Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-12-02 | Page 1 | Negro Murderer Burned at a Stake near Cochran, Ga

NEGRO lEGRO MURDERER BURNED AT ATA ATil ATA A il STAKE NEAR COCHRAN GA Poor Wretch Given an Opportunity to Pray Pra Before B ye Torch Was Applied Cochran Ga Dec Tec 1 John Harvard Hanard a negro pre Mr hr Wis shot bot ot and ancl fatally wounded W H II Booth this afternoon tonight WU wa captured five miles from here and burned at a II stake Booth is a well known bown business nan na of Ga OL and was wai wasen wasen en route to Cochran in j an automobile when who the I occurred He Re drove up behind Harvard who was in ii I front of Jam him ht in ii a wagon Harvard charged that Booths ma machine machine machine chine frightened his hl mules After a afew afew afew few words he drew a pistol ant and fired at Booth three shots taking effect Boot Booti returned the fire and it was wu learned after atter the negro was captured that he was lightly wounded In two places He was found in a barn three miles from the place where the shooting occurred d Booth was brought here immediately Physicians tonight said there was little hope for his recovery He has a wife and several children Officers from In automo e o bliss biles went immediately to the scene of the but a party of citizens was quickly formed and tracked the negro to his biB hiding place He showed tight fight but was suffering so ao severely from his hi wounds woun 8 that he ha could offer little re resistance resistance He freely admitted th shoot shooting shootIng shooting ing and it Is I said ald Justified himself by the act that Booths fright frightened frightened ened his mules Harvard was given an I to t pra pray after which he HP was waR 1 I with 1 chains to t a i take stake The fu 1 piled high hish hl h above Ins hi an and 1 th t ap applied I plied piled