ALEX CARR - WILL MYERS - TO THE GALLOWS

Will  Myers and Alex Car - Sentenced to Hang

In the superior court at Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, Alex Carr, the alleged demented slayer of Captain King, and Will Myers, convicted of the almost unaccountable murder of Forest Crowley, were sentenced to be hanged on Friday, February 8th, on the second Friday of the second month in the new year.

In the instance of Alex Carr, who has changed in appearance only for the worse, the interest was not very manifest. It was Myers, the boy murderer, who drew the attention of the crowd.

Alex Car, bending forward until his head rested almost upon his knees, sat unmoved and listless throughout the delivery of the sentence. Not a sign of mental soundness was to be noticed. Will Myers, young and handsome, unbroken by the ordeals through which he has passed, sat upright, looking steadily at the judge. Sometimes it was a look that was full of vindictiveness; again it was that of assumed carelessness, and again indicative of sarcasm or scorn.

Not until the very last did Myers show the least sign of tears, and then the were not tears of penitence, but rather shed in sympathy with those of his loving parents, who sat by him during the sentence, and when the awful doom was announced by Judge Clark.

Jackson Argus - Week of January 4, 1895

Submitted by Don Bankston