Muhlenberg County Kentucky
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Alexander, Harrison
Died thirty minutes after trap sprung.
Legal execution of Harrison Alexander took place last Friday.
Harrison Alexander, the negro who assaulted Mrs. Florence Whitehouse, in Muhlenberg county several months ago and who narrowly escaped being lynched at the time, was hanged in the jail yard at Greenville last Friday morning at 5:30 o'clock. Between four and five hundred people witnessed the execution.
Alexander went to the scaffold with a firm and steady step and appeared to keep his nerve to the last. The negro enjoyed a good nights rest and ate a hearty breakfast.
It was feared that trouble might occur before the hanging, as several rumors were out that friends of the condemned man would try to rescue him, and Adj. General Lawrence ordered the militia company from Madisonville to Greenville to guard the negro. No violence of any kind was attempted.
Before the black cap was adjusted the sheriff asked Alexander if he desired to make any statement. The negro replied that he was innocent of the charge, and died protesting his innocence.
When the trap was sprung the negro fell for about six feet, but the rope stretched for several inches, allowing his feet to touch the ground and it was necessary for several deputy sheriffs to pull him up several inches and hold him there until he died thirty-two minutes later by strangulation.
- Source: Hartford Republican [Hartford, KY], 16 Aug 1907.
Alexander, Willis & Earl Fleming
Men Accused of Stealing Horse; Held on Bonds.
Willis Alexander, accused of grand larceny, was held to the grand jury on a $500 bond, and Earl Fleming was held to the grand jury on a like charge, on a $100 bond. The men were accused in a warrant of stealing a horse from Bill Penrod.
- Source: Messenger [Central City, KY], 19 Oct 1933.
Allen, Dalmer Ross & James Albert Wilkerson &c.
Six injured in auto mishap at Drakesboro
An auto ride that resulted in tragedy occurred last Friday night at Drakesboro when the automobile that was occupied by Dalmer Ross Allen, James Albert Wilkerson and E. Cornett, Greenville; Misses Sybil Satterfield, Ruth Landrum and Laurine Casebier of Drakesboro, ran head-long into the third car of a train of cars that was on the switch to the Black Diamond mine, it is said.
The young folks were out riding about 8:15, traveling on Highway 81, and evidently did not notice the train of cars on the switch in time to avoid the accident.
Dalmer Ross Allen suffered four fractured ribs and was taken to the Greenville hospital. James Albert Wilkerson suffered a dislocated elbow, Cornett escaping with two slight cuts on his face.
Miss Satterfield suffered concussions on chest, chin and left eye. Miss Landrum suffered bruises and it is thought a broken pelvis and injured bladder. Miss Casebier suffered a disfiguring cut on forehead, broken pelvis and ruptured bladder.
Miss Landrum and Miss Casebier and Mr. Allen are reported to be getting along nicely at the Greenville hospital.
- Source: Times-Argus [Central City, KY] 6 May 1938.
Updated April 5, 2024.