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Killer's ashes 'buried near Woodstock'
ROCK and country star Steve Earle surprised Oxford fans by telling them he had buried the ashes of a convicted killer near the city.
During his packed show at the Carling Academy Oxford, in Cowley Road, on Saturday, the US star said he had visited the city only once before.
He explained it was to bury the remains of death row inmate Jonathan Nobles, who was executed by lethal injection in 1998.
Mr Earle said he buried the ashes "somewhat illegally out towards Woodstock", but did not disclose the exact location.
The Academy crowd listened in near silence as Earle talked of Nobles, but erupted into a cheer as he explained that the double murderer had wanted to be buried where there was no capital punishment.
Award-winning singer-songwriter Earle, whose hits include Copperhead Road, I Feel Alright and I Ain't Never Satisfied, met Nobles as he started working against the death penalty in the early 1990s.
Nobles 37, was convicted of the 1986 murders of Mitzi Johnson Nalley, 21, and Kelly Farquhar, 24, in Austin, Texas.
Mr Earle, 53, who wrote music for death row film Dead Man Walking, was a witness at Nobles' execution, which took place in Texas, where the then-governor was George W Bush.
He said: "It is terrifying. It is torture. It was for me. I do not think I will ever recover from it. I have absolute waking nightmares about it."
He said Nobles' ashes had sat on his mantelpiece for more than a year before he decided where to bury them.
Mr Earle also wrote a song about the execution called Over Yonder (Jonathan's Song).
Seven-times married Mr Earle, who has spent time in jail on drugs and firearms charges, was in Oxford as part of a European tour with his wife, singer-songwriter Alison Moorer.
Now based in New York, he is known as a political activist.
The whereabouts of the ashes will remain a mystery. Woodstock Town Council clerk Peter Anderson said: "I am not aware of a policy as to where ashes can be buried. I have never been asked that question.
"The only approaches I have had have been about interment of ashes at the Woodstock Lawn Cemetery."
8:22am Tuesday 10th June 2008
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CommentPosted by: Len, Minneapolis on 9:50am Tue 15 Jul 08
In response to, "He said: 'It is terrifying. It is torture. It was for me. I do not think I will ever recover from it. I have absolute waking nightmares about it.'"
Regarding this comment, just think of what the women went through when your friend stabbed them repeatedly. I am sure that was more horror then what you witnessed when JW received the lethal injection![/bold]
In response to, "He said: 'It is terrifying. It is torture. It was for me. I do not think I will ever recover from it. I have absolute waking nightmares about it.'"
Regarding this comment, just think of what the women went through when your friend stabbed them repeatedly. I am sure that was more horror then what you witnessed when JW received the lethal injection!
Posted by: Renee, Houston on 8:26pm Mon 21 Jul 08
"He said: 'It is terrifying. It is torture. It was for me. I do not think I will ever recover from it. I have absolute waking nightmares about it.'"
I'm sure Mr. Earle would have a different outlook had the evil that jonathan nobles unleashed that day in 1986 was directed at one of his family members. You see, Mitzi Nalley was my Sister-In-Law. She was a vibrant, beautiful young woman with a long, life ahead of her. That is until Mr. nobles stalked and murdered her on her 21st birthday. If Mr. Earle thinks he is disturbed now, he should have attended Mitzi's funeral. He should have seen what she looked like after johnathan nobels finished with her. Mr. Earle has stones of steel to even pretend to know the meaning of torture..... To try and make nobles out to be some sort of born again christian is just laughable. He commited the most evil of acts against another human being and he paid the price, he got off quite easy actually and I hope he's finally where he belongs, burning in hell for eternity.
"He said: 'It is terrifying. It is torture. It was for me. I do not think I will ever recover from it. I have absolute waking nightmares about it.'"
I'm sure Mr. Earle would have a different outlook had the evil that jonathan nobles unleashed that day in 1986 was directed at one of his family members. You see, Mitzi Nalley was my Sister-In-Law. She was a vibrant, beautiful young woman with a long, life ahead of her. That is until Mr. nobles stalked and murdered her on her 21st birthday. If Mr. Earle thinks he is disturbed now, he should have attended Mitzi's funeral. He should have seen what she looked like after johnathan nobels finished with her. Mr. Earle has stones of steel to even pretend to know the meaning of torture..... To try and make nobles out to be some sort of born again christian is just laughable. He commited the most evil of acts against another human being and he paid the price, he got off quite easy actually and I hope he's finally where he belongs, burning in hell for eternity.
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