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ESTABLISHED 1884 TAYLOR HAS GONE TO HIS LAST ACCOUNT. * The Wife Murderer Paid the Dread Penalty of His Crime in The Bibb County Jail Today DEATH MNSTANT Great Crowds Surround the Jail For Hours. TATLOR’S LAST WORDS Full Description of the Fearful Event—History of the Crime- Other Hangings. Today Abner Taylor, <the wife murderer, wa« hanged in the Bibb county jail. Everything had been pur in readiness. The death trap had -been oiled and tested and the rope which had been stretching for ■the past few’ days, had been greased and the knot tied. Taylor had been kept for the lasit few days in a cell to himself and the watchful eye of the guard was always upon him. For the past two days he has been lying face downward on his bunk and has spoken scarcely a word. Taylor retired early last night but did not sleep very well. He rolled and tossed on his bunk and the death-watch who was on said that he must have had something on his mind. iHe was constantly talking but no one could understand what he said. He arose several times and knelt beside his cot in prayer. All during the night th£ death watch was pacing up and down the corridor and keeping his eye constant ly on the prisoner. He arose early this morning and dressed and read his Bible for over an hour. At 8 o’clock Jailer Stephan brought in a bar ber by the name of Johnson, who shaved him. Taylor was then conducted to the ibath room w’here he was given a bath and was then dressed in a black suit, white collar and black tie. He returned to his cell and began reading his Bible again. His Brothers Come. About 9 o’clock his brothers, Eli and Richford Taylor, called on him. They were allowed to go in the corridor the cell. They remained with him until the drop fell. During their conversation they talk ed of their mother at home and what a sad blow' it would be to the family. Taylor remarked how sorrow he was that he had committed the crime but said that his wife’s family had been the cause of it all. Several times his brothers burst into tears but Taylor remained firm, though at times his .voice faltered somewhat. He advised his brothers to make their peace with God and to keep out of bad company. He was interrupted *at this time by Jailer Stephan, who asked him what he wished for breakfast. He said that- anything would do and the jailer brought him up a tray filled with steak, eggs, coffee, ham, biscuit and cakes. He ate heartily and said that he felt very much better. Dr. Matthews cam? in at 10 o'clock and was allowed to enter the cell. He read several chapters in the Bible and then prayed for a short time. At the conclu sion of the prayer he sang “Rock of Ages Cleft for .Me.” Taylor joined in the chorus and at the conclusion of the hymn Taylor said that he knew would be saved and that he. was ready to die. io a New* Reporter. A News reporter called on him in a few minutes and asked him how he felt. He replied: “1 feel all right and I know’ that I will feel better after it is all over.’’ He expressed his regret at the reporters being unable to be present. Jailer Stephan allowed a few gentlemen to call on him and he had a pleasant word for each one. Several of the gentlemen said that his nerve was the most wonder *ul that they had ever seen displayed by a human being. It was remarkable, as his brothers were outside the cell weeping and Taylor did not even shed a tear and tried to cheer his brothers by saying that he would be better off as soon as it was all over. The Death Trap Ready. In a few feet from Taylor’s cell and only kept from sight by the iron bars was the gallows on which he would meet his death tn a few minutes. The rope was hung and the trap door oiled and ready. A small rope attached to the spring of the trap door which would send him into eternity, was hanging ready and could almost be seen from the cell. The gallows had been washed off and cleaned and was ready for its work. Dur ing this time Taylor was as calm as pos sible for a man to be and did not seerh to be affected at all by the noise and talking that was going on. f The Jail i* Cleared. At 11 o’clock Sheriff Westcott ordered the jail cleared and everybody with the exception of the guards, ministers, sur geons and friends of Taylor were shown out of the door. The judge had ordered the hanging to be strictly private and even THE MACON NEWS. the newspaper men were excluded. Taylor was then told to get ready and say a last farewell to his relatives and friends. The La*c Prayer. As soon as the jail was cleared Dr. Mat thews offered up another prayer lor the soul of Taylor and in a few minutes Tay lor had said good-bye to all of his rela tives. It was a sad scene at the parting and Taylor’s brothers were allowed-to go into the cell and embrace him. They broke into tears and went out of the jail crying. Taylor, however, showed no sign of fear and was cool to the last. In a few min utes after his brothers had left, the jail officials came in and told him