Ogden Daily Standard | 1904-06-10 | Page 1 | Murderer Excuted

MURDERER aged man meet extreme penalty notwithstanding Ms friends besiege governor with earna est petitions t paragould Para gould ark june 9 start V vowell an aged white man was hanged here this afternoon a few minutes before 6 for the murder af pf P J lovejoy the hanging was scheduled to take place at under the laws of arkansas a hanging may be held at any time between noon and 6 p m vowell was a personal friend of the sheriff and the postponement was made in the hope of a stay of execution from GOT dails during the entire afternoon many friends ol 01 vowell besieged the governors office at little bock beseeching him to in of six came the final time limit abat the aherin sprung the trap