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August 4, 1911
The Jones County News
Ellisville, Jones County, Mississippi
What is this article about?
In Louisville, Mississippi, the scheduled execution of Bell Gage, a Black man convicted and sentenced to hang, was postponed for 40 days by Secretary Buck on Governor Noel's order, allowing time to prepare a petition for commutation to life imprisonment.
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Postpone Executions
Jackson.—There was to have been a public execution at Louisville, the county seat of Winston county, Friday, as decreed by the supreme court of Mississippi when it affirmed the case of Bell Gage, a negro, who was sentenced to the gallows. But it is not to be, for a while at any rate, as, acting on a telephone message from Governor Noel, Secretary Buck issued a respite, good for forty days, until his friends and workers can have had time to prepare and publish a petition for commutation of the sentence to life imprisonment.
Jackson.—There was to have been a public execution at Louisville, the county seat of Winston county, Friday, as decreed by the supreme court of Mississippi when it affirmed the case of Bell Gage, a negro, who was sentenced to the gallows. But it is not to be, for a while at any rate, as, acting on a telephone message from Governor Noel, Secretary Buck issued a respite, good for forty days, until his friends and workers can have had time to prepare and publish a petition for commutation of the sentence to life imprisonment.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime Story
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Crime Punishment
Justice
What keywords are associated?
Execution Postponement
Bell Gage
Mississippi Supreme Court
Governor Respite
Commutation Petition
What entities or persons were involved?
Bell Gage
Governor Noel
Secretary Buck
Where did it happen?
Louisville, Winston County, Mississippi
Story Details
Key Persons
Bell Gage
Governor Noel
Secretary Buck
Location
Louisville, Winston County, Mississippi
Event Date
Friday
Story Details
The supreme court affirmed Bell Gage's death sentence, but Governor Noel ordered a 40-day respite via Secretary Buck to allow preparation of a petition for commutation to life imprisonment.