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Details of three hangings... Bleeding Kansas...
Details of three hangings... Bleeding Kansas...
Item # 700529
July 25, 1857
DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., July 25, 1857 Page 3 has: "The Late Lynching Tragedies In Iowa" which offers considerable detail on the hanging of two horse thieves, noting in part: "...Gleason was composed & quite mirthful, saying he was ready to die...Soper was overcome with grief & not prepared to die. Two ropes were then attached to the limb of a tree...Gleason voluntarily jumped from the wagon & soon became a corpse. Soper struggled for life...leaving Soper hanging on the limb, when he too soon gave up the ghost."
This is followed by: "Particulars Of Another Case" which offers much detail on another hanging.
Also within is a lengthy article concerning the "Bleeding Kansas" situation which was a pressing concern at the time.
Four pages, large folio size, nice condition. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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