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Clay, in Speech on Gallows, Warns of Life of Sin and Begs in Vain to Lie Beside Wife He Slew
SPENDS HIS LAST HOURS PRAYING AND SINGING HYMNS
Slaver, as Execution
Draws War, Admits
He Feigned Insanity
to “Saxe II is Neck;”
Begs Forgiveness ot
Victim’s Kin.
Continued From Faye One.
That’* •:
••But I kt; 1 dill wrong, and l*m g
Ing to pay th< penalty. Cm going hoim ;
to henvcn to j< in toy swo-t Hue lovt
my da ling \vif»* end to I »; k• •
: .!tt rhiul and again .. . ’ mud in
the lap us my dear mothe i ■ nev- " i
dad . hoi. h< on earth, but I• ’
ng t■ • i.a • v • I .’lUtifu horn* r <»w - < j
dqtih v, • !■ ■ sun re '>• >< ts ond I.-
ieav* •• h' \ ■ fa - uh< h autx and ;
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nood • >nh\ I b.op< V«< death v.ill i« an
. nd th- t ii. . n in uho Ims . (
• < sir •in Ids bra tfo murd* •Ip> •» |
to G<» 1!n pi-,’. ’ H •: I 'ion- •», n .
j.ri .ms f w» uld b- .Hi v- too.l and
I ’a< uhi s.vt • ‘ mar. and vciub.i .
1• 1 • ■ • ,
. u \ . into •• ri. • \ in '!■ . o.ai, - j
IP .1 • . is t -m* i bus PI. be 1
• . ip , ' of r. 5. ■ it! ! •*. ->/ -bye •
to >it .-H. an may God J,»: r\yry-|
Visit of Brother
Break ; Long Silence.
< . ,in ■■ ..I ’ mte.l -ini<‘ j
j ..'tj <>*' ’ll. untl; todav, j
• j.i ■ '.i l\. ■'. i , ir;mn< nt u ,
~,.h . ... vin.li- ■ ■ nti.nhilti l '! I
t. . .n' ■ • • i’., and then re-
U><-d Into sll. :.>-e It tne
visit ..1 Ins b.-tm ' .!-• ■ 1 ' •
vtiused ir :’ it ■, .“!'•- 11 t< • y I••* [
v.i,s fitting <■> id I. nil-. hl" bind in his
hand h ■ |i th’ b■ <>. m . to hl in
through the b...-
"Bob, It’s all over, old man," siii
Ju,bi: I'lny. •■’l’:i< ' ■ tu> hop’' Your
t . hum . s gon. ’
Robei t Clay i-l»nl hia in-ad and
smiled faint v. Th. rushed back
to hl» pula clinks and his lips opened
slowly. ’Phen, with |.|i ctY.i.t ns though
his vocal organs lad partly been
paralysed by long disuse, he surprised
the attendants by sp'-.iklng slowly and
distinctly
"ThaCs 111! right. I’m reudy to go.
I've been r< uly for three months,” he
said.
He ros. from bls blml: nnd stepped
to the grating. UN alster-ln law and
another woman, with .'lax’s tiny' no
ph. w. hud come to th* corridor them
and. the condemn. .1 man extended a
thin, white hand through th. bars and
placed It t< n.ierly on the head ot' the
child.
"I've made my peace with God,” h<’
said, gently ami without a trace of ex
citement. “I will go to him like a little
child. I am going to heaven to jolnj
my wife. 1 am ■ ontldent of that. I .
want to n buri, d besld ' he'. ”
Begs to See His
Little Bov A?ain.
,t, it foi ; moment, and
>i, e. ',, he wlsned to mike up'
1,j.. ...I .m. o.lhs -lien C. bl oke Int.c
... couvetaation. speaking to]
tuim Msito.s, a.t.imiu'i. talking US I
‘ apldl.' I.' • ould.
-V,, a't ' a b. I' '• nix lit le boy to
■ f ... i die?” h w.. "I
wm t to him gain ”
duller Golmm promised to send at
cnee and try to locate tin child before l
the Irnur of execution, clay cotitln
v. d bls eonver-atioti.