good-bye. Sheriff Westcott then told him to prepare to go on the scaffold. He arose without trembling and said “I am ready.” On the Gallow*. He was conducted to the scaffold be tween two deputies. He was stood on the trap door and his legs and arms were tied by Jailer Stephan and Deputy Sheriff Me nard. As soon as that was completed the sheriff asked him if he had anything to say and he replied that he had said all that he thought was necessary. Mr. Me nard then drew out the black cap, which is so much dreaded by all criminals and hesitated a second to let Taylor take his last look at God’s sunshine. He then placed the cap over Taylor's head and drew the strings. Everything was then in readiness and Taylor was placed in the center of the trap door. Sheriff Westcott caught the rope which was to send the man to his doom and said: “Good-bye, Abner.” Taylor replied: “Good-bye, Mr. Westcott and all of you; I thank you for your kindness to me while in jail.” As soon as the last words were said Sheriff Westcott pulled the rope and Tay lor dropped like a shot through the trap door. He bounded back in the air and then was still. The drop fell at 12:01 and in eight minutes the doctors pronounced him dead, his neck being broken by the fall. His pulse had ceased to beat at 12:04 but Lt w.as eleven minutes after before the body was cut down. During the whole fifteen minutes that the body hung it never moved. Dr. Stueber, the surgeon of the Second Ohio, in company with Dr. John son and Dr. Derry, pronounced the man dead. His body was placed in the coffin which had been provided by the county and was turend over to his brothers, who had a wagon in waiting. Taylor Died Gania.| The nerve displayed by Taylor was won derful .and Sheriff Westcott says that never before in his experience as sheriff has he seen a man display such nerve. Only once did he falter and that was when the black cap was being placed over his head and his knees began to tremble just a little. He also shuddered as he was being brought down the steps to the gallows but he quickly recovered himself. Taylor’s brothers and cousins who were with him all during the morning left just before he was carried to the gallows. Mr. Eli Taylor said that he could not bear to be present and had to leave. He came out in the jail yard and stayed until the body was cut down. He and his brother were crying throughout the time and everybody present felt sorry for them. When they went into to get the body their sobs could be heard for some distance. The body was given to them and it was taken to Keat ing's undertaken establishment and pre pared for burial. It will be taken to Dole’s church in the Hazard district where the funeral will be held this afternoon. Hanging Was Successful. The execution this morning was one of the most successful that has ever taken place in Bibb county. Taylor’s neck was broken by the fall and his death was painless. Dr. Steuber in speaking of the hanging said: “The execution was one of the smoothest I ever witnessed. It sur passes our method in Ohio and I think it is the most humane way to execute a man. Taylor's neck was broken by the fall and his spinal cord ruptured, which caused him to die a painless death. I do not think that he could have suffered a second and that the only pain he could have suf fered was when the rope was placed around his neck. We electrocute criminals in Ohio but this method surpasses all I have ever seen.” Dr. Johnson said: “It was the most suc cessful I ever heard of.” Dr. Derry said: “I think the man died without pain.” Every man that has been hung by Mr. Westcott the neck was broken by the fall. This is a record to be proud of. as all of the men suffered no pain. No one was present at the hanging ex cept the officials, no newspaper men be ing allowed. Those present were: G. S. Westcott, sheriff: L. B. Herrington and V. A. Menard, deputy sheriffs; D. H. Riley, bailiff; T. C. Hunnicut, bailiff; E. J. Rainey, guard; W. P. House, guard: Drs. J. C. Johnson. Louis Steuber. H. C. Derry, Rev. Mr. Matthews and the jail officials. A large crowd was in the jail yard all during the morning, thinking that they would be allowed to see the man after he was hung but they were disappointed. When the drop fell jt could be heard by everybody present and there was a solemn look on the faces of all. Many of the peo ple remained until the remains were brought out in the coffin before they dis persed. Taylor will be the sixth man to be hung since 1883, and will be the second man to MACON NEWg FRIDAY DECEMBER x 5 1898. be hung on the gallows now in th*e jail. I Following is a hie terry of the hangings which have taken place-since Mr. Westcott l has been sheriff. (Double Hanging. On the first day of June, 1883. the first 'double hanging that has ever taken place in Bi'bb county, Henry Wimbush and John Bailey, two negroes were both hung on the , same scaffold at the same time. They were s hung for different crimes and were sen tenced to death by Chief