Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1909 — GIRL MAY PREVENT HANGING [ARTICLE]

GIRL MAY PREVENT HANGING

•ays Her Companion and Not Condemned Negro Killed Cameron Cool. Wllkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 12. —Declaring that Thomas Willis, a negro, sentenced to hang here Thursday for the murder of Cameron Cool; is Innocent, Rosalie Williams, a young white girl, has made an affidavit which is being rushed to Governor Stuart The girl does not know the negro. She declares she was with Robert Vallee when he struck Cool over the head with a revolver. The men quarreled over Vallee's demand for a loan.