das was granted Spencer on Feb, 2l, 3 days before his exe-
ation, One of the principal witnesses for the prosecu-
tion, the pysician called to treat the girl just before hej
death, testified there was no sigh of her having been
There is strong evidence that she was not mur-
apbacwede:,s nf
dered but instead came to her death through natural causes
THE CRISIS (NAACP organ) y May, 1925, page a Yor
LL oon
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See appeal: 129 SE 351 = VA. = BOOK & MAG,
das was granted Spencer on Feb, 2), 3 days before his exe-
ation, One of the principal witnesses for the prosecu-
tion, the pysician called to treat the girl just before he
death, testified there was no sigh of her having been
There is strong evidence that she was not mur-=
attacked, Ther p
dered but instead came to her death through natural causes
THE CRISIS Sap organ), May, 1925, Soi 366 Ye
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SPENCER, William dentary 22 , 1926
Black, 28-years-old, electrocuted Va. State Prison (LeeCo.)
on 1-22-1926, ‘William Spencer, a colored man, was: tried,
found guilty and sentenced to death in Oct., 192, in Lee
Co., Vas, charged with criminal assault and murder of a
L3eyear-old white girl. The only witness who saw Spencer
anywhere near the scene of the crime was an 8-year-old boy
who was not introduced by the Commonwealth until the close
of the second and last day of the trial, The Sheriff of
Lee G, and other officials expressed grave doubts as to
Spencer's guilt and Gov, Trinkle took an active interest
in the case. The Roanoke Branch of the NAACP’ became in-
terested and cooperated with E, W. Pennington, a white
attorney assigned by the court to defend Spencer, ane i,
D. Dolphin, a colored attorney of Roanoke who volunteered
his services without fee, All these forces worked indefat-
igable with the result that a write of error and superse-
SPENCER, William January 22 , 1926
Black, 28-years-old, electrocuted Va. State Prison (LeeCo. )
on 1-22-1926, ‘William Spencer, a cola‘ed man, was: tried,
found guilty and sentenced to death in Oct., 192h, in Lee
Co., Vas, charged with criminal assault and murder of a
l3-year-old white girl, The only witness who saw Spencer
anywhere near the scene of the crime was an 8-year-old boy
who was not introduced by the Commonwealth until the close
of the second and last day of the trial, The Sheriff of
Lee Co, and other officials expressed grave doubts as to
Spencer's guilt and Gov, Trinkle took an active interest
in the case. The Roanoke Branch of the NAACP’ became in-
terested and cooperated with E, W. Pennington, a white
attorney assigned by the court to defend Spencer, and H,
D. Dolphin, a colored attorney of Roanoke who volunteered
his services without fee, All these forces worked indefat-
igable with the result that a write of error and superse-
SPENCER, William January 22 , 26
Black, 5-0 Lectrocuted Va. State Prison (LeeCo,
nm 1-22-1926. "William Spencer, a colored man, was. trie:
found guilty and sentemed to death in Oct., 192k, in Lee.
Co., Va.y charged with criminal assault and mrder of a
old vnite girl, The only witness ne saw Spencer
as an Beyear-old boy
wwho was not introduced by the idocisar Daan lec ee
The Sheriff of
of the second and last day of oe trial,
sed grave doubts as to
d by the court to defend Spencer, and H,
a peerare attorney of Roanoke who volunteered
without fee, All these forces worked indefat.
igable with the result that write of error and superse-