Justice Simmons, i now of the supreme court. Wimbush kill i ed a negro man on the Southern Railway j bridge over the Ocmulgee river, and John 1 Bailey killed -a negro named John Tatum in a bar room on Cotton avenue. This hanging was the last public hang ing that has taken place in Bibb county. It was very successful and 'both of the men’s j necks wer broken. Both of the negroes killed their victims in cold blood, and they came very near being lynched. Will Bell. The next man to be hung in Bibb coun ty was Will Hell. He was convicted of the crime, of murder, having killed Deputy Sheriff Wilder, who was trying to arrest him. His case was in the courts for a long time. He was only 'fifteen years of age at the time he was hung and it was on account of this extreme youthfulness that the case remained in the courts for so long a time. His lawyers made a great fight for his life, but without success. He was hanged bn the jail yard on the 29th of i November, 1892. Louis L»wi*. ■Louis Louis was the next man who paid ■ t/he penalty of his crime on the gallows, i He was convicted of killing his wife near I Dillon’s dairy, and his crime was one of j the most atrocious in the history of the ; state. He killed his wife in cold blood and ■ made his escape. He was captured, tried i and convicted, and on the 3Jst day of March, 1893, he was hung on a scaffold i built in the Jail yard. Henrg Miller. ' Henry (Miller was the last man to be | hanged in Bibb county and was hung on i the scaffold on which Taylor will meet his death. On the scaffold at present can be seen a scratch made by Miller’s heel as the it ray door dropped from under him. Miller was convicted of killing John Bras well, a farmer, out on the six mile branch. ! Miller killed his victim and robbed him. He roamed about several weeks before he : was caught. He was hung on May 25th ! 1894. History of Tavlor’s Crime. I The readers of The News well remember j the horrible crime committed by Abner Taylor, who was hanged today. It war, about the middle of July when Taylor killed his wife and made his escape. The crime was committed late one Sun day afternoon. Taylor’s wife had left him and had gone to live with her father. Tay lar’s wife had left him and had gone to live with her father. Taylor had begged i her to come back several times but she : had refused u> do so, and on the day men- I tioned Taylor, in company with his brother Eli, went to her father’s house to persuade her to come 'back. When they arrived at the house Taylor .begged her to come back, but she refused, and turned to go into the house, when he rushed on her with a knife and began cut ting her. He stabbed her about twenty times and was trying to shoot her, when her father, attracted by the woman’s cries, came into the house. Taylor tunned his at tention 'to old Mr. Logue and fired at him twice, one shot striking him in the hip. j Taylor then made his escape, and it was sheveral days 'before he was captured. He was found one day by a posse lying in a peach orchard near Lizella. When the of ficers came up on him be pulled out the ■ same knife with which he had cut his wife and began stabbing himself. The officers got ito him. however, and stopped him. He ■ was brought to Macon on the same day and it was thought for some time that he ■ would die. He receovered. however, and ; was able to .stand trial. At the first trial he was re]sdresented bv .Messrs. Dupont Guerry and Charles Hall. ' He was convicted of murder and was sen- I tenced to be hung. Ills lawyers applied ' for a new trial but it was refused, and they carried the case to the supreme court. The decision of the lower court was sustained, however, and Taylor was resentenced to hang. His crime is regarded as one of the most brutal that has ever been committed in this county. The killing took place near Lizella, in Bibb county. Hi* Period in Jail. When Taylor was brought to the jail he was very quiet and it was thought for a I time that he would die on account of his self-inflicted wounds. He recovered, how ; ever, and soon began to mingle with the Other prisoners. Late in August he atempted to commit suicide by swallowing pulverized glass. The doctors were called in and worked on him several hours until he was allright, j For a time he was put in a cell to himself i with a ball and chain locked onhisle g. He : was kept there for several days until he i promised to do better. From that time he i has given the jailers no trouble and has been a model prisoner. For the last few days he has spent most of his time in reading the Bible and he said that he de rived grat satisfaction from It. He made friends with all of the other prisoners be fore he was hung and expressed a warm : feeling for them all. Jailer Stephan says that he was one of rhe most orderly prisoners that he has ever had anything to do with and that he . bated to part with him. COTTON SHIP ON FIRE. By Associated Press New York, Dec. 16. —The Hogan line steamer, Mattewan, which left Galveston December 1, for Boston, arrived today. She was considerably overdue at Boston and some anxiety was felt for her safety. The ■ Mattewan had 8,100 bales of cotton on board in which fire was discovered, but to all appearances it was extinguished pre j vious to her sailing from Galveston. GOVERNMENT WINS. Bv Associated Press. Vancourver, B. C.. Dec. 16—Official count for the Alberni bye election eivee Neile I government.) a majority of of 23 over Ward. AT WEE The President Sneaks to Boo ker Washington.s School BEFEBS TO RACE QUESTION Counsels Patience and Moderation —What the Negroes Should do for Themselves, By Associated Press. Ttit-keegee, Ala., Dec. 16.