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FjA correspondent of tlie-Atlanta Constitution writing from La Fayette, Alabama, gives the following account of the reason that Wriilrp^ says ^prompted him to.commfi the crime:The prisoner stated to the lynchers that a man named Hal. Mitchell who4 *had parted.from his wife, offered him ^ $?§to-kill'her. This Waldrop agreed “no-hi to do.; Io-the same neighborhood andThemilesB.7W Thii the Cillvlng’closeby was another man named• * July 2Al.Mitchell, hat no relation to the other, Hal. Mitchell. Waldrop says he STiwas a comparative stranger in that sec--tlon, and the names Hal.-and Al. being of an so slmMarj that he mistook-- the wife of A!.;Mitchell for that of Hal. and raur- 26th, dered her. He said ha,had never seen either of the ladieSj and . meeting Mrs. Nkwjc Al.Mitchell asked if her-name was» • C6B CMrs. Mitchell, and on her replying that count it'was, he remarked. “Well* you are the one ! am looking for,-and am going to- B»Id . kill you.” With tbatr be says, be made heldi the attack with the horrible results too. J^n »►well;known. r •. - Hal. MItcheli was at the hanging yes-t mad*terday, and ..Waldrop seeing-hlm in the • °r crowd pointed him opt and said :;.*You are the roan, who got me In tv this scrape;. ty-nu vou offered me$75to kill your wife and. Qf I made the mlsfake'pC kilJiag.Ah Mitch- joiity e!l’s wite.” When Mitchell denied the that charge^ Waldrop went on-'to: tell him °P«raf and the crowd' where thd'contra'ct w*s. made, what day an«i-the.fuU, details of the'transaction. Manjr .present. were mvbai Inclined to believe Waldrop’s state- day of -bents, while’ others scooted the Idea. i .When he was first drawn up, the rope ' . broke, and’he; fell, to .the -ground. A —y t^hdster was present, and the doomed -p.man begged him to pray for him. This I-the minister refused to do unless he, the prisoner, won Id-take back what he had said about Hal. Mitchell. This- he would not do, and said that it was the troth and to swing him up'ngain, as he wonld not enter eternity with a lie on his lips'. * ' » ...According, to- the Koanoke Neios, Waldrop gave his full name as Charles Jesse Waldrop,' that he was born in Talbot county, Ga., Mav: 14th, 18531- Says that he has been very wicked ail his life,but refused to tell of an; crimes he had Pllt;committed before this exceot. .that he had been married four times. * His first wife whs Miss Fannie Smith, who lived j*. •% five:-miles from'. • Carrollton 9 ■ Ga, He •-TIIM oeit married Miss VIcKJe -Holiday, In* ttSSinbepi*county, J£Iki* Bis .third wife; #. % was Miss Lizzie Muncas,.!n Clay coun-ty*Ala., and lastly to n: widow Seete, in the same county.
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Newnan Herald
Newnan, Georgia, US
Thu, Jul 21, 1881
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