Henry Knight, GA, 1883 May 18

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KNIGHT, Henry

"May 18, 1883-Henry Knight, colored, was publicly hanged
at Waycross, Ga., today for the murder of Edward Hunter,
a colored bandmaster, near that place, July 1, 1882,

At noon, themurder mounted the galhows, professing re-
ligion, and asked the crowd to take warning and profit
by his example and meet him in heaven. Twenty-five hun-
dred people witnessed the hanging. The neck was broken"
NEWS, Galves$on, Tex., May 19, 1883 (L/h).

Affirmed, memo, dece, 69 GEORGIA 756

KNIGHT, Henry

"May 18, 1883-Henry Knight, colored, was publicly hanged
at Waycross, Ga., today for the murder of Edward Hunter,
a colored bandmaster, near that place, July 1, 1882.

At noon, themurder mounted the galhows, professing re-
ligion, and asked the crowd to take warning and profit
by his example and meet him in heaven. Twenty-five hun-
dred people witnessed the hanging. The neck was broken"
NEWS, Galves$on, Texe, May 19, 1883 (l/l).

Affirmed, memo, dece, 69 GEORGIA 756

KNIGHT, Henry

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