Rope is Being Stretched for Negro Hanging

ROPE IS BEING STRETCHED FOR NEGRO HANGING FRANK RICHARDSON WILL DIE JULY 19th., UNLESS GOVER- NOR RELENTS-ATTORNEY IS BESEECHING GOVER- NOR TO COMMUTE L SENTENCE. Sherift Palmer has made the first T preliminary step towards the hanging of Frank Richardson, scheduled to come on at the county Jail next Fri- day morning. The hemp rope has been purchased and is now undergo- ing the stretching process at the jail. I All plans are being formulated for il the hanging of Richardson, whose o only hope of life now lies with the Goernor, His attorney, Jas. Rice, is now in Montgomery in his behalf, but L as yet has not induced the Gov- e ernor to set aside the judgement of t the Tuscaloosa court. 1 e MONTGOMERY, Ala., July 10.- Condeinned 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 im- 1 prisonment. The state pardon board heard the case with the governor Tuesday and two members of the board have rec- commended a commutation. Indica- tions, however, are that the governor will let the law take its course. “I am not inclined to interfere in this case,” said the governor Wed- : nesday, “but of course, I have not concluded my investigation. The de- 1 fendant’s crime was intensified, when 1 after killing one man, he murdered a member of the posse who was try- ing to arrest him.” : ROPE IS BEING STRETCHED FOR NEGRO HANGING FRANK RICHARDSON WILL DIE JULY 19th., UNLESS GOVER- NOR RELENTS-ATTORNEY IS BESEECHING GOVER- NOR TO COMMUTE L SENTENCE. Sherift Palmer has made the first T preliminary step towards the hanging of Frank Richardson, scheduled to come on at the county Jail next Fri- day morning. The hemp rope has been purchased and is now undergo- ing the stretching process at the jail. I All plans are being formulated for il the hanging of Richardson, whose o only hope of life now lies with the Goernor, His attorney, Jas. Rice, is now in Montgomery in his behalf, but L as yet has not induced the Gov- e ernor to set aside the judgement of t the Tuscaloosa court. 1 e MONTGOMERY, Ala., July 10.- Condeinned 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 im- 1 prisonment. The state pardon board heard the case with the governor Tuesday and two members of the board have rec- commended a commutation. Indica- tions, however, are that the governor will let the law take its course. “I am not inclined to interfere in this case,” said the governor Wed- : nesday, “but of course, I have not concluded my investigation. The de- 1 fendant’s crime was intensified, when 1 after killing one man, he murdered a member of the posse who was try- ing to arrest him.” :