| STEELE, William Pate :
"Jackson, Miss., June 1, 1887-Wilfiam Steele Colona was
hangedin the jail here at 12:30 this afternoon for the mur
der of Nelson Potter. He was baptized last Sunday and was
marched to the gallows accompanied by four colored preach-
ers, and exhibited no fearof death, and madea speech of
20 minutes on the trap protesting his innocence,” NEWS,
Galveston, Texas, June 2, 1887 (2-3).
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| STEELE, William ~/-1 LEC.
"Jackson, Miss., June 1, 1887-William Steele (colored) was
hangedin the jail here at 12:30 this afternoon for the mur4
der of Nelson Potter. He was baptized last Sunday and was
marched to the gallows accompanied by four colored preach-
ers, and exhibited no fearof death, and madea speech of
20 minutes on the trap protesting his innocence," NEWS,
Galveston, Texas, June 2, 1887 (2-3).
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STEELE, Willian Gal sé, Fd x7,
"Jackson, Miss,, June 1, 1887-Wilfiam Steele (colored) was
hangedin the jail here at 12:30 this afternoon for the mr.
der of Nelson Potter, He was baptized last Sunday and was
marched to the gallows accompanied by four colored preach=
ers, and exhibited no fearof paar and madea speech of
20 minutes on the trap protesting his innocence" NEWS,
Galveston, Texas, June 2, 1887 (2-3).
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