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Page 34 Rutherford Weekly Donnie H. Henson Clerk of Court Heart of Service” Heart of Service” “Dedicated wi“Dedicated withth a T ustwor hy a Trustwortthy Education: 1990 Graduate of Chase High School 1990-1991 Isothermal Community College 1994 Graduate of N. C. State University Work: 1994-95 Union County School Agriculture Teacher 1994-2001 Robbins Brick & Block- Manager 2001-Present Fairway Oil Co. d.b.a Quadcore Wholesale- Sales/Manager Family: Married Kim Allen of Rutherfordton Children: Hunter age 12, Will age 8 Parents: Donald & Kathleen Henson of Harris Faith: Baptist, Attend Holly Springs Baptist Church Paid for by the Committee to Elect Donnie H. Henson 9 W INVENTORY EVER OFFERED PRICES LARGEST SELECTION & START AT$ 828-286-9781 99 9 Ways to Make Hallo Make Halloween Safereen Safer Halloween is a time for people young and old to enjoy a little mischief and mayhem. To make the holiday even more enjoyable, revelers can heed a few tips to make Halloween as safe as it is fun. 1. 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Forest City discounts any price” “Cash ©Community First Media Community First Media Impatient, the physician, justice of the peace and amateur photographer persuaded a member of the Franklin Guards to grab the dead man's left leg to steady the swinging body. Another young guards- man stood with his sword pointing upward. In the background the camera captured the elab- orate platform whose neatly front edges had been sprung, carrying the Coley brothers to their deaths. Eight empty chairs were arranged in a dis- orderly fashion, witness the speed with which their occupants had left the stage. Visible, too, was the rope around Cal's neck. This was no ordinary rope; it was, one might say, a ceremonial rope, noted for its efficiency. In fact, Cal's rope, generously loaned to Franklin County by Sheriff W. M. Page of Wake County, had been used previously on Henry Jones and J. C. Parrish of Wake, William Bostick of Moore and Charles Blackburn and Charles Reynolds of Guilford County. Furthermore, it was already "booked up" for the next month - - once in Alamance and once in Wake. It is not clear why Cal rather than Tom was accorded the privilege of being executed by the famous hanging rope. Dr. Ellis's photograph, now darkened by age, provides the frontispiece for a new book, "The Day the Black Rain Fell". written and published by William F. Shelton of Louisburg, North Carolina. It took ten years of research for Shelton to uncover the story of how and why Calvin and Thomas Coley came to be hanged at Louisburg on July 134, 1894. The title of the book alludes to the "black rain" that old-timers claim fell on Franklin County the day of the hangings. The story begins in 1892 when Samuel Tucker, a twenty-five-year-old Russian Jew, peddled his cart of dry goods and trinkets from farm to farm in Franklin County. As night approached that sum- mer, Tucker sought supper and lodging at the home of N. C. Gupton in Gold Mine Township. His own house was full of children, so Gupton was unable to accommodate the engaging young ped- dler. Instead, he recommended the next house, occupied by two women known locally as Lucy Brewer and Pinkey Wilkins. However, Gupton cau- tioned Tucker that the women sometimes had as callers hard-drinking brother known by the name of Cal and Tom Coley. The young Jew could hardly be choosy in rural Franklin County, so he asked for and was rented a room for the night by the women. For a year and a half nothing more was seen of the Russian peddler, and residents assumed that he had left the county. On Christmas eve of 1893, however, Lit Wester and Irving King stumbled upon a skeleton near the women's home while turkey hunting. At first, authorities thought he skeleton was that of Cal Coley, who with Pinkey had not been seen recent- ly. When questioned, however, Lucy confessed that on that July night the previous year Cal and Tom had murdered the Jewish peddler with an axe. His body had been thrown into a ravine and his money and goods shared by the quartet. Tom was found near the Portis Gold Mine, and Cal and Pinkey were extradited from Norfolk, Virginia. In January 1894 the brothers were convicted and sentenced to be hanged. In the following weeks, a Baptist minister, the Reverend W. B. Morton, patiently visited the prisoners and sought their conversion. One day, as he jailer admitted the minister to their cell, Cal and Tom attacked them and rushed from the jail, only to be caught before getting out of town. Thousands gathered on the dark July day and watched as the Coley brothers were hanged and Dr. Ellis got his picture. The bodies were placed in pine coffins and taken eastward by wagon. Near Wood's Store the box holding Cal's body was bumped off the wagon, it fell in the muddy road and split open. Finally, the coffins reached a cemetery in Nash County, and there Cal and Tom were buried beside another brother who himself had been a murder victim. - Originally published September 26, 1984 This tale is from Dr. H. G. Jones book "Scoundrels, Rogues and Heroes of the Old North State" which is revised and updated. It is edited by K. Randall Jones and Caitlin Jones. It is available at your local bookstore or on line at www.historypress.net Thursday, October 28-November 3, 2010 RHP RECEIVES STATE NONPROFIT STEWARDSHIP AWARD YOUR LOCAL BOOT SUPPLIER • YOUR LOCAL BOOT SUPPLIER • YOUR LOCAL BOOT SUPPLIER YOUR LOCAL BOOT SUPPLIER • YOUR LOCAL BOOT SUPPLIER • YOUR LOCAL BOOT SUPPLIER Elect Elect

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