Henry Hamlin, CT, 1880 May 28

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HAMLIN , Henry | ae i
Henry Hamlin, convict, who murdered night watchyan Welles
Shipman at Westerfield State Prison in 1877, was hanged
at the County Jail in Hartford, Conn., on May 28, 1880,
Hamlin and another convict, William Allen, attempting to
escape, shot down Shipman in cold blood, Allen received
life imprisonment. See NATIONAL POLICE GAZETTE, Jan, 2h,
1880 (6=l))3 5=31=-1879 (1h-l); 6-12-1880 (10),

App ealed and affirmeds 7 Connecticut 95

HAMLIN , Henry
Henry Hamlin, convict, who murdered night watchman Welles|
Shipman at Westerfield State Prison in 1877, was hanged
at the County Jail in Hartford, Conn,, on May 28, 1880,
Hamlin and another convict, William Allen, attempting to
escape, shot down Shipman in cold blood, Allen received
life imprisonment. See NATIONAL POLICE GAZETTE, Jan, 2h,
1880 (6=l))3 5-31-1879 (lhl); 6-12-1880 (10-)),

Appealed and affirmeds 7 Connecticut 95

KAMLIN , Henry

Henry Hamlin, convict, who murdered night watchgan Welles|
Shipman at Westerfield State Prison in 1877, was hanged
at the County Jail in Hartford, Conn,, on May 28, 1880,
Hamlin and another convict, William Allen, attomting to
escape, shot down Shipman in cold blood, Allen received
life imprisonment. See NATIONAL POLICE GAZETTE, Jan, 2h,
1880 (6-h)$ 5-31-1879 (1-4); 6-12-1880 (10-11),

Appealed and affirmed: 7 Connecticut 95



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