understand wes very different from that which
occurred some weeks ago and which excited such
dispust. the culprit said nothing but met his
fate with calmness and without complaint. He
made somex confession, it is said, in prison,
put we did not learn what it was.’ NEW ORLEANS
PICAYURE, June 23, 1838 (2:1)
-James ‘urdon was compensated $300 for a slave
executed in Orleansx Parish, La. LOUIS IANA
_ SESSIONS LAWS, March 20, 1839, Act. #66, Unit l,
page 198
Deaton Cory. NOU On tile at Louisiane state
Archives
understand wes very different from that which
occurred some weeks ago and which excited such
disgust. ‘the culprit said nothing but met his
fate with calmness and without complaint. He
made somex confession, it is said, in prison,
but we did not learn what it was. NEW ORLEANS
PICAYURE, June 23, 1838 (2:1)
James *urdon was compensated $300 for a slave
executed in Orleansx Parish, La. LOUISIANA
_ SESSIONS LAWS, March 20, 1839, Act. #66, Unit 1,
page 198
Déath Cert. not on file at Louisiane State
Archives
understand wos very different from thet which
occurred same weeks ago and which excited such
disgust. ‘he culprit seid nothing but met his
fate with calmness snd without compleint. He
made somex confession, it is said, in prison,
but we did not learn whet it was,'* NEW ORLEANS
PICAYUNE, June 23, 1638 (2:1)
ian fyrdon was compensated $300 for a pee
cuted in Orleansx Parish, La. LOUIS
SSIONS LAWS, March 20, 1839, Act. Wer ‘tntt a,
page 198
Death cert, not on file at Louisiana state
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Slave JACKSON Ce 2.27 LSE
''new Orleans: The slave Jackson who attempted
some days ago to kill his master, Mr. Purdon,
was hung yesterday afternoon in accordance with
the sentence pronounced by the Criminal Caurt,
The execution took place in the rear of the New
Prison on the ‘track of the old Bayou Railboad in
the center of which a scaffold was erected for
the occasion. A strong force of guards belong-
ing to the Police of the Municipality were pre-
sent with fixed bayonets. A grave was dug with-
in a few feet of the spot where the body was
afterwards BXRXSA deposited; but we presume not
to remain very long, as it was probably soon
scinterred for the purpose of making some
tae scientific experiment. This scene, we
Slave JACKSON CO -22F LSS
"New Orleans: The slave Jackson who attempted
some days ago to kill his master, Mr. Purdon,
was hung yesterday afternoon in accordance with
the sentence pronounced by the Criminal Caurt,.
The execution took place in the rear of the New
Prison on the ‘track of the old Bayou Railroad in
the cenber of which a scaffold was erected for
the occasion. A strong force of guards belong-
ing to the Police of the Municipality were pre-
sent with fixed bayonets. A grave was dug with
in a few feet of the spot where the body was
afterwards BX¥X&SH deposited; but we presume not
to remain very long, as it was probably soon
seinterred for the purpose of making some
ane scientific experiment . This scene, we
Slave JACKSON CC- 227-435
"New Orleans: The slave Jackson who attempted
some days ago to kill his master, Mr. Purdon,
wes hung yesterday afternoon in accordance with
the sentence pronounced by the Criminal Caurt.
the censer of which e scaffold was erected for
the occasion, A strong force of guards belong-
ing to the Police of the Municipality were pre-
‘sent with fixed bayonets. A grave was dug with:
in a few feet of the spot where the body was
afterwards BUKXAK deposited; but we presume not
to remain very long, as it was probably soon
for the purpose of making some
disinterred for, o ‘experiment . This scene, we
