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‘to move it. His peculiar actions and conflicting stories led to his
arrest thenextday, and after being placed in the Raymond jail he made a
confession implicating Odom who was then arrested. Since that time he
has made several statements about thekilling, each of which has confli-=
cted with the others in one point or another, Odom is sn jail here, bu
as his convictions depends largely on the testimony of Samuels, there
is little liklihood of his being convicted after the death of Samuels,
Samuels was.convict&d in Raymond during the special term of court held
in August, Quite a crowd flrom Raymond-reached the city lastnight bo
be here today for the hanging, although it is scheduled to be a private
affair, The party includes, P,..L, Berryhille, a brother of the victim
and some other relatives,"
BIRMINGHAM NEWS, Birmingham, Alabama, September 2), 1907.
to move it. His peculiar actions and conflicting stories led to his
arrest thenextday, and after being placed in the Raymond jail he mde a
confesshon implicating Odom who was then arrested, Since that time he
has made several statements about thekilling, each of which has confli-
cted with the others in one point or another, Odom is mn jail here, bu
as his convictions depends largely on the testimony of Samuels, there
is little liklihood of his being convicted after the death of Samuels,
Samuels was.convict&d in Raymond during the special term of court held
in August. Quite a crowd flrom Raymond-reached the city lastnight bo
be here today for the hanging, although it is scheduled to be a private
affair, The party includes, P, L, Berryhille, a brother of the victim
and some other relatives,"
BIRMINGHAM NEWS, Birmingham, Alabama, September 2h, 1907.
to move it. His peculiar actions and conflicting stories led to his
arrest thenextday, and after being placed in the Raymond jail he made a|
confesition implicating Odom who was then arrested, Since that time he
has made several statements about thekilling, each of which has confli-|
cted with the others in one point or another, Odom is an jail here, bu]
his convictions depends largely on the testimony of Samels, there
little liklihood of his being convicted after the death of Samuels,
Samuels was .convictitd in Raymond during the special term of court held
in August. Quite a crowd from Raymond-reached the city lastnight bo
be here today for the hanging, although it is scheduled to be a private|
affair, The party includes, P, L, Berryhille, a brother of the victim
and some other relatives.”
BIRMINGHAM NEWS, Birmingham, Alabama, September 2h, 1907,
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SAMUELS, Dan i
"Jackson, Miss. Septe 2h, 1907-When Sheriff Spann yesterday entered
the jail to read the death warrant to Dan Samuels, who is to be hanged
at noon today for the mrder of Robert Berryhill near Raymond on July
4, 1907,xSamuels stated that he is ready to die, having made peace with
his Maker, but he is innopent of the crime for which he is to hang, Hig
former confessions of guilt, in most of which he has implicated another
negro, Isaiah Odom, he says were prompted by an insane fear, He now
repudiates all these confessions, Berryhill was a young white man and
had started across country to Dulaney's Lake, a distance of several
miles, to apicnic, early in the morning, stopping at Samuels! house to
buy some whiskey, Having procured the whiskey he drank so much of it
before resuming his journey that he became under the influence of it
and seems to have stayed several hours at Samuels! house, He had a few
dollars in small change in his pocket, which in a spirit of bragadocio
he is said to have rattled in the presence of the two negroes, Samuels
and Odom, They theory is that this aroused in the negroes a greed for
the money of which they probably thought there was a great deal more thg
there really was and that they followed him to the woods nearby, pulled,
him off his horse and choked him to death, leaving him in the woods
with his horse hitched to a tree nearby, late the same afternoon
Samuels reported to some neighbors the finding of the body and the
horse, and assisted in putting the body in the wagon when it came time
SAMUELS, Dan ;
"Jackson, Miss., Septe 2h, 1907-Wwhen Sheriff Spann yesterday entered
the jail to read the death warrant to Dan Samuels, who is to be hanged
at noon today for the mrder of Robert Berryhill near Raymond on July
h, 1907,xSamuels stated that he is ready to die, having made peace with
his Maker, but he is innommt of the crime for which he is to hang, Hig
former confessions of guilt, in most of which he has implicated another
negro, Isaiah Odom, he says were prompted by an insane fear, He now
repudiates all these confessions, Berryhill was a young white man and
had started across country to Dulaney's Lake, a distance of several
miles, to apicnic, early in the morning, stopping at Samuels! house to
buy some whiskey, Having procured the whiskey he drank so much of it
before resuming his journey that he became under the influence of it
and seems to have stayed several hours at Samuels! house, He had a few
dollars in small change in his pocket, which in a spirit of bragadocio
he is said to have rattled in the presence of the two negroes, Samuels
and Odom, They theory is that this aroused in the negroes a greed for
the money of which they probably thought there was a great deal more thd
there really was and that they followed him to the woods nearby, pulled
him off his horse and choked him to death, leaving him in the woods
with his horse hitched to a tree nearby, Late the same afternoon
Samuels reported to some neighbors the finding of the body and the
horse, and assisted in putting the body in the wagon when it came time
SAMUELS, Dan '
Jackson, Miss., Septe 2h, 1907-tWhen Sheriff Spann yesterday entered
tthe jail to read the death warrant to Dan Samuels, who is to be hanged
at noon today for the mrder of Robert Berryhill near Raymond on July
lig 1907,xSamuels stated that he is ready to die, having made peace with
nis Maker, but he is innoment of the crime for which he is to hang. Hid
former confessions of guilt, in most of which he has implicated another
negro, Isaiah Odom, he says were prompted by an insane fear, le now
repudiates all these confessions, Berryhill was a young white man and
had started across country to Dulaney's Lake, a distance of several
miles, to apicnic, early in the morning, stopping at Samuels! house to
buy some whiskey, Having procured the whiskey he drank so mich of it
before resuming his journey that he became under the influence of it
and seems to have stayed several hours at Samels' house, He had a few
dollars in small change in his pocket, which in a spirit of bragadocio
he is said to have rattled in the presence of the two negroes, Sanuels
They theory is that this aroused in the negroes a greed for
the money of which they probably thought there was a great deal more thd
there really was and that they followed him to the woods nearby, pulled
him off his horse and choked him to death, leaving him in the woods
with his horse hitched to a tree nearby, ate the same afternoon
Samuels reported to some neighbors the finding of the body and the
lnorse, and assisted in putting the body in the wagon when it came time
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