Cok, Mididan | : DS. A ri
Cox, a black man, resided in Widner Township, Knox Younty, Indiana,
On Febe 7, 182), Cox raped a white spinster, Rosannah Smith, The
next day he was bound over to the grand jury, speedily indicted,
tried, convicted and sentenced to death. On April 9, 182), he was EEK
taken to a place on the Common, outside the borough limits, in Vin-
cemnes and hanged. The rope was too long and Cox's feet touched
the ground. According to the newspaper reports, he "began to bellow"
and a deputy shariff bore down on his shoulders to until he died of
strangulation. The ordeal was too much for the Sheriff who vomited
during the execution,
Vincennes SUN, Vincennes, Ind., 8~2),-1911; HIS@ORY OF THECITY oF
VINCENNES by Henry S, Cauthom, 1902, Page 189 :
COX, William te P-L. Sok Ve.
Cox, a black man, resided in Widner Township, Knox Vounty, Indiana,
On Feb. 7, 182),, Cox raped a white spinster, Rosannah Smith, The
next day he was bound over to the grand jury, speedily indicted,
tried, convicted and sentenced to death. On April 9, 182, he was ERK
taken to a place on the Common, outside the borough limits, in Vin-
cennes and hanged. The rope was too long and Cox's feet touched
the ground. According to the newspaper reports, he "began to bellow"!
and a deputy shariff bore down on his shoulders wk until he died of
strangulation. The ordeal. was too much for the Sheriff who vomited
during the execution.
Vincennes SUN, Vincennes, Ind., 8~2)-1911; HIS@ORY OF THECITY oF
VINCENNES by Henry S, Cauthom, 1902, Page 189
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Cox, a black man, resided in Widner Township, Knox County, Indiana,
On Feb. 7, 182), Cox raped a white spinster, Rosannah Smith, The
+ day he was bound over to the grand jury, speedily indicted,
tried, convicted and sentenced to death. On April 9, 182), he was EAK
taken to a place on the Common, outside the borough limits, in Vin-
comes and hanged. |The rope was too long and Cox's fect, touched
he ground. According to the newspaper reports, he "began to bellow"
one deputy shariff bore down on his shoulders ik until he died of
strangulation. The ordeal. was too much for the Sheriff who vomited
during the execution,
Vincennes SUN, Vincennes, Ind., 8-2-1911; HISUORY OF THECLTY oF
VINCENNES by Henry S, Cauthan, 1902, Page 189
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