Ed Alexander Asks that His Execution Be Delayed 30 Days, Sept. 11, 1920

Raleigh, Sept. 11--Ed Alexander, cripple of Statesville, under sentence to death in the electric chair September 17 for the slaying Rayle, askes Governor Bickett through his attorney Edgar W. Pharr of Charlotte, for a reprieve of 30 days. The telegram reached the governor's office yesterday from the Mecklenburg attorney with the information that a letter follows. Governor Bickett is spending some time at Morehead City and that vicinity cruising off the coast writing campaign speeches which he iwll deliver in the state and the middle west. It was announced at his office today that no action wild be taken until Attorney Pharr's letter had been received. (From the front page of the Hickory Daily Record, Saturday Evening, September 11, 1920.)