People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1893 — Negro Murderer Shot. [ARTICLE]

Negro Murderer Shot.

Fort Smith, Ark., July I. — Joe Bird, a negro, was shot at Wilburton, I. T., at 11 o’clock Friday by the Choctaw authorities. When all was ready for the final scene the executioners placed him in position. A circle about three inches in diameter was painted in wmte. immediately over his heart. The sheriff with a rifle stood 15 paces away. He took an unerring aim and as he fired the negro murderer fell backwards dead. The Choctaws holding arms gave utterance toa most unearthly veil and the tragic scene was over. Bird’s crime was the brutal muiier of hia wife