This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
The Grey Mouse Death Row Case of Arthur Morris in NC
Arthur Morris known as the Grey Mouse was executed in the 1939 gas chamber for first degree burglary tied to a $0.20 theft. North Carolina carried out 11 such death sentences for burglary then, with Morris’s case provoking clemency appeals from Dewar family and others before Governor Hoey denied mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Morris
Raleigh
N.C
Grey Mouse
Central Prison
Morris
North Carolina
W.B. Dewar
Dewar
Dewars
S&m
Durham
the Eel
Wake County
William Y. Bickett
Henderson
W.C. Harris
J.C. Little
W. Brantley Womble
J.C. Little Jr
Duke University
Brantley Womble
Clyde R. Hoey
State
Hoey
Edwin Gill
Narcissa Dewar
Wallace C. Riddick
N.C. State College
Gill
Dew
Lawrence A. Watts
Paroles Commission
New Jersey
Little and Womble
State Supreme Court
Montgomery County
Little
Dorsey Williams
Mt. Hope Cemetery
South Raleigh
News and Observer of
Hitler
Poland
E.C. Cooper
God