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Execution of a negro.

--At half-past 11 o'clock yesterday morning a negro named Henry, slave of the Virginia Central Railroad Company, was hung in the jail yard at Henrico County Courthouse. On the 28th of July last, the unfortunate victim was guilty of setting fire to the hay and wheat stacks of William C. Day, of Hanover county, and was subsequently guilty of an attempt to assassinate Mr. Day by waylaying him on the public highway. For these offences he was tried by the County Court of Hanover on the 26th of August, and condemned to be hung; but on account of the insecurity of the jail and the proximity of the enemy, the condemned man was transferred to Henrico county jail and the execution ordered to take place in the jail yard of that county. The execution was witnessed by a very small concourse of persons, and his death was unaccompanied by any incident of interest. Rev. Dr. John E. Edwards visited the condemned man in the capacity of a spiritual adviser, but failed to elicit an intelligent expression of spiritual repentance.

The Daily Dispatch: October 8, 1864. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. October 8, 1864. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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