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I V U i w .Pdward Payne, the negro who at: ;enpied to assault Miss Duncan at Dublin in June. was hanged at Pulaski' Payne was led on- the* scaffold by Revl Leroy, Diggs, who offered prayer tor Lie condemned man. Payne and the preacher sang a hymn. After singing Payne talked Lr several minutes, the'itbMancc of which was that he hadbeen pardoned of his sins and was op ais way to glory. Just as 'he black capwas being put* over his head lie asked'■ be allowed to sing one more hvmn. e.liicii request was granted, at the conf rluMotf oi which his hands and feet re tied, the cap put on and the n-olt;it nljttNtcd. At 10.30-the trap was sprung, 1 nd in 15 minutes 11c was pronounced had. At 10-15. the bodvj was taken it*vvu, placed in the coffin and set just nside the jail yard, where it could be icon by the crowd 0:1 the outside, there icing several hundred present. Payne was -cared until he was completely razy. bis face being purple. , •• Mr, William Rollin', the most extensive farmer in Northern Neck, died atMs 'heme near Dogue. King Georgecounty, aged 60 years, widely known ami a large land owner. During the Civil War he w;i« a ferryman on the Rappahannock and 'ferried John Wilkes Boothacross the river at Port Royal whci?making his escape from his pursuers after the assassination of President Lincoln. Tin; deceased leaves a large cstate. Uc L survived by a widow and several children.
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Appomattox and Buckingham Times
Appomattox, Virginia, US
Wed, Jul 17, 1901
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