Archived Shadows: True Crime Chronicles from Lowndes County’s Past
RAWLINGS DID NOT LIKE IT.He Was Not Pleased With Lawyer Cooper’s Argument. He Thinks That Mrs. Rawlings Should Have Spoken Up in His Behalf—He Says That She Knows That He Did Not Send the Boys With Alf Moore to Commit That Crime. (From Thursday’s Daily) “I know I am mean—maybe mean enough to be hanged—but […]
Continue ReadingRawlings Case in U.S.S. Court.Washington, Oct. 10 The case of J.G. Rawlings, of Georgia, the white preacher convicted of murder, was again brought to the attention of the supreme court of the United States in a motion to advance, which the court took under advisement.Rawlings has twice been convicted in Lowndes County for murder and […]
Continue ReadingNEW EVIDENCE IN THE CASEWhat Lawyer Cooper Told the Prison Commission Further postponement has been granted in the Rawlings case at the request of Attorney John Cooper. The hearing for clemency, which was scheduled for next Saturday in Atlanta, has been delayed. (From Tuesday’s Daily) Attorney Cooper claims to have new evidence in the Rawlings […]
Continue ReadingSolicitor Faces Rawlings For the second time since the trial of the Rawlings last summer, Solicitor General Will Thomas has had to face the prisoners in the county jail, both times to serve papers upon them. (This afternoon, Solicitor Thomas went to the jail and served notice upon J.G. Rawlings that a motion to advance […]
Continue ReadingRAWLINGS TALKS OF SENTENCE. He Does Not Like Fixing the Day Before Alf Moore’s He Says That It Is a Scheme to Prevent the Negro from Confessing on the Gallows and Clearing the Boys—He Says Wrong Has Been Done and Other Wrongs Are Done to Cover It Up (From Tuesday’s Daily) The sentencing of the […]
Continue ReadingNO HANGING HERE TOMORROW Governor Respites Alf Moore and J.G. Rawlings Again Rawlings’ case is in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the negro is said to be a material witness, so he is respited until the 5th day of October. (From Thursday’s Daily) Governor Terrell, acting upon the advice of Attorney General […]
Continue ReadingMRS. RAWLINGS IS IN ATLANTA Wife and Mother of Condemned Men Goes to Beg for Them Solicitor General Thomas Also Went to Atlanta Last Night, But Had Reached No Decision With Governor up to Noon Today — Rawlings Appears to be Indifferent (From Wednesday’s Daily) Mrs. J.G. Rawlings and her daughters have been in Valdosta […]
Continue ReadingSHERIFF IS TOLD TO HOLD UP Judge Speer Has Passmore Served With Citation of Appeal Valdosta States Marshal George White Came Down This Morning and Served the Papers Upon the High Sheriff, Thus Staying the Executions of J.G. Rawlings and Alf Moore (From Tuesday’s Daily) It is not definitely decided that J.C. Rawlings and Alf […]
Continue ReadingAT COURTHOUSE AND JAIL. There is a Dearth of News With the County Officers Now. Quite a Number of Prisoners in the County Jail Waiting for Trial Work to Begin Soon on Scaffold for Rawlings—-Vagrants are Still Being Arrested.(From Wednesday’s Daily.) The county officials are having very little to do these days beyond the dreary […]
Continue ReadingWhat Rawlings Says Now. The Times received a note from J.G. Rawlings this morning, stating that he had never said he did not expect to be hanged. He says that he believes he will be the only one in the bunch to hang. He says, further, that there will be no petition to the pardon […]
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