LAST KNOWN USE OF GALLOWS IN HARTFORD

LAST KNOWN USE OF GALLOWS IN HARTFORD

1898

Thomas Hayden (black, age about 23). Murder. The crime was committed on October 20, 1897 in Ohio County. Handgun slaying of 16 year old Bena Logan (black female). Motive: because she had declined his advances. Hayden went to the gallows July 11, 1898. Source: Hartford Herald October 27, 1897; December 15, 1897; and July 13, 1898.

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The only other Ohio County execution by hanging that I have been able to find was Frances Irwin (white) who was executed May 13, 1826; the charge was murder.

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There was a lynching (by citizens who took the law into their own hands) in Ohio County 1 Aug 1892; Felix Poole (white), for alleged assault and rape.  I could not find any other reported lynching in Ohio County.

Also interesting is that the last hanging in Kentucky was at Owensboro in 1936.  See article here: 

http://www.nhregister.com/article/NH/20110811/NEWS/308119964

Last person publicly executed in the United States.