was convicted and sentenced to die, His execution was delayed for an
appeal to the Colorado Supreme Court which denied and supersedas: and
when the Governor declined to intervene, he was hanged at the Colorado
State Prison.on Sept, 22, 1891, (NOTE: A separate card has been pre-~
pared giving a description. of the unidgue gallows from which he was
hanged,) After his execution, the physicians who examined the body
declared that he was_a full-blooded white man with no trace of black
blood, It was then specudated that Mrs, Armsby had been his foster
mother. ae Wy gp hott QR gar
PUEBLO CHIEFTAN, Pueblo, Colorado, 9-23-1891
was convicted and sentenced to die, His execution was delayed for an
appeal to the Colorado Supreme Court which denied and supersedas: and
when the Governor declined to intervene, he was hanged at the Colorado
State Prison_on Sept, 22, 1891, (NOTE: A separate card has been pre-
pared giving a description. of the unigue gallows from which he was
hanged.) After his execution, the physicians who examined the body
declared that he was a full-blooded white man with no trace of black
blood, It was then specudated that Mrs, Armsby had been his foster
mother. i
PUEBLO CHIEFTAN, Pueblo, Colorado, 9-23-1891
was convicted and sentenced to die, His execution was delayed for an
appeal to the Colorado Supreme Court. which denied and supersedas: and
when the Governor declined to intervene, he was hanged at the Colorado
State Prison on Sept. 22, 1891, (NOTE: A separate card has been pre-
pared giving a description of the unique gallows from which he was
After his execution, the physicians who examined the body
declared that he was a full-blooded white man with no trace of black
blood, It was then specuaated that Mrs, armsby had been his foster
nother.
PUEBLO CHIEFTAN, Pueblo, Colorado, 9-23-1891
DAVIS, William C,
Davis, a young man, and his sister were raised by Mrs, Carrie Armsby,
a mulatto, and believed to be her natural children and very light
skinned mulattos themselves, Mrs, Armsby, 50-years-old, was the owner
of a Pueblo, Colo,, boarding house and well-to-do, being worth in the
neighborhood of $30,000, For over ten years, her lover, James Arnold,
a )Seyear-old white man, had lived in the lodging house in terms of
intimacy with her and this relationship was the basis for bad terms
between Davis and Arnold, An idler, Davis did little of any work, and
spent most of his time frinking and pursuing the pleasures of the
flesh, obtaining the money from his mother, Finally Arnold persuaded
Mrse Armsby to cease piving him money and when Davis went to her house
on January 6, 1891, and asked for more money to confiinue drinking,
Arnold interfered and she refused him, Davis procured a shotgun and
shortly after midnight returned to the house and demanded admittance
into the bedroom shared by Mrs, Armsby and Arnold, When Arnold opened
the door, Davis shot him in the face with the gun and Arnold managed
to close it back and bolt it before he fell to the floor dead, Davis
then shot the Lock and the blast struck Mrs, Armsby who had raised to
a sitting position in her bed and was in the line of fire, killing her,
He then went to the home of his sister where he was arrested shortly
afterwards. At his trial, his only defense was one of insanity and he
DAVIS, William C.
Davis, a young man, and his sister were raised by Mrs, Carrie Armsby,
a mlatto, and believed to be her natural children and very light
skinned mulattos themselves. Mrs. Armsby, 50-years-old, was the owner
of a Pueblo, Colo,, boarding house and well-to-do, being worth in the
neighborhood of $30,000. For over ten years, her lover, James Arnold,
a lSeyear-old white man, had lived in the lodging house in terms of
intimacy with her and this relationship was the basis for bad terms
between Davis and Arnold, An idler, Davis did little of any work, and
spent most of his time frinking and pursuing the pleasures of the
flesh, obtaining the money from his mother, Finally Arnold persuaded
Mrs. Armsby to cease giving him money and when Davis went to her house
on January 6, 1891, and asked for more money to confiinue drinking,
Arnold interfered and she refused him, Davis procured a shotgun and
shortly after midnight returned to the house and demanded admittance
into the bedroom shared by Mrs, Armsby and Arnold, When Arnold opened
the door, Davis shot him in the face with the gun and Arnold managed
to close it back and bolt it before he fell to the floor dead, Davis
then shot the lock and the blast struck Mrs, Armsby who had raised to
a sitting position in her bed and was in the line of fire, killing herd
He then went to the home of his sister where he was arrested shortly
afterwards. At his trial, his only defense was one of insanity and he
DAVIS, William C,
nn a young man, and his sister were raised by Mrs, Carrie Armsby,
mlatto, and believed to be her noe children and very light
pctnad mulattos Mrs, Armst d, was the owner
of a Pueblo, Colo,, boarding house and walcescan being worth in the
neighborhood of $30,000, For over ten years, her lover, James Arnold,
a liSeyear-old white man, had lived in the lodging house in terms of
intimacy with her and this relationship was the basis for bad terms
between Davis and Arnold, An idler, Davis did little af any work,
spent most of his time frinking and pursuing the pleasures of the
flesh, obtaining the monay fron his mother. Finally Arnold pereuaded
Mrs. Armsby to cease giving him money and when Davis went to her house
on January 6, 1891, and asked for more money to confinue drinking,
Arnold interfered and she refused him, Davis procured a shotgun and
shortly after midnight returned to the house and demanded admittance
into the bedroom shared by Mrs, Armsby and Arnold, When Arnold opened
the door, Davis shot him in the face with the gun and Arnold managed
to close it back and bolt it before he fell to the floor dead, Davis
then shot the lock and the blast struck Mrs, Armsby who had raised to
sitting position in her bed and was in the line of fire, killing her
He then went to the hone of his sister where he was arrested shortly
afterwards. At his trial, his only defense was one of insanity and he
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