/BAILEY, John and SHELTON, George + KSHpnT « TENN « NW Ba
| "Nashville, Tennessee, July 26, wits sunrise this morn-
ing in the deathw house just outside the state prison wall,
George Shelton and John Bailey were hanged for the murder
of Ben Pettigrew, an old negro, and his two children, The
two men walked to the scaffold without a tremor and nine
minutes after the trap was sprung, Bailey was pronounced gz
dead while Shelton was deat in 1); minutes....."
ARKANSAS GAZETTE, Little Rock, Arke, 7-27-1912.
"Two white men have finally been hanged in Tennessee for
the murder and burning of Ben, Pettigrew, a colored-land ~
owner, and his two children," CRISIS (NAACP Organ), Sept.
Ile pagel 22, i :
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BAILEY, John and SHELTON, George , RET 2 aa
"Nashville, Tennessee, July 26, it Hauneieattete pice
ing in the deathm house just outside the state prison wall,
George Shelton and John Bailey were hanged for the murder
of Ben Pettigrew, an old negro, and his two children, The
two men walked to the scaffold without a tremor and nine
minutes after the trap was sprung, Bailey was pronounced ge!
dead while Shelton was deat in 1); minutes....."
ARKANSAS GAZETTE, Little Rock, Arke, 7-27-1912.
"Two white men have finally been hanged in Tennessee for
the murder and burning of Ben, Pettigrew, a colored land
owner, and his two children,'' CRISIS (NAACP Organ), Sept.
OL 2st pace 1221, : :
WORKSHEET PREPARED ~ THNNESSEE * NWU * BOUND,
BAILEY, John and SHELTON, Georee, 4
mackie, Tennessee, July 26,
of Ben Pettigrew, an old negro, and his two children,
two men walked to the scaffold without a tremor and nine
minutes after the trap was SprUnE =e was pronounced
dead while Shelton was deat in 1) minutes,
ARKANSAS GAZETTE, Little Rock, Arke, 7-27-1912.
"Tyo white men have finally been hanged in Tennessee for
the murder and burning of Ben, Pettigrew, a colored: land
owner, and es two children, CRISIS (NAACP Organ), Sept.
ane 221,
192,
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