Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1890 — AT THE END OF A ROPE. [ARTICLE]

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Wm. Bartholomew Hanged for Murder at Easton, Fa. At Easton, Pa., William TJartholomew was hanged for murder. He was pronounced dead in fifteen minutes. He refused to eat any breakfast or to dress, and was hanged in his prison suit. His last words were declarations of his innocence, mixed with curses and blasphemy and demands that his paramour and Detective Johnson be also hanged. Bartholomew was convicted of themurder of Aaron W. Dilliard Friday morning, Sept. 6. 188 v). The crime was at first involved in mystery. Mrs. Dflliard’s story was that she had been aroused by a noise at the chicken coop and had sent her husband to learn the cause when he was fatally shot by some unknown person. Suspicion soon settled upon Bartholomew, who bad for years been intimate with Mrs. Billiard and he was arr.ested. Two hours after the funeral of her husband Mrs, Dilliard mace a full confession to the Rev. Mr. Smith, saving that Bartholomew and she had arranged the murd.er of her hftsband that she might marrv her paramour. She was to arouse Dilliard, send him out with and direct him to a cherry tree where Bartholomew was to be in readiness to shoot him. This plan was carried out exactly. Bartholomew was found guilty Sept. 20 of Murder in the first degree, the jury being out but one hour. Mrs. Dilliard was also convicted and sentenced to death, but her sentence was commuted to life, imprisonment