Just a footnote to the message below. One of my mother's indirect relatives told me he was at the hanging as a 10 year old boy, and that the message Charlie White gave made a greater impression on him than any sermon he had ever heard preached. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 9:52 PM Subject: Re: [ALCOOSA] Whites of Coosa County > According to the book, THE HERITAGE OF COOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA, Heritage Publishing Consultants, Inc. ISBN 1-891647-32-6, on page 29 of this book, ".....Charlie White killed Dock Maxwell as he was milking his cow. Artis Whetstone remembers Sheriff Goggans bringing Charlie by Elam Baptist Church chained in the buggy. > The Sheriff's daughter, Mary Moss, wrote an account partly to deny that a Hangman was hired from Birmingham. Mary Moss and her father treated Charlie kindly and even tried to get his sentence commuted. Mrs. Goggans took his hanging very hard and Charlie asked to address the crowd to tell of his undoing and that God had forgiven him." > > Hope this helps.