Elijah Thomas, MS, 1905 April 26

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THOMAS, Elijah ikpeid-26, 1905
ELijah Thomas, black, hanged at Tunica, Miss.,
for murder on April ; 1905, estar

Undated 1906 Chicago TRIBUNE provided by Jim
Massey containing 1905 execution lists.

PitatUNL, New Urleans, Bs, 4-27-1905 (16:3)
confