witnesses. A fifer from the War of 1812 played the Beath March at
the hanging.
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"42.HANG BY THE NSCK..." by Teeters, page 26
S6AF FOLD AND CHAIR BY TEETERS, Part I, Page 55
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HISTORY OF CAPITAL CRIMES 3 CONFESSIONS AND DEATH PENALTIES » CLaARFIELD
Parag 2 eM 1816 to JULY L, 191k, by M. L, BeQuown, Published lik,
Pages 1-2 OE
"JAMES MUNKS=A gentleman (says a Towanda, Pa. paper of 2=27,) late from
Bellefonte, in this state, informs that Munks, the murderer, who was
hanged there on the 23rd ult, has been seen alive since that time, at
the house of a man who was A#4WAXKKAMMNXEK acquainted with him, It ap=
pears that suspicion was entertained b y some, that the criminal was
not duly exevuted. Sgarch being made, it was found that the coffin, in
which he was supposed to be buried, was empty, and that holes were bore
in the goffin = probably for the purpose of admitting air," REGISTER
AND NORTH CAROLINA GAZETTE, Raleigh, NC, 3-26-1819 (3:5,)
witnesses. A fifer from the War of 1812 played the Aeath March at
the hanging. CO eun naan
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",..HANG BY THE NSCK..." by Teeters, page 26
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HISTORY e) » CONFESSIONS AND DEATH PENALTIES, CL
COUNTY, FROM 1816 to JULY L, 191), by Me L. BcQuown, Pubiishea
Pages 1-2
"JAMES MUNKS-A gentleman (says a Towanda, Pa. paper of 2-275) late from
Bellefonte, in this state, informs that Munks, the murderer, who was
hanged there on the 23rd ult, has been seen alive since that time, at
the house of a man who was A#4UAXHKUMKWIXK acquainted with him, It ap-
pears that suspicion was entertained b y some, that the criminal was
not duly exeuuted. Sgarch being made, it was found that the coffin, in
which he was supposed to be buried, was empty, and that holes were bore!
in the goffin = probably for the purpose of admitting air." REGISTER
AND NORTH CAROLINA GAZETTE, Raleigh, NC, 3-26-1819 ( 3:5.)
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"JAMES MUNKS-A gentleman (says a Towanda, Pa. paper of 2=27,) late from|
Bellefonte, in this state, informs that Munks, the murderer, who was
hanged there on the 23rd ult, has been seen alive since that time, at
the house of a man who was AKMUXIXXMMMHIXN acquainted with him, It ap-|
pears that suspicion was entertained b y some, that the criminal was
not duly exeouted, Sgarch being made, it was found that the coffin, in|
which he was supposed to be buried, was empty, and that holes were bore|
in the goffin = probably for the purpose of admitting air." REGISTER
AND NORTH CAROLINA GAZETTE, Raleigh, NC, 3-26-1819 (
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“MONKS, James
Monks, a white native of Center Cox, Pas, lived there all of his life
and Was considered a rough character, In November, 1617, he went: on
a hunting trip and Stopped at Bloom's tavern, BRXENEXKAEKE He Spent
the night before his return home drinking and gambling, He lost all
of his money and left the tavern the next morning in a foul mood,
convinced that he had been cheated, As he was walking home on the
pike, he pass ed a drover who he had never seen before, Reuben Guild,
Guild spoke pleasantly and after they had passed, Monks turned and
shot him in the back, Guild was still alive and he finished killing
him by bludgeoning him with a tomahawk, He then dragged the body
into the woods, stripped it, and stole Guild's clothes, money, horse
and saddle bags, Monks accidentally dropped his penknife and a hymn
book and these were traced to him, At the time of his arrest, he
had Guildts property, including the bloody shirtx that the drover had
been wearing at the time of his’death, He pleaded not guilty at his
trial, but after his conviction, he wrote a lengthy confession in poe -
tic form and it-was subsequently published. He was hanged in an open
be
field near Bellefonte on January.23, 1819, before approximately 11,000
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shot. him in the back. Guild was
trial, but after his conviction,
tic form and it-was subsea
Monks, a white native of Center Cox, Pas, lived there all of his life
and was considered a rough character, In November, 1617, he went’ on
a hunting trip and Stopped at Bloom's tavern, BEXEKEXHIEKE He Spent
the night before his return home drinking and gambling, He lost all
of his money and left the tavern the next morning in a foul moody
convinced that he had been cheated. As he was walking home on the
pike, he pass ed a drover who he had never seen before, Reuben Guild,
Guild spoke pleasantly and after they had passed, Monks turned and
Still alive and he finished killing
him by bludgeoning him with a tomahawk, He then dragged the body
into the woods, Stripped it, and stole Guild's clothes, money, horse
and saddle bags, Monks accidentally dropped his penknife and a hymn
book and these were traced to him, At the time of his arrest, he
had Guild's property, including the bloody shirtx that the drover had
been wearing at the time of his death, He pleaded not guilty at his
he wrote a lengthy confession in poe-
uently published, He was hanged in an open
field near Bellefonte on danuary.23, 1619, before approximately 1}; 000
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into the woods, st: 8 clothes, faoters horse
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these were traced to him,
had Guild's property, including the ‘Ree
bean woaring at the time of his death, He plea
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