May 6:

1838 Huntsville Unit (Walls) - Roscoe and Henderson Young become the fourth set of brothers to die in the electric chair. At the time of the execution Roscoe is 18 and Henderson is 17. Henderson is the youngest man to be executed in Texas. Both entered the execution chamber smoking a cigar, evidently having taken a cue from John W. Vaughn, whose sensational escape from the chair twice within the last two weeks made death house history. Vaughn was smoking a freshly lit cigar each time he faced the chair. The third time he died. The brothers were sentenced in Harrison County for the armed robbery of a Longview oil man and the assault of his wire. Roscoe Young was given the death penalty on the robbery charge. He appeared to deny guilt. Henderson Young was convicted of criminally assaulting the white woman while his brother held the husband at bay with a pistol. He talked in a loud voice in the chamber and was somewhat hysterical at the last part of his statement. He asked for a newspaper man and Theodore Lott spoke up. Henderson handed Mr. Lott a long poem scribbled on tablet paper and entitled "Crime Don't Pay." He was pronounced dead at 12:17 a.m., fifteen minutes after his brother had entered the chamber.