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Earl Whitney and Claude O’BrienLaunched Into Eternity.Lexington, Ky., July 25.—Earl Whitney and Claude O’Brien paid the death penalty for the murder -of A. B. Chinn The necks of both were broken by the fall. As the clock struck 8 Friday morning Whitney and O’Brien were led to the scaffold by Deputy Sheriffs Kit Wllkerson and Ben Freckman. They were preceded on the scaffold by Fathers Cunningham and Bouldin, the Catholic priests. They came from the jail smiling, and Whitney shook •hands with a number of friends in the crowd. The sun was just beaming over the jail from the opposite side and their heads were ^almost I9 the sunlight, representing a CfCkwn of light over them. On the platform were Cir cult Clerk James Rogers and Deputy Sheriff McElroy, who adjusted the nooses. Other officers tied the feet and hands and two men adjusted the caps. The priests administered the last sad rites, and each of them kissed the cross just before the cap was slip ped over tbeir heads. Neither made a ■ statement or spoke a word after reaching the scaffold, but continued to lt;smile, and both were perfectly cool, not a muscle twitching.Whitney died hard, expiring at 8:22, while O’Brien died at 8:21 Deputy Sheriff Ben Freckman cut the men down, and Undertaker Weihl took charge of the remains and shipped them to their friends in Memphis and Nashville.
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Grayson Herald
Grayson, Kentucky, US
Fri, Jul 31, 1903
Page 5
Full Page
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Michael P.
CA, USA 09 Dec 2021
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