Horace Cooper, MD, 1895 June 21

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COOPER, Horace

"Elkton, Maryland, June 21, 1895-Horace Cooper was hanged
here today. The drop fell at 1:2) and he was pronounced
dead 15 minutes later from strangulation,

"Cooper (colored) murdered his sweetheart, Maggie Pitts,
last November, at Cokesbury, near Port Deposit... The
cause of the shooting was Cooper's jealousy of another
negro for whom he thought the girl was giving him up,"
DAILY NEWS, Galveston, Texas, June 225 LOOS COna

Same article PICAYUNE, New Orleans 6-22-1895
MARYLAND =- B&ME

COOPER, Horace

"Elkton, Maryland, June 21, 1895-Horace Cooper was hanged
here today. The drop fell at 1:2) and he was pronounced
dead 15 minutes later from strangulation,

"Cooper (colored) murdered his sweetheart, Maggie Pitts,
last November, at Cokesbury, near Port Deposit, The
cause of the shooting was Cooper's jealousy of another
negro for whom he thought the girl was giving him up."
DAILY NEWS, Galveston, Texas, June 22, 1895 (2-3).

Same article PICAYUNE, New Orleans 6-22-1895
MARYLAND - B&ME

COOPER, Horace

"Elston, Maryland, June 21, 1895-Hor:

ace Cooper was hanged
here today, The drop fell at

2h and he was pronounced

dead 15 minutes later from strangulation,

NOooper (colored) murdered his sweetheart, Maggie Pitts,
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last November, at Cokesbury, near Port Deposit, Th

cause of the shooting was Cooper's jealousy of another
Regro for whom he thought the girl was giving him up,"
DAILY NEWS, Galveston, Texas, June 22, 1895 (2-3).

Same article PICAYUNE, New Orleans 6-22-1895
MARYLAND - B&ME

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