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Til© Negro Higginbotham 8cn-t©viced to 111© February 24.Joseph Higginbotham, who hasconfessed that h? assaulted Mrs. Ralph Webber, was taken to Lynch*burg under guard nf the RoanokeRig lit Infantry, the Roanoke Blues and the Pulaski Rifle* Higgin-botham confessed the crime and said that he was awaiting the action of the law. When asked why he cutMrs. Webber’® throat he said he preferred not to talk a boat the horriblehe was in the hands of the law and awaited its verdict, acknowledginghis guilt, lie was tried in the Lynchburg court Thursday. He plead guilty. The trial lasted one hour and twenty minutes. Iliggin* botharn was found guilty and his punishment fixed at death, lie will hang Febuary 24th.
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Irvington Virginia Citizen
Irvington, Virginia, US
Fri, Jan 31, 1902
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