—The presiden tial party arrived at 8:50 this morning and was met by the mayor and town council. The trip from Atlanta was without inci dent. The party entered carriages and were driven to the Tuskeegee Normal school, where they were greeted by Booker T. V\ ashington, the pricipal, and escorted into the lecture room. Professor Wash ington epoke first, introducing Governor Johnston, of Alabama. The governor ap priately introduced the president to the scholars and guests. The president said: “One thing I like about this institution is that its policy has been generous and progressive. It is not so self-centered or interested in its own pursuits and ambitions as to ignore what is going on in the rest of the country or to make it diicult for outsiders to share its local advantages. I allude especially to the spirit in which the annual conferences have- teen held here by leading colored citizens and educators with the intention of improving the condition of their less fortunate brothers and sisters. Here we can see is an immense field and one which cannot too soon or too carefully be util ized. Conferences have grown in popular ity and are well calculated not only to I encourage colored men and women in in dividual efforts but to cultivate and pro mote amicable relationship between the two races, a problem whose solution was never more needed than at the present time. Patiei*c£, moderation, self-control, knowledge, character, will surely win you victories and realize the best aspirations of your race. An evidence of the sound ness of the purposes of this institution is that those in charge evidently do not be lieve in attempting the unattainable, and their instruction in self-reliance and prac tical industry most valuable. No country, epoch or race has 'a monopoly upon knowl edge. Some have easier but not necesar ily beter opportunities for self-develop ment. What few can obtain free most have to pay for, perhaps by hard physical labor, mental struggle and self-denial. But in this great country of ours all can have opportunity for bettering themselves provided they exercise intelligence and perseverance and 'their motivs and conduct ar worthy. Nowhere are such facilities for universal education found 'as in the United States. They are accessible to every boy and girl, white or black. In tegrity and industry are the best posses sions which any man can have, and every man can have them. Nobody can give them or take them away from him. They are good things to have and to keep. They make happy homes. They achieve success in evry walk of life. They have won the greatest triumphs for mankind. No man who has them ever gets into the police court of before the grand jury or in the work house of chaingang. They give one moral and material power. They will bring you comfortable living, make you respect yourself and command the respect of your fellows. They are indispensable to success. They are invincible.” , - - t BRYAN TALKS. WITH BAILEY He Visits the House and Gets a Warm JOvation. By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 16. —William J. Bryan came to the house of representatives at 1 o’clock and was given a most cordial re ception by his colleagues in congress. Earlier in the day Representatives Bailey, of Texas, Decocratic floor leader, 'break fasted with Bryan at the latter’s room and rt is understood discussed in a general way questions of public and party politics. When Bryan reached the house he was es corted the Democratic cloak room where he was surrounded by members and made the recipient of many attentions. He talked for some time socially and politically with that unreserve which marks cloakroom discussion. SUCCESSFUL TRIP New Military Transportation Service is Sat isfactory. By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 16. —The war depart ment has received the following report of the first trip of the new transport Mobile, which made her initial trip from Savannah to Havana, arriving there yesterday. This is the first trial of the new transport reg ulations which are very satisfactory: “Havana, Dec. 15. —Adjutant General, Washington: The Mobile reached Cuba on Thursday morning. The command appre ciate the excellent transportation and ar rangements. All in charge deserve credit for the suceesful trip. “WILLISTON, Commanding.” CLOSE ELECTION