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rlranrdthe[a worthDabbs d from lington s bwn It WHftschool in the used Iftheaway.A few minutes later hr alightedfrom I he car In front of the Inuiaurand Walked into the chamber oi death with • boulders squared and his steps uuiultri tug That was the last anyone, except the executioner, a spiritual adviser, a physician and a few necessary witnesses, saw ot the notorious rum runner For contrary to the doomed manwallietherunFainuiIJustarrrIlast wish, none of his 'friends.' not Hrm. Mreven a newspaper reporter or photographer. were permitted to j,o near the hangar. under the order of Federal Judge Ritter, of Mtumi. who , sentenced Alderman to die. Up praise ||ntt| th(. jas! the grizzled old rumpirate, his 50 years showing heavy i.pun him. was disappointed that all his friends could not witness his own personal hanging.'' as ne phrased It.Aldi-rman spent his last night on earth uiaa-r h* .ivy guaid In the Broward county Jail with nis Uibie, which he kept close to him during the last days of hi* life, as his only companion Before retiring last night, members of his funi.ly visit-, ed him carrying flowers and arranging to carry out his last wishes. For most of th,. night ne r-jadiration,schoolarelocotn-durlngd aswasWnrrifacerH11C4operlowtnuiiMnldlookirnt'nUSCState having degree all f Arts lr po-ln|S^and Scripture lo hlmtelf or sometimesIncom-8.duringYKfieMofto two guards who paced nervously ^ , up and down the corridor outside his cell On one occasion tic stopped ul| « them and said: This old body oi mine is here, but my soul is in Heaven with Ood. I will b»* WlTTltltteifreetheyou until Saturday morning, and M.^0raintheandhourthen I am going home.A long while he would read his dailj Bible, sometimes quietly, and again shoufhlt;. I mumbling the words Ilalu-aulbly. ta ruHelen- Thp Kuards, treading monotonous!. clty up and down the stone hallway, ap- ope„ lia. pa realty annoyed hint. For once he 0UI. said: Why don't you go und sitfootlallied hown and don't be so nervous?? uuriAnd he cast his eyes down again to find consolation In the soiled andhaveBlfMREle lo-lunlty ,natMe ®lblf Wi , , , .•gram The batlle- which led to tne rumI pllrj pirate's capture, went down In the alRO | annals of the coast guard as the 0f most colorful fight between rum elated runners and guardsmen that ever iently 100,4 place ofT the Florida coast.tj„. A coast guard boat, bound for j regret ' the Bahamas, pulled alongside Al- R(•stood ! dennan's liquor-laden Argosy, and Ham rnnn Alderman and his companion. Rob- ^ after prt Weech. were taken captive. Sud- i nois •rated denly Alderman seised a revolver | the SJol and emptied It into Sanderlin's back aU. , . ‘also; as h,. was attempting to use his p far I wireless to inform the coast guardrllitK- base of the caPturp ui th® •o-called rum king Then Lamby, the oth*r coast on | guardsman, dived for a hatch, but )abbs Alderman picked him off with u ig bullet. The situation seemingly in hanu, Alderman then ordered the remainder of the crew to board the rum craft, and lined them along tne rail, covering them with ills smoking gun.He ordered Weech to board the coast guard boat and set It afire to destroy all evidence of the crime. | four But Just at this time Webster, he secret service agent, rushsd theeat 11-threeof■d tolings • withitemslghlyThBringness Natlu 11 ran Mr: ator publii learn McQl Mr: the f widov McCo renonloudy!»udy,.•rior.liquor runner. Alderman shot him i Theydead, but Webster .in -jiving his life, offered the rest of the -rew u chance to jump upon the ‘kipjier.with the ci and b
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Burlington Daily Times
Burlington, North Carolina, US
Sat, Aug 17, 1929
Page 7
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