■ You were good to me, Mr. Golden,"j
> >;) n ‘ I renumber s<Hnethir.ft yt'il j
did. When I was taken- up to be r. -
sentem'd •' month ago I wan ,'o cold
i l inmg!.’ 1 would 11 • < * you mob j
.f. y"iir W v-rcoat nmi put U ntoiind |
u. shouhivii. 1 haven’t furgoiteii.”
Sings Old Hymn
As Aged Father Calis.
Siu’-'w .fie. .'lay uad broken his si- i
lie. . ii. old father. Job.t.son C ay, of '
lit'. Piedmont avenue, and Id- sinter,
.Vi -. W. 11. Wltitah I. call.-.; :’.t the
Tow. r at.d ..-’le token up to the cor
ridor outside the death e. 11. As they
i ■ . .. ■ heard C4aj ■
ag loudly , his voice filled v 'll e".io- j
tion. The prisoner .ad choSvt. an old I
camp-m. eting hymn:
'Tin going holm-. I'm going home. I
I’m going horn, to die no m ile."
\s the last words died away. Mrs.!
Whituket col laps .1 am. sunk to the |
rlom . He ■ I’ather cuugbt her In Ills I
arms and comforted her. and in. a few !
i ..meats sh> was b-<. up to the grating 1
•if tits eel., .'lay r.-aehed his hands!
through tile bars and clasped liers be
tween them.
Doomed Man Prays
As He Holds Sister's Hand.
"Don't cry . sister." he said, tenderly.
"I'm just going home to mother. We'll
all meet there, some day."
Mrs. Whitaker sank to b. r km,.- out- '
side the cell and Wept. And, then,
clnaping her hands in his own, e.'hiy
began to pray
v lt is the first piiiye I ever Iward I
him utter," bis sister said afterward. I
"May ft mean the turning point in ids 1
destiny "
Then, while the . k tick,.; off the
few minutes remaining of his life, Hcb-
Irt <'l.c. talkt ■ ' . • rt -i fhl at-
tempt to leign insanity by playing
dumb and keeping ills head b< w eti on
hi» breast.
"It wax awfully mrrd. 1. »ald.
.Soye times I thought 1 couldn't stand ;
Tiler, w. :. tlm, s a li< i. Iw. :-t. t.
cragy, and 1 mo to bite n.y lips to
HAS i PHO IX)GRAPH OK CLAY
I * .aa v
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•-••••
Robert L. ('lay. wife slayer, who pays the penalty for his erinw on ifallows in the Tower today.
I - -
(keep back the words And holding my j
I head in that on< position marly killed i
| me, 1 thought somethin s my neck I
I won : . luck before ir re che.t the gal
ilows. But I got n< net <i to it Ir. !
’time, and decided to stick it out to the ’
■ end. But I never had much hope.
| Then Clay spoke with evident pride
of tat innnn- r in which he had kept
fine- ’ the passing days without read
ing a newspaper or convening with
ant body or seeming to allow interest it.
t'ae world outside
"Tile big waist,, o; i.,< kt.nnta Mill
png Company Jus. out«!.l<- th. Tow .r
Jias !• er 11. y calendar,” lie -nd. "The
I whistle blows tlire. times every day
| When it does not blow I know it is
Sunday.
1 began figuring by tlie whistle when
I 11. steam. I counted four Sundays-to
a month, and filled in the otlie days, so
. I kept Back of the date- I kin w that
i I was sentenced on N vetnbe 9. and 1
heard Judge Koan tlx Erl 1 y, 1 hcembet
13, as tile date of < xe< uti.'u I made m
sign, but 1 lia.i felt that t s would be
the (lay of lib death, f had dreamed
that I would die on tin- 13th. some day.
and 1 knew that a 1-Tiday would bo
chosen by the court. My dream lias
come true
“Since that day last November m.v |
old friend, the whistle, lias told m-’ I
every day that I was so much nearer
the g uvc. There were to b. Just so
many days before my death The whis
t.c was to blow Just so many times. 1
heard it blow once tills morning It w ill ;
blow again lit noon. But 1 will not hear
ii next time."
Then (’lay began to speak of his wife
again.
