| drawn over his face, the signal given, and the trap door /
-fell. The drop was about seven feet, and the prisoner's
neck was broken, He was pronounced dead int welve minutes
and his body delivered to his mother,"
LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL, Louisville, Ky., 7-26-1889
drawn over his face, the signal given, and the trap door
fell. The drop was about seven feet, and the prisoner's
neck was broken, He was pronounced dead int welve minutes
and his body delivered to his mother,"
LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL, Louisville, Ky., 7-26-1889
drawn over his face, the signal given, and the trap door
fell, The drop was about seven feet, and the prisoner's
neck was broken, He was pronounced dead int welve minutes
and his body delivered to his mother."
LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL, Louisville, Ky., 7-26-1889
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LORSWLE CORTES JOUMAL, Leer, Hyos
/BOWLING, Tom
"Baton Rouge, La., 7-26-1889-Tom Bowling, colered, was exe=
/cuted in the jail yard in this city today for the murder of
Phillip Walsh, white,. The murderer and his victim were
about the same age = 19, Bowling was visited last night by
Fathers DeLacroix and Healy, the Sisters of Mercy, and mem-
bers of the Society of St. Vincent DePaul, They visited
him again this morning, and the rite of baptism was admin-
istered to the prisoner and mass held by Rev. Father Healy,
After this the prisoner seemed to be less concerned about
the awful fate awaiting him than those about him, At noon
final religious ervices were held, At 12:30 the prisoner
was led to the scaffold, where his hands and feet were
bound, The Sheriff read the death warrant and asked him i
he had anything to say. Bowling responded by saying: "I
hope you all will forgive me and pray for me that God may
forgive me, I forgive everybody." The black cap was
BOWLING, Tom
"Baton Rouge, La,, 7-26-1889-Tom Bowling, colered, was exe-
cuted in the jail yard in this city today for the murder of
Phillip Walsh, white,. The murderer and his victim were
about the same age = 19, Bowling was visited last night by
Fathers DeLacroix and Healy, the Sisters of Mercy, and mem-
bers of the Society of St. Vincent DePaul, They visited
him again this morning, and the rite of baptism was admin-
istered to the prisoner and mass held by Rev. Father Healy,
After this the prisoner seemed to be less concerned about
the awful fate awaiting him than those about him, At noon
final religious ervices were held, At 12:30 the prisoner
was led to the scaffold, where his hands and feet were
bound. The Sheriff read the death warrant and asked him if
he had anything to say. Bowling responded by saying: "I
hope you all will forgive me and pray for me that God may
forgive me. I forgive everybody." The black cap was
BOWLING, Tom
"Baton Rouge, La,, 7-26-1889=Tom Bowling, colored, was exe
cuted in the jail yard in this city today for the murder o:
Phillip Walsh, white, i
Fathers Delacroix and Healy, the Sisters of Mercy, and mem=
bers of the Society of St, Vincent DePaul, They visited
him again this morning, and the rite of baptism was admin-
istered to the prisoner and mass held by Rev. Father Healy,
After this the prisoner seemed to be less concerned about
the awful fate awaiting him than those about him, At noon
final religious ervices were held, At 12:30 the prisoner
was led to the scaffold, where his hands and feet were
bound, The Sheriff read the death warrant and asked him il
he had anything to say. Bowling responded by saying: "I
hope you all will forgive me and pray for me that God may
forgive mes I forgive everybody." The black cap was
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