Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1905 — Killed in the Electric Chair. [ARTICLE]

Killed in the Electric Chair.

Ossining, N. Y.. Jan. 10.—William Spencer, a mulatto, was put to death in the electric chair in Sing Sing prison for the murder of Charles 8. MeFar lane in New York city on June 13, 1903. Spencer shot MacFarlane, an agent of the New York Anti-Policy league, ln_jhe corridor Jp the criminal

court building In New York city. The motive for the murder was revenge.