Decided by a Soldier Vote in the Pa cific. By Associated Press. Topeka, Kas., Dec. 16 —The state can vassing board decided a tie between A. E. Scott, Republican, and L. M. Marks, Pop ulist. candidates for the legislature from Jefierson county, by ordering the drawing of lots. Mr. Scott won, but did not demand his certificates, going home with the ex pectation that it would be sent by mail. Before the certificate was sent, however, the Mid-Pacific ocean vote cast by the Twentieth Kansas, en route to Manila, was received. Upon examination one vote was found for 'Mr. Marks. Accordingly the state canvassing board reversed its decis ion and issued a certificate to Mr. Marks. NO HURRY TO CEDE- Spain Will Wait Until our Senate Acts on the Matter. ar By Associated Press. Madrid, Dec. 10.—A semi-official note issued today says; “As the American sen ate must ratify the treaty of peace before it becomes effective our government should wait for this ratification and not hasten to cede territory which the United States senate may not accept.” STEAMER STAANDED. Strikes a Rock and Goes to the Bot tom. Py Associated Press. Falmouth, Dec. 16. —The British steamer Brinkburn, Captain Martin, (from Galves ton, November 22, and Norfolk 'November 30, for Havre, stranded on Maiden Bower Rock, Seilly Islands, during a fog last night. At high water the vestsl is sub merged. The crew landed. The Brink burn was of 2,096 tons. CONFESSED TO PERJURY A Woman Admits False Test imony in a Murder Case, By Associated Press. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 16. —Something of a sensation was developed in the Collins murder case When Ella Buchanan was re called and testified that her testimony as given on Monday, that she eaw a man on the roof of the 'Collins kitchen on the morning of the murder, was absolutely false. 'Miss Buchanan said:- “Mrs. Burnett came to see me on Bran non street in the morning of che 3rd and told me that I was to swear that she had been to Granton and had come home and that I met her and then we went looking for a house and saw a man on the roof of the Collins house. Mrs. Burnett told me I must swear to this or go to the peniten tiary.” The witness then told how she had sworn falsely in every particular, and ex plained in detail how Mrs. Burnett had told her to swear and what to swear to. NEEDED CONFEDERATES. Bill to Open Soldiers’ Homes to Them Off ered in Congress. By Associated 'Press. Washington, Dec. 16.—Representative Rixey, of Virginia, today introduced a bill in the house for the admission of Confed erate as well as Union soldiers into all the soldiers’ homes and government insti tutions maintained by the government. Although somewhat in line with the Pres ident’s suggestion in his speech in Atlan ta, that referred to the government care f° r Confederate cemeteries, whereas Rix ey s bHi refers to living ex-Confederates, who are “maimed, crippled or needy.” The text of the bill' is as follows: “That after the passage of this 'act all soldiers homes and other institutions ma? b Mined by the government for maimed, tuionled and needy soldiers and sailoin of the United Sta.es shall be open to all soldiers and sa ior.s of the civil war of 1861-65 upon the same terms aal without discrimina tion :i.- tc whether thej r enlisted upon the side of the union or the Confederacy.” Some miscellaneous business, including the passage of several minor private bills, was disposed of at the opening session of the house today. The debate upon the bill to incorporate the international American bank was then resumed. Mr. Bell, pop list, from Colorado, opposed the measure. At a meeting of the senate cmomittee on privileges and elections today the charges of bribery against Senator Hanna, made by the Ohio state senate in connec tion with the senator’s election to his pesent term of office were briefly discus sed and referred to a sub-committee con sisting of Senators Hoar, Spooner and Turley, to investigate the question and de cide how far it is necessary to go into the matter. The charges were filed during last session of congress and have not been pressed by the authors. AMATEUR BILLIARDS A Western Player to Tackle the East erners. • By Associated Press. Chicago, -Dec. 16. —It is now settled that Clem Ellison, the western amateur billiard ■player will participate in the tournament oc the Knickerbocker Club, of New York. The Chicago A. C. club declared that it could not see its way clear to paying the expenses of Mr. Ellison and W. P. Mussey, of this city, has said that he will assume a.l of the expenses of IMt. Elison in order that he may be in the tournament. THE DANES RELENT. By Associated Press. St. Thomas, -Dec. 16. —The United States quartermaster steamer, Gypsum King, which arrived here Wednesday last from Porto Rico in order to be docked, and which was prevented from so doing by the Danish government officials, who took the ground that it w-as in violation of the neu trality laws to permit her to do so, has now -been permitted to dock by orders from the authorities at Copenhagen. NOT IN DISTRESS. By Associated Press. London, Dec. 16. —A dispatch received from Lloyd’s agent at Skilbereen, Ireland, says there is no truth in the report from Baltimore, Ireland, which said the steamer supposed to be the trans-Atlantic liner, was throwing signals of distress off that place. The Dominion line steamer New England, which was thought might be the vessel reported in distress, has arrived at Liverpool. PRICE lx/e CblNlS '■'Ji OWMIII Insane Printer Assaults the British Embassy MISS PAUNCIHTE IHJURiD Fine Plate Glass Windows Ruined— An International Inci dent. By Associated Press. Chicago, Dec. 16.A special to the Tri bune from Washington, D. C., says: The British embassy was subjected for several minutes last night to vicious bom bardment with brickbats by Joseph W. Pearson, a Washington printer. One of Sir Julain Pauncefote’s daughters was struck on the foot and slightly hurt by the first missile thrown by Pearson. Several windows, the glass in the storm doors and the great plate glass doors of the embassy, which were magnificently cut in a design of the British coat of arms were smashed and riuned. Sir Julian has requested that Pearson be held until Sec retary of State Hay can be informed of the incident. Sir Juli'an and his daughters were sitting in the drawing room when there was a crash and the rattling of falling glass. Miss Pauncefote leaped to her feet with a cry of pain. Half 'a brick lay near Miss Pauncefote’s foot, which had been struck and cut. In a few minutes the police were on their way to the embassy. Mean while Pearson took a position under the porte-cochere and began to bombard the storm doors, soon smashing the glass out. of them. Behind there were the main doors of the embassy, great sheets of plate glass into which the arms of the embassy were cut. These glasses were imported 'and were valued at .S3OO each. Pearson deliberately stood in the porte-cochere and threw his remaining missiles at these fine glasses, breaking one after another. A policeman reached the embassy and arrested Pearson.. He refused to reply to questions. He is 26 years old and has been working for the electric street railroads recently. It is thought he is insane. “AGAINSTThT _• WHOLE WORLD” Dewev With the Monitors Readv to “Hol Dem’ Phil ippines.” By Associated Press. Manila, Dec. 16. —According to recent in formation received here the Filipino in surgents will endeavor to maintain a brave show for the purpose of securing the best terms possible from the Americans. It ia the opinion of Admiral Dewey that it wouid be advisable for the United States to pay the insurgent troops their arrears of wages. The whole amount would be a comparatively trifling sum and the pay ment of the troops would have a valuable effeca and may save incalculable trouble. Admiral Dewey is strongly convinced the Filipino insurgents are deserving of ac knowledgement. He believes in the prac ticability of liberal measures in the direc tion of local autonomy. Regarding the possibility of international com-plicatioas, Dewey says: z “Prior to the arrival of the monito’s I felt uneasy, but now I am ready io hold this position against the whole earth ” AGUINALDO’S PROTEST. Hls Representative in Parris Addresses the Peace Commission. By Associated Press. Paris, Dec. 16.—The entire American peace commission leaves here for the United States via Havre and Southampton tonight and sails for New York tomorrow on board the American liner St. Louis. It is learned that Agoncillo, the repre sentative of Aguinaldo, the Philippine leader, has lodged a strongly worded pro test with the commision, which thus be comes a part of the records. It begins with saying: “The very noble and gallant general, president of the Philippine re public” had honored him with “the post of official representative to the very hon orable president of the United States.” Agoncillo then reviews the case at length, saying that at the time of the “imploring of the armed co-operation of Aguinaldo other Philippine chiefs” both the com mander of the Petrel, Gaptain Wood, in Hong Kong before the declaration of war, and the American consul, General Pratt, in Singapore, Wildman at Hong Kong and Williams at Cavite, acting as international agents of the great American nation, at the moment of great anxiety, offered to recognize the independence of the Filli pino nation.” MEETING POSTPONED. Certain Membersof The East Macon Bap tist Church Will be Tried Sunday. The meeting of the conference of the East Macon Baptist church, which was to have been held last night, to -try several members on the charge of voting for whiskey was postponed until Sunday. The members will be brought up on that day unless they apologize and if guilry they will be expelled. By Associated Press. Champaign, Ills., Dec. 16. —Dick Collier, of Danville, was hanged in the county jail at Urbana today for the murder of Charles Free Bryant in September last.