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create.Edward Payne, the negro who at* :emptcd to assault Miss Duncan at Dublin in June, was hanged at Pulaski. Payne was led on the scaffold by Rev. Leroy Diggs, who offered prayer for die condemned man. Payne and the preacher sang a hymn. After tinging Payne talked for several minutes, the subs lance of which was that he had 'xcn pardoned of his sins and was on us way to glory, just as the b ack cap was being put oyer his head he a-ked *o be allowed to sing one more hymn*which request was granted, at the con-elusion of which his hands and feet were tied, the cap put on and the n^j-w idjnstcd. At 10.30 the trap was sprung. 1 nd in 15 minutes he was pronouncedlead. At 10.45 th* fe°dy wa* takentown, placed in the coffin and set just aside the jail yard, where it could be seen by the crowd on the outside, there xing several hundred present, Payne was scared until he was completely ;razy, his face being purple.
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Monterey Highland Recorder
Monterey, Virginia, US
Fri, Jul 19, 1901
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