Rainey Bethea, KY, 1936 August 14

not or could not pull the lever to spring the trap door
and a deputy pulled it for her,"

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not or could not pull the lever to spring the trap door
and a deputy pulled it for her,"

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BETHEA, Ra iney August 1h, 1936

Bethea, a 22-year-old Owensboro, Ky., Negro was sentenced
| to hang for the rape and strangulation of a 7@-year-old

white woman under an odd tay that requires het a person

convicted of criminal assault be hanged in the county

from whitch he was convicted instead of dieing in the

electric chair at the penitentier,—He-was hanged before

a crowd of 10,000 in Owensboro, Kye, on 93

Source: Time Magazine, Aue, 2h

VOQEL
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"Rainey Bethea, age 22, hanged Aug, 1h, 1936, at 5:23 AM
(this a eaely, correct date) for rape and murder of Mrs,

-—_Eiza—idwards—a—70=year=otd -witow. At the time of the
hanging, Mrs, Florence Thompson was the sheriff, The

paper states that at the last minute, Mrs, Thompson would

BETHEA, Ra iney August lh, 1936

Bethea, a 22-year-old Owensboro, Kye, Negro was sentenced
| to hang for the rapé and strangulation of a 70-year-old
white woman under an odd tay that reqtires that a person
convicted of criminal assault be hanged in the county
trol wittn hé was convicted instead of dieing in the
electric chair at the penitents 25s —He—was—hanged perore
a crowd of 10,000 in Owensboro, Kye, on

Source: Time Magazine, Ang, 2h, 2936
"Rainey Bethea, age 22, hanged Aug, lh, 1936, at 5:23 AM
(this evidently correct date) for rape and murder of Mrs,
Eizea—tdwards-a—7O=year=old widow. At the time of the
hanging, Mrs, Florence Thompson was the sheriff, The
paper states that at the last minute, Mrs, Thompson would

August 1h, 1936

inst: ad of

dieing in the

:
a crowd of 10,000 in chaaeres

rors

Source:
"Rainey Bethea, age 22, me Hee 1, 1936, at 5:23 AM
(this evidently correct date) for rape and murder of Mrs
witow, At the time of the
hanging, Mrs, Florence Thompson was the sheriff. Th
paper states that at the last minute, Mrs, Thompson would

Aagast 2, 2936