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Dallas Morning News May 10, 1912 DEATH SENTENCES ARE DELAYED Governor Stays Execution of Wood Maxey to Have Been Hanged May 17 Special to The News Austin, Tex., May 9 - The Governor today reprieved for three months the sentences of death imposed on William Hargrove of Walker County and Wood Maxey, a negro of Grayson County. This was done at the request of the Board of Pardon Advisers, who reported they desired to investigate the petitions for commutation to life imprisonment submitted by and in behalf of the condemned men. Hanging is deferred until Friday, Aug. 9, in each case, unless the Governor meanwhile intervenes. Hargrove was sentenced to death for the murder of John Hardy in Walker County, Feb. 4, 1910, and was to have been hanged at Huntsville May 17. Maxey was to have been executed at Sherman on May 24 for the killing of Ernest Johnson, a white man, in a restaurant in that city Oct. 16, 1910. Several Grayson County citizens have signed the petition in his behalf, urging that the negro has been an epileptic since childhood. News Index Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |