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Title
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Rope is Being Stretched for Negro Hanging
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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Tuscaloosa News
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Publication Place
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Tuscaloosa, AL
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Publication Date
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07/11/1912
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Transcript
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ROPE IS BEING STRETCHED FOR NEGRO HANGING FRANK RICHARDSON WILL DIE JULY 19th., UNLESS GOVERNOR RELENTS-ATTORNEY IS BESEECHING GOVERNOR TO COMMUTE SENTENCE. Sheriff Palmer has made the first preliminary step towards the hanging of Frank Richardson, scheduled to come on at the county Jail next Friday morning. The hemp rope has been purchased and is now undergoing the stretching process at the jail. All plans are being formulated for the hanging of Richardson, whose only hope of life now lies with the Governor, His attorney, Jas. Rice, is now in Montgomery in his behalf, but L as yet has not induced the Governor to set aside the judgement of the Tuscaloosa court. MONTGOMERY, Ala., July 10- Condemned to die at Tuscaloosa July 19, for the murder of Tom Cooper and Brown Horton, white men, last fall, Frank Richardson, a negro, is making a desperate fight before the governor for his life. His lawyer, James Rice, of Tuscaloosa, is at the capitol beseeching Governor O'Neal to commute the penalty to life imprisonment. The state pardon board heard the case with the governor Tuesday and two members of the board have recommended a commutation. Indications, however, are that the governor will let the law take its course. "I am not inclined to interfere in this case," said the governor Wednesday, "but of course, I have not concluded my investigation. The defendant's crime was intensified, when after killing one man, he murdered a member of the posse who was trying to arrest him."
