Raleigh, June 11 (AP)—Fred Jones, negro, was electrocuted this morning at 10:30 at the state’s prison for the murder of a Winston-Salem laundry employee whom he shot while committing a robbery. A hard legal battle with alleged insanity as it basis failed to save the negro’s life, although it secured him a second trial after he had been once convicted.
Jones met his faith calmly, asserting his faith in his soul’s salvation. Two shocks of 71 and 47 seconds’ duration respectively were required to cause death.
“I am not afraid to die. God will save me,” said the doomed man as he sat in the chair.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, June 11, 1926
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