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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1966
Page
2
Earl Kemp recalls witnessing a 1998 Decatur hanging of a Negro accused of killing a jailer in Denton County. The prisoner, first jailed for burglary, was moved to Wise County for trial and execution by scaffold near Decatur with guard detail including local officers and U S soldiers to prevent mob violence.
A public hanging near Decatur drew a large Sunset contingent led by Earl Kemp and others. The condemned man, an apparently 45 year old Black man, climbed the scaffold and died as a prayer and a brief talk preceded the trap release. Local residents from Sunset Ft Worth Wichita Falls and Jacksboro attended events and social visits followed.
A retired small town teacher narrates The Road Grows Strange through Fran Walker who debates values with former pupils. The book contrasts rural insight with urban chaos and ends with a city visit that unsettles readers about civilization. Available at Bowie Public Library.
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