Deseret Evening News | 1898-01-07 | Page 1 | This Woman Murderer Hanged, Too

Thl Woon i JIdecr i noticed 1nn Atlanta On Jnn 7 Thomas Cyrus colored was hanged heir nt 11 40 am The noose slipped from behind hliiurs nnd death lesnlted from strangulation lie made no statement whatever on the gallows The crime for which Cyrus was hanged n the murde of Annie Johnson John-son 1 negro woman who wa et plod at the home of Uovernor At klnol as n domestic The murder was corninittted on the night 01 June lid In a little collage on Uelle troet In thl i city Cyrus was Infatuated with the woman mho had hn his mlt for some time On Ihr evening 01 June = IJ he went to Annie Johnsons home and found another negro n > 1 In her root 1 Cyrus asked far nn explanation unit failing 10 receive n satisfactory anwr h HeW n rltol and hot the woman She died the next day I