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McCullough, a young white man, was known as Tim Connor in Leesburgh,
Ida., where, in February, 1880, he shot and killed William Luderman
in an argument. McCullough claimed that the killing was uninten-
tional and that he had fired in self defense after Iuderman had
shot at him first, Nonetheless, he was convicted of murder and sen-
tenced to hang. He appealed his case to the Territorial Supreme
Court which uphe@d the conviction and sentence. His execution at
fhe Territorizl Prison in Salmon City was the ay t in Idaha where
the condemned man was jerked upward instead of being dropped. On
Sept. 7, 1880, the dy of the executions MeCuLlough Claimed for the
last time that he was innocent of willful murder and reiterated
that he had killed Imderman in self defense. His last spoken words
were: "Good=byé” to alls Praise God." When the weights dropped ,
he was jerked upward and nis head struck the scaffold before his
body fell back amfew feet. After his body was removed from the
scaffold, the warden gave the assembeled newsmen a note that the
dead man had written the yn Lent bef ore et c
i Ls execution in whic 2)
reveale sd his real name, ag nete read: iwhon t am gone Pas
erave, and all my bones are rotten, These few lines will tell my
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McCullough, a young white man, was known as Tim Connor in leesburgh,
Ida., where, in February, 1880, he shot and killed William Luderman
in an argument. McCullough claimed that the killing was uninten-
tional and that he had fired in self defense after Iuderman had
shot at him first, Nonetheless, he was convicted of murder and sen=
tenced to hang. He appealed his case to the Territorial Supreme
Court which uphef@ the conviction and sentence. His execution at
the Territorizl Prison in Salmon City was the first in Idaha where
the condemned man was jerked upward instead of being dropped. On
Sept. 7, 1880, the my of the execution, McCullough claimed for the
last time that he was innocent of willful murder and reiterated
that he had killed Imderman in self defense. His last spoken words
were: "Good-byé"to all; Praise God." When the weights dropped,
he was jerked upward and nis head struck the scaffold before his
body fell back amfew feet. After his body was removed from the
scaffold, the warden gave the assembeled newsmen a note that the
dead man had w + , i : A
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all my bones are rot en. se few lines will tell my
my
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