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i ik PMAYXLOXMH May 27, 1853
ELKINS, Jane ,
apognange
"eeethe first legal hanging in the community (Dallas,
Texas) was a slave Jane Elkins who in 1853 was convicted
of killing a man named Wisdom at Farmers Branch,"
THE LUSTY TEXANS OF DALLAS by John William Rogers, Publ,
E, P, Dutton & Com, Ince, New York, 1952, Copyright by
Dutton, Page9?
"Yhe first execution in Dallas, Tex., was a black woman
(probably a slave) named Jane Elkins who was the house-
keeper for an old widower, for the murder of her employer,
John Windham, in 185)"
GALVESTON DAILY NEWS, Galveston, Texas, 8-29-1880
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ELKINS, Jane AIO OOH
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"aeeThe first legal hanging in the community (Dallas,
Texas) was a slave Jane Elkins who in 1853 was convicted
of killing a man named Wisdom at Farmers Branch,"
THE LUSTY TEXANS OF DALLAS by John William Rogers, Publ,
E, P, Dutton & Cop, Ince, New York, 1952, Copyright by
Dutton, Page92
"The first execution in Dallas, Tex., was a black woman
(probably a slave) named Jane Elkins who was the house-
keeper for an old widower, for the murder of her employer,
John Windham, in 185)"
GAIVESTON DAILY NEWS, Galveston, Texas, 8-29-1880
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BayAEPAOOTL May 27, 1853
ELKINS, Jane apQIOREIEOS
uf The first legal hanging in the community (Dall AB,
Texas) was a slave Jane Flkins who in 1853 was convicted
f killing a man named Wisdom at Farmers Branch,"
THE ay TEXANS OF DALLAS by John William Rogers, Publ,
uutiton & Cop, Inc., New York, 1951, Copyright by
Dutton, Page92
"fhe first execution in Dallas, Tex., was a black woman
(probably a slave) named Jane Elkins who was the house-
Keeper for an old widower, for the mrder of her employer,
John Windham, in 185),
GADTRSTON DATLY | NEWS, Galveston, Texas, 8-29-1880
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