Who Can Identilfy This Man
Who Can Identify This Man?
By Elton Camp
For a time almost everyone knew his name
Yet, ‘twas but fleeting proved to be his fame
As his victim reached out to shake his hand
It was then the violent fury suddenly began
Armed guards were standing near at his side
But the assassin his pistol managed to hide
To kill him outright, he did his level best
Shot him in the abdomen and in his chest
Eight guards then tackled him off of his feet
And the shooter with fists they began to beat
To lynch the man was the desire of the crowd
They all began to roar and to scream out loud
In only a month was his trial and the conviction
And the electric chair was the judge’s infliction
And when for him to die there came the time,
The man then said, “I am not sorry for my crime.”
And what he did in that infamous, fatal hour
Some thought a “madman” it brought into power
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