, she finally agreed to return it
to him. At subsequent meetings, she delayed giving him the money
and finally he shot and killed her, George fled to Arkansas and from
there to Texas where he was finally arrested in January, 1885, and
GEORGE, William . |
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George, agblack man, was a@preacher in Gaal carroll Parish, Lae, who,
by his ability to go into trances and see visions, had developed a
large following among the blacks in that Parish who turned to him for
advice and help in temporal as well as spiritual matters, In May,
, 1882, he went to Vicksburg, Miss., to collect a claim in the amount
of 90 for one of his followers. When he returned home, he put the
money in a trunk and told the man that he had been robbed while on
xhis way home, The man told him that he did not believe that story
and George compromised with him by giving him $20 in cash and his
note for the balance, When he next looked into his trunk he found
that the money was gone and he at first accused his wife of having
taken it. She was able to convince him of her innocence and told
him that the only other person to have been in the house was Peggy
Johnson, the leader of the females among his followers who aslo
served as his mistress. Miss Johnson moved from the neighborhood and
when she afterwards sought to avoid meeting him, he became convinced
that she was the thief. Finally he confronted her and, after first
denying that she had taken the money, she finally agreed to return it
to him, At subsequent meetings, she delayed giving him the money
and finally he shot and killed her, George fled to Arkansas and from
there to Texas where he was finally arrested in January, 1585, and
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Gearge, agblack nan, wes Sgpteacner in Mal Garroll Parish, La., Hho,
by his ability to go into trances and see visions, hed developed a
large following among the blacks in that Parish who turned to him for
dvice and help in temporal am wéll as spiritual matters. In May,
| 1882, he went to Vicksburg, Miss., to collect a claim in the amount
of 90 for one of his followers, When he returned home, he put the
money in a trunk and told the man that he had been robbed while on
xhis way home, The man told him that he did not believe that story
‘and George compromised with him by giving him $20 in cash and his
note for the balance, ‘When he next looked into his trunk he found
that the money was gone and he at first accused his wife of having
taken it. She was able to convince him of her innocence and ee
him that the only other person to have been in the house was Pe
Johnson, the leader of the females among his followers who
served as his mistress. Miss Johnson moved from the Geighborieod and
when she afterwards sought to Gat meeting him, he ca
that she was the thief, Binally
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