shot Townsend. Shortly before the execution, Leach's
wife passed him a poisoned cake as part of a suicide
plot. But the poison was not strong enough to kill him.
It did render him somewhat physically incoherent how-
ever and he had to be hanged in a sitting position.
THE NEW YORK HERALD, 9-25-1880 (4:3)
shot Townsend. Shortly before the execution, Leach's
wife passed him a poisoned cake as part of a suicide
plot. But the poison was not strong enough to kill him.
It did render him somewhat physically incoherent how-
ever and he had to be hanged in a sitting position.
THE NEW YORK HERALD, 9-25-1880 (4:3)
shot Townsend. Shortly before the execution, Leach's
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plot. But the poison was not strong enough to kill him.
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ever and he had to be hanged in a sitting position.
THE NEW YORK HERALD, 9-25-1880 (4:3)
Peter Leach september 24th, 1880
Offence: Murder
hocatdion: Lumberton NC
Hae Dane ett 9-24-1880
Details: Described as a 'Bad Nigger' by the New
York Herald. Age 30. Brother of Richard
Lee, who had been executed at Fayetteville in 1879 and
also brother of an absconded cop-killer. Leach lived in
the same house as another negro named Sam Townsend and
they were antagonistic of each other because each sus-
pected the other of sleeping with the other's wife.
Matters came to a head on 1-6-1879 when Leach fatally
Peter Leach September 24th, 1880
Offence: Murder
Location: Lumberton NC
Ex Date: 9-24-1880
Details: Described as a 'Bad Nigger' by the New
York Herald. Age 30. Brother of Richard
Lee, who had been executed at Fayetteville in 1879 and
also brother of an absconded cop-killer. Leach lived in
the same house as another negro named Sam Townsend and
they were antagonistic of each other because each sus-
pected the other of sleeping with the other's wife.
Matters came to a head on 1-6-1879 when Leach fatally
Peter Leach September 24th, 1880
Offenc! Murder
Location: Lumberton NC
Ex Date: 9-24-1880
Details: Described as a 'Bad Nigger’ by the New
York Herald. Age 30. Brother of Richard
Lee, who had been executed at Fayetteville in 1879 and
also brother of an absconded cop-killer. Leach lived in
the same house as another negro named Sam Townsend and
they were antagonistic of each other because each sus~
pected the other of sleeping with the other's wife.
Matters came to a head on 1-6-1879 when Leach fatally
