MAGEE, George Sad a ar) » 1095
"On Friday, February 29, 1895, George Magee, a negro
convict from the local penitentiary (Frankfort, Ky.) was
hang by Sheriff R. De Armstrong and his deputies, for
having murdered another convict at the State peniten-
tiarye The hanging of Magee was the first legal execu-
tion in Franklih County since the slave woman of Mr,
Hiram Berry was hung in 1860 for trying to poison the
Berry familyo't Le Fe Johnson, HISTORY y) oe CO.;
KY, (Frankfort, 1912); p 220/¢7 nay fe ee
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MAGEE, George 2-4“Februsry—29, 1895
"On Friday, February 29, 1895, George Magee, a negro
convict from the local penitentiary (Frankfort, Ky.) was
hang by Sheriff R. De Armstrong and his deputies, for
having murdered another convict at the State peniten-
tiary. The hanging of Magee was the first legal execu-
tion in Franklin County since the slave woman of Mr.
Hiram Berry was hung in 1860 for trying to poison the
Berry familye't Le Fe Johnson, HISTORY 0 NKLIN CO.,
KY, (Frankfort, 1912); p DOO cls aa
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MAGEE, George 2-¢—“wetraary—23, 1695
"On Friday, February 29, 1895, George Magee, a negro
convict from the local penitentiary (Frankfort, Ky.) was|
hang by Sheriff R, D. Armstrong and his deputies, for
having murdered another convict at the state peniten-
tiary. The hanging of Magee was the first legal execu-
tion in Franklin County since the slave woman of Mr
Hiram Berry was Eee ae in 1860 for trying to poison the
Berry familys’ Johnson, HISTORY sie CO.,
KY. Tecate, Tia); P 220
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