Jessie Gilbreath with an axe and bludgeoned Mrs, Eunice »tevenson
unconscious and hanged her in her own home. His last victim was an
86-year-old white girl, Vera Leonard, ZRXKSHXEAXNGEXKEXKSAS who he
assaulted and beat to dea th in her father's home and then set fire
to the house in an effort to obliterate evidence of the crime,
Respus said that this last murder was not caused by a spell but
that a white man had given him some cocaine and that had driven
him ee temporarily insane. He was electrocuted at the
North Carolina State Prison on Jan. 8, 1932
GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS, Gree isboro, N, Gr 17-323 1-8-323
1=9=32 $
",..entered death chamber singing, He was ae after he was strapped
in the electric chaig if he was 'ready to go. ‘Any time,' he replied
‘any time you-rall are ready.' He was given He shocks, one of 24 min-
utes and a second of 1 minute, cight seconds, Respus ate sardines and
crackers, a meal allowed him by special request, for supper last night
and, as he ate, he recounted his killings." TIMES-PICAWUNE, New Or-
leans, Lacy 1/9/1932 - 22/7
Jessie Gilbreath with an axe and bludgeoned Mrs. Eunice “tevenson
unconscious and hanged her in her own home. His last victim was an
8-year-old white girl, Vera Leonard, XRXRSEXRABKSEKAXKSAE who he
assaulted and beat to dea th in 1 father's home and then set f.
to the house in an effort to obli te evidence of the crime,
Respus said that this last murder was not caused by a_ spell but
that a white man had given him some cocaine and that had driven
him XS4KSEKEXIRE temporarily insane. He was electrocuted at the
North Carolina ¥tate Prison on Jan.’ 8, 1932.
ire
GREENSBORO DALLY NEWS, Greensboro, N, ©. 1-7-32; 1-8-32;
1-9-32 5;
"...entered déath chamber singing, He was asked after he was strapped
in the electric chaig if he was 'ready to go.' ‘Any time,' he replied,
‘any time you-all are ready,' He was given two shocks, one of 24 min-
utes and a second of 1 minute, eight seconds, Respus ate sardines and
crackers, a meal allowed him by special request, for supper last night,
and, as he ate, he recounted his killings," TIMBES-PICAWUNE, New Or-
leans, Lae, 1/9/1932 = 22/76
at a nag elven hin
2 XEXKEEMEOE temporarily
North Carolina °tate Prison on Jar
ORO DALLY NEWS, Greensboro, N,
sentered déath chamber singing, He was asked after he was strapped
in the electric chaig if he was 'ready to go,'' ‘Any time,’ he rep’
‘any time you-all are ready.' He was given two shocks, one of 24 min-
utes and a second of 1 minute, éight seconds, Respus ate sardines and
eee a meal allowed him by special request, for supper last night,
s he ate, he recounted his killings," TINKS=PICAVUNE, New Or-
Tanee One 1/1932 = 22/7.
RESPUS, Asbury Z ie eer a YA. G: ue
Respus, alias Will Moore, was a ih -vear-old DPlack Vukirord lo, , Ny OC.)
Laborer who was also a homicidal maniac. rior_to_his_elettrocution,
he confessed to eight killings and said that he thought that perhaps
he had killed a ninth but could not recall definitely. Many of his
crimes he blamed on "spells" that he was subject to as a result of
head injury sustained when he fell from a barn as a boy. His first
victim was a black woman named Lizzie Bates who he shot four times
because she was SWMKAHAXR dathng another man, while the second was
another black woman named Zenie Britt who he clubbed to death with
a stick in one of his spells, Both of these murders were committed
in Guilford Co. prior to 1912 when he killed Becky Storr in Boykins,
Vas, by bludgeoning her with a stick in another "spell." His next
victim was aman named Ed Wynne whé he shot and killed in Northampton
Co, in the course of an ‘argument and for which he received a prison
sentence. While in the penitentiary, he‘had another "spel" and was
PLERSEW placed in a psychhatric section of the prison. After he
was returned to the prison population, he escaped and returned to
GWilford County where he married. He encountered a 6<vear-old child,
Ve al. Osborn, while having a "spell" and ‘threw him into atéreek and
held his head under the water until he drowned. He killed Mrs,
RSPUS, Asbury fevonng by AD 528
Respus, alias Will Moore, was a 4S-year-old black Guklford Co., N. C.
laborer who was also a homicidal maniac. Prior to his electrocution,
he confessed to eight killings and said that he thought that perhaps
he had killed a ninth but could not recall definitely. Many of his
crimes he blamed on "spells" that he was subject to as a result of
head injury sustained when he fell from a barn as a boy, His first
victim was a black woman named Lizzie Bates who he shot four times
because she was #XRAZARXA dating another man, while the second was
another black woman named Zenie Britt who he clubbed to death with
a stick in one of his spells, Both of these murders were committed
in Guilford Co. prior to 1912 when he killed Becky Storr in Boykins,
Va., by bludgeoning her with a stick in another "spell." His next
victim was a man named Ed Wynne who he shot and killed in Northampton
Co, in the course of an argument and for which he received a prison
sentence. While in the penitentiary, he*had another "spell" and was
PIEHREMIE placed in a psychiatric section of the prison. After he
was_returned to the prison population, he escaped and returned to
Guilford County where he married, He encountered a 6-year-old child,
Ne ay. Osborn; while having a "spell" and*threw"him into atereek and
held his head under the water until he drowned. He killed Mrs,
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