Talbot-Worth County GaArchives Obituaries.....Ned Jack Ferguson December 18 1903 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles cmhistory@mchsi.com October 3, 2003, 9:55 pm The Talbotton New Era, December 24, 1903 The Talbotton New Era Thursday, December 24, 1903 Page Seven Talbot Negro Hanged Ned Jack Ferguson, a Negro, who was convicted at the October term of Worth Superior Court for murder, was hanged in Sylvester, Ga., Friday. He confessed that he killed Ben Bethel nine years ago at Talbotton. He also said he killed a convict at Worth, Ga., with a knife while he was serving a life sentence for the murder of Ben Bethel. In his statement he said he had never been a bad man, had been reared right and was forced to commit the crime he did. He requested the court and the jurors to be careful about accepting testimony. He said he believed he was prepared to meet his God. He exercised excellent nerve until the last moment, when Sheriff Sumner pulled the lever. Immediately after his death his body was expressed to the anatomical state board at Atlanta. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb