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Hangings of criminals: 3 front page reports...
Hangings of criminals: 3 front page reports...
Item # 681133
July 16, 1881
THE PHILADELPHIA PRESS, July 16, 1881 The front page has 3 accounts of recent hangings: "A Double Execution - The First Judicial Hanging in Lee County, Arkansas". It begins: "Isaac Green and John Hardin, both negroes, were hanged here to-day in the presence of about 5,000 persons...".
The other is headed: "Missouri Outlaws Executed" notes in part: "...says Meyers and Brown, the Sikestown desperadoes, were hanged there to-day..." with some detail. The third is brief & headed: "Willis Reeves Pays the Penalty" with detail.
Eight pages, various flaking at the margins, more so on the interior pages with some loss. Fragile & must be handled carefully.
Category: The Old West
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