Allen Butler, LA, 1897 June 18

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BUTLER, Allen

"June 18, 1897-Allen Butler, colored, was executed in the
jail pice at Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, Tae,
this afternoon, The trap fell at 12: 233 and fifteen mine
utes later the man was pronounced dead. The crime Lor

which Butler was hanged was one of murder," DAILY NEWS,
Galveston, Texas, 6-19-1897 (3-2),

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BUTLER, Allen

"June 18, 1897-Allen Butler, colored, was executed in the
jail yard at Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, tae,
this afternoon, The trap’ fell at 12:33 and fifteen min-
utes later the man was pronounced dead. The crime for
which Butler was hanged was one of murder," DAILY NEWS,
Galveston, Texas, 6-19-1897 (3-2),

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LOUISIANA BOOK. AND MAGAZINE EXCERPTS,

BUTLER, Allen

"June 18, 1897-Allen Butler, colored, was executed in the
jail yard at Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, tas,
this afternoon, The trap’ fell at 12:33 and fifteen mine
utes later the man was pronounced dead, The crime for
which Butler was hanged was one of murder." DAILY NEWS,
Galveston, Texas, 6-19-1897 (3-2).

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