Two Negroes Executed in Texas Electric Chair
In Huntsville Texas on September 28 two black inmates C T Alexander and Tom Ross were executed by electric chair for murders. Alexander slain his wife Mattie in Harris county. Ross killed Dave Patterson paymaster at a logging camp in Nacogdoches County. White man J B Silver received a further reprieve from gubernatorial clemency.
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Huntsville
Texas
Bob” Silver
C. T. Alexander
Harris County
Mattie
Tom Ross
Dave Patterson
Nacogdoches
Alexander
Fan
Ross
L. H. Bush
Silver
Roscoe Wilson
Fort Worth
Governor Grants Reprieve Pending Court Action
October 26 by Governor Moody. The reprieve pauses execution to give the court of criminal appeals time to act on a second motion for rehearing in Silver's behalf. Meanwhile in Gloucestershire an 83 year old woman died of starvation at Chipping Sodbury after refusing charitable help.
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Court of Criminal Appeals
Silver
London
Chipping Sodbury
Gloucestershire
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