Tllinois - General, ie aN SRE ai
"OFFERS GALLOWS FOR SALE, “Carbondale, fill.,.
Bed. 12, 1936 (AP) - Adopition of the electric
chair as the legal method of execution in Illi-
nois having outmoded Jackson County's gallows,
Sheriff Ross Ozburn announced todsy that it was
for sale - cheap. Charlie Birger, Southern
Tllinois gang leader, and seversl other noto=
rious criminals have been hanged onthe struc-
ture in the last quarter of a century.
Sheriff Ozburn said he had agreed to lend the
gallows to Phil Hanna, professional hangman,
for an execution in Indianapolis next month."
TIMES, New York, February 13, 1936.
ie
Tllinois ~ General,
"OPPERS GALLOWS FOR SALE, Carbondale, f1l.,
Beb. 12, 1936 (AP) - Adopition of the electric
chair as the legal method of execution in Illi-
nois having outmoded Jackson County's gallows,
Sheriff Ross Ozburn announced todsy that it was
for sale - cheap. Charlie Birger, Southern
Tllinois gang leader, and severs] other noto=
rious criminals have been hanged onthe struc-
ture in the last quarter of a century.
Sheriff Ozburn said he had agreed to lend the
gallows to Phil Hanna, professional hangman,
for an execution in Indianapolis next month."
TIMES, New York, February 13, 1936.
Tilinois - General,
"OFFERS GALLOWS FOR SALE, Carbondale, f1l.,
Feb. 12, 1936 (AP) - Adopition of the electric
chair as the legal method of execution in T11i-
nois having outmoded Jackson County's gallows,
Sheriff Ross Ozburn announced todsy thet it was
for sale - cheap. Charlie Birger, Southern
Tllinois gang leader, and severs1 other noto=
rious criminals have been hanged onthe struc-
ture in the last quarter of a century.
Sheriff Ozburn said he had agreed to lend the
gallows to Phil Hanna, professional hangman,
for an execution in Indianapolis next month."
TIMES, New York, February 13, 1936.
“1936.
ore, Peomieny 13-1936,
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