Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1901 — Negro Sentenced to Hang. [ARTICLE]

Negro Sentenced to Hang.

Raymond Ross, the negro who criminally assaulted Mrs. Miller, a woman living in Cherokee county, Georgia, and who was taken to Canton from Atlanta, escorted by the governor’s Horse guards, was tried, convicted, and sentenced to hang, all in forty minuted. The negro was taken away from Atlanta at 6 in the morning As soon as the train reached Canton the soldiers, 158 in number, formed a square around the negro, and he was hurried to the courthouse. A jury was quickly obtained, the evidence was heard and the sentence pronounced. l£ cost the state just SBOO to try Ross. Soldiers have been called out several times recently, and time the expense account bas been heavy.