RAVISHER ON THE GALLOWS
Item
- Title
- RAVISHER ON THE GALLOWS
- Source
- Savannah Morning News (GA)
- Date
- 1897-06-05
- page
- 1
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/item/sn86063034/1897-06-05/ed-1/.
- Crime
- Rape
- Subject
- Criminial Assault; Hung; Gallows
- Race of alleged offender
- Black alleged offender
- Gender of alleged offender
- Male alleged offender
- Gender of alleged victim
- Female alleged victim
- Stage of the Legal System
- Sentencing
- Location
- Out of State, Fairfax VA
- Length of story
- 72
- Description
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RAVISHER ON THE GALLOWS.
James Lewis Pays the Death Penalty
at Fairfax
Fairfax, Va., June 4.—James Lewis (colored), who was recently convicted of
criminal assault on Mrs. Keidel of this
place, was hung at 5:03 this morning in
the Jail yard, In the presence of about
fifty people. Lewis was quite cool and
walked to the gallows without assistance.
There was no demonstration of violence
on the part of the crowd.