screaming continued, 4t the top of the stairs he saw a
piece of wood lying in the fireplace, He seized a piece of
wood, ran downstairs and struck her on the head. The wood
broke and he seized her by the throat. She continued to
scream until she went limp, He then dragged her to the la-
vatory and left. her there while he went back to clean up
the spots of blood, She recovered sufficiently to scream
again and he returned to the lavatory and cut her édocmxk
slightly with a khife he carried in his pocket, The next
day hestarted to go to work as usual. He mde two attempt
to enter the Cathedral grounds, About the first, he said,
he got 'nervous and shakey, and couldn't go in there,' When
taken into custody by two detectives, he said 'I had some
trouble with a lady out at the Cathedral,', ;, Fisher's aeCOur
was that he never wanted-to-kilt her but wanted only to stor
her screaming which unnerved him,"
CLEVELAND CALL AND POST, Cleveland, Ohio, June 22, 1916
screaming continued, 4t the top of the stairs he saw a
piece of wood lying in the fireplace, He seized a piece of
wood, ran downstairs and struck her on the head. The wood
broke and he seized her by the throat. She continued to
scream until she went limp, He then dragged her to the la-
vatory and left. her there while he went back to clean up
the spots of blood, She recovered sufficiently to scream
again and he returned to the lavatory and cut her sdocmrk
slightly with a kitife he carried in his pocket. The next
day hestarted to go to work as usual. He made two attempts
to enter the Cathedral grounds, About the first, he said,
he got 'nervous and shakey, and couldn't go in there.' When
taken into custody by two detectives, he said 'I had some
erouee eth a lady out at aie eee ¢Fisher's acco
her screaming which unnerved him," vented only Ue) svap
CLEVELAND CALL AND Post » Cleveland, Ohio, June 22, 1916
screaming continued, 4t the top of the stairs he saw a
piece of wood lying in the fireplace, He seized a piece of
wood, ran downstairs and struck her on the head, The wood
broke and he seized her by the throat, She continued to
scream until she went limp, He then dragged her to the la-
vatory and left her there while he went back to clean up
the spots of blood, She recovered sufficiently to scream
again and he returned to the lavatory and cut her os
slightly with a kiife he carried in his pocket,
day hes tarted to go to work as usual, He mde two pepe
to enter the Gene Grit, Oe Oe ake Bo
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fecretiautatcasee ayingatea detectives, he said 'I had sone.
trouble with a lady out at the Cathedral,
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CLEVELAND CALL AND POST, Cleveland, Ohio, June 22, 19h6
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FISHER, Julius
3l-year-old black man, electrocuted District of Columbia
Jail, on Dec. 20, 1916, for the murder of Catherine C,
Reardon, "U. S. Supreme Court affirmed,..by a 5 to )
decision...«.Killed Miss Catherine Cooper Reardon, a li-
brarian at Washington Cathedral, where he was employed as
a janitor in March, 19), Fisher had learned from his
boss about Miss Reardon's complaint about the slackness
of his work, On the morning of the murder, she told him
that. he was not doing the work for which he was being
paid and, in the course of her scolding, called him a
"black nigger.' This made Fisher angry - no white person
he claimed, had ever called him that - and he struck her,
She ran screaming towards the windows in the back of the
room, Fisher ran out of the room and up the stairs, Her
FISHER, Julius
3l-year-old black man, electrocuted District of Columbia
Jail, on Dec. 20, 19/6, for the murder of Catherine C,
Reardon e U. S. Supreme Court affirmed...by a 5 to
decision,...killed Miss Catherine Cooper Reardon, a li-
brarian at Washington Cathedral, where he was employed as
a janitor in March, 19, Fisher had learned from his
boss about Miss Reardon's complaint about the slackness
of his work. On the morning of the murder, she told him
that. he was not doing the work for which he was being
paid and, in the course of her scolding, called him a
"black nigger.' This made Fisher angry - no white person
he claimed, had ever called him that = and he struck her.
She ran screaming towards the windows in the back of the
room Fisher ran out of the room and up the stairs. Her
FISHER, Julius
3h-year-old black man, electrocuted District of Columbia
Jail, on Dec. 20, 19h6, for the murder of Catherine C,
Reardon, "J, S, Supreme Court affirmed,.,by a 5 to
decision,..,killed Miss Catherine Cooper Reardon, a li-
brarian at Washington Cathedral, where he was employed as
a janitor in March, 19h, Fisher had learned from his
boss about Miss Reardon's complaint about the slackness
of his work, On the morning of the mrder, she told him
that. he was not doing the work for which he was being
paid and, in the course of her scolding, called him a
"black nigger.*
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