Show DIED ON THE GALLOWS I Negroes Pay Penalty For Their Crimes I the South Mobile Ala Sept 15 Henry Gardner Gard-ner a negro aged 18 was hanged in the nego jail yard here today for assaulting a white girl under 10 years of age last June When the trap fell the noose had not been properly fastened and the negro fell heavily to the ground He was assisted to the scaffold suffering great pain and the trap sprung the second time successfully PulaskiVa Sept Iff Noah Finley a negro was hanged here today His crime was highway robbery and attempted at-tempted murder and his execution was the only instance in late years in which the extreme penalty has been imposed in Virginia for this offense |