Show hanged yet still alive A late dispatch from fort worth texas says C compbell Cum in langley father of the once notorious and not yet forgotten bi bill 1111 langley removed to bell county texas from near lexington lee county texas twelve years aad agy during daring his bis residence in lee and bell counties he was known as a well to do farmer and an upright citizen campbell langley today to day tells a story to some of the leading citizens of bell county which but for his well known christian character would be put dawn as the wildest fiction he says that his son bill langley who v w as publicly hanged 12 years ago in giddings lee county by sheriff jim brown in the presence of several thousand people was not hurt at all but was allowed to escape the father says when the supreme court and the governor refused to intervene in bills behalf a rich uncle in california came to the rescue with with which he worked upon the sheriff charged with the execution of the sentence so that the friends of bill were permitted to arrange things so that when the drop fell the weight of the boy booty came upon an iron hoop supported by an appropriate prop body harness in such a manner that he ee escaped icalla unhurt when he had bad drawn his legs up and down two or three tirades the attending physicians pronounced him dead and he be was turned over to his bis friends for interment the coffin was actually buried contained nothing but storie stone while the last sad rites were bein bill langley was well olivis on his way out of 01 f the country he has been living livi tig since hie supposed execution in nicaragua where he be has bas become a leading citizen and one of the largest land and cattle herders gerders in central america those who know campbell La haneley Dirley do not net hes tate to believe his story he now makes public only because sheriff brown who officiated elated at the supposed execution died in lee county last week |