William Ravenal, GA, 1922 May 5

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RAVENAL, William

rape of an ee ‘eee: white woman near Sesh Gaey
in the fall of 1921, was hanged at the Hart County Home,
34 miles south of Hartwell, on May Sy LOO. phi ein
thousand persons gathered at Hartwell to witness th
execution, unaware that it was to be private, ee
protested his innocence from the scaffold, This was the
third Legal Renee in Hart County.

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33 miles south of Hartwell, on May 5, 1922, Several
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Albany, Georgia, May 5, 1922
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