"I oven Kan better tiiau ail the
" bi," he s , ~| "My Gao. bow I !,.■•• 1
her! I’heie was- never anybody who
c mid take In-r place I hop- her people
will fo-glv, n . as God h. s forgiven
me. roil that tiny wi 1 lei me . buried
by 1..;- -1., I -by, |y. -on you
ou'si.le my (-<< ots of times, ar.d heard
you asking questions of we. Sonie-
i’HE ATT \NTA GEORGIAN AND XEVvS.FFHDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1912.
jtlhies 1 was crazy to speak to y ou. but 1
hud to keep up my g-imo to the lass.
I Good • by e."
Women’s Prayers
Fail to Move Him.
In ’lu hopo <»f < hcerinx <’ ay anU
strengthening him f«». the merai o.’
•<»day, In the event lie was feigning in
sanity. three sympathetic women spent
more than an hour t the birred door
<»f his t elk yesterdaj afternoon, singing
l.vmns and offering fervent prayers for
ins soul, 'khe women were Mrs Min
nie Everett ami Miss Christian .lohn
><•11. of 342 Simpson street, and Mrs.
Lula Medle\. .»f Newport stret-t.
Os all those who beard the song*
and prayers of the wumen, the dootn
“'l himself appeared the least
touche ! Not .»nev did t bar moisten
his downcast e><‘*. and nut >»nce did
hi -peak Leaning against thv cell
bats, his gaz. tixvd on the floor, he
showed absolute ly no emotion. He
merely stood as it fascinated.
W hen Dr Samuel H Green cour.tx
physician, called at the Tower yegter-I
da\ afternoon and made his final ex
amination of the pri-oner and found
him nervous anU his pulse at !<‘2. h*
' said thi< v as the first evidence shown 1
!of a breakdown. Dr Gr*\ n said this
I was a sure sign that Clay was sam
and that le realized bis doom wusl
close al hand
Explanation First
Given by Slayer.
Tim first explanation of ills crime
given by the Bayer following his
arr-st w i- the night of the murder,
just after lie had been locked in the
police siatl.tr When prisoners in the
same ward askeu day why lie killed
his wife, the slay r. still in a drunk
en condition, replied:
"I loved my wife, uml she wouldn't
live witlt me. 1 couldn't stand to be
away from her and 1 killed her."
Since that time his lips had be-.’n
scaled until today. On his trial, and even
when the death sentence was pro
nounced, fie never uttered one word ir
defense of Ids act He successfully
defied every effort and every ruse user
to break liis silenc.
Boy, 3, Made an
Orphan by Execution.
The execution of day leaves a lit
tle orphan boy. less than three years
of age. This little fellow lias beei
eared for since tin tragedy by rela
tives of tile slain mother, and will bi
educated and reared by them. They
say they intend to give him every ad
vantage j - sible. and to strive in every
wax to kt ep this dark htot from stain
ing his future.
The feeling of relatives of the skill
w man was manifested In a dramatic
manner when a sister ot’ Mrs. Clay call
• d t the Tow. r with tin- explanatior
that she "me.ely wished to look id
As she gazed through the bars, tin
, young woman is said to have ex-
I claimed:
"Bob, we're going to break your neck
you have but a short time to live.'
History of Crime
For Which Clay Hanged.
To the Jailers she expressed the firn
j belief that Clay was feigning.
| Clay shot and killed ids wife. Mrs
1 Kate Hughe- Clay, on Sunday night
May ill. In Mis. Clay's home, 201 Let
street West End.
i' ay. who w. s living apart from his
wile, was intoxicated at the flnu ami
fired two bullets into her form as she
screan eii and begged him piteously tv
spi n lit lit- She died In an ambu
late. or, t . way to Grady hospital
C.ay was air. ted a short distance from
the hous,.
Clay and liis wife separated early in
January of this year, Mrs. Clay assert
ing that Clay came home drunk and
abused and mf«tr, at<,! her. Etc- this
.ie had ..ini ...rested, and itv was ar
raigned in police court.
JAP CREW OF SHIP IN
MUTINY: THREE SHOT
SaN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13. .Seventy
eight Japanese, the crew < f the steamer
India, mutinied against their others to
day while the big vessel was in the har
bor here ready to sail for Yokohama.
i Three of the sailors were shot. A police
I tug with officers armed with shotguns
| were rushed to the .scene.
The crew atiaekr-d th. captain, S. .J. j
I Parsvns, and four IJuropean officer:--, I
1 rushing at them with drawn knives
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