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A MORMON EXECUTION -- Prisoners condemned to death in
the Mormon Territory are privately shot. A letter
from Great Salt Lake City dated January 13th says:
Jason R. Luce, the murderer, paid the extreme penalty
of the law yesterday. He was shot at the courthouse
in this city before an invited few, canvas screens
preventing the public from taking a view, to avoid
gratification of a morbid curiosity, according to
Mormon custom. The executioners, too, remained in
the courthouse and shot through a window or doorway
to prevent as far as possible unpleasant allusions
in the future.
The Times of London issue of 3-8-1864 page 10 col. 5
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A MORMON EXECUTION -- Prisoners condemned to death in
the Mormon Territory are privately shot. A letter
from Great Salt Lake City dated January 13th says:
Jason R. Luce, the murderer, paid the extreme penalty
of the law yesterday. He was shot at the courthouse
in this city before an invited few, canvas screens
preventing the public from taking a view, to avoid
gratification of a morbid curiosity, according to
Mormon custom. The executioners, too, remained in
the courthouse and shot through a window or doorway
to prevent as far as possible unpleasant allusions
in the future.
The Times of London issue of 3-8-1864 page 10 col. 5
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‘A MORMON EXECUTION Prisoners condemned to death in
the Mormon Territory are privately shot. A letter
from Great Salt Lake City dated January 13th says:
Jason R. Luce, the murderer, paid the extreme penalty
of the law yesterday. He was shot at the courthouse
in this city before an invited few, canvas screens
preventing the public from taking a view, to avoid
gratification of a morbid curiosity, according to
Mormon custom. The executioners, too, remained in
the courthouse and shot through a window or doorway
to prevent as far as possible unpleasant allusions
in the future.
The Times of London issue of 3-8-1864 page 10 col. 5
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