Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1902 — RESPITE CAME TOO LATE. [ARTICLE]

RESPITE CAME TOO LATE.

Boy Hanged Shortly Before Governor’s Stay Is Received. Henry Flutcher, colored, was hanged at St. Louis at 6:06 o’clock Friday morning- Twenty minutes later a reprieve arrived from the Governor, in response to a telegram from Circuit Attorney Folk. The recommendation for the reprieve was made on a statement from the detective* that new testimony had been received that might show that the murder had been committed in self-de-fense. Flutcher shot and instantly killed Louis Roth, 14, white, on Aug. 17, 1900. The killing grew out of a quarrel between Flutcher and Roth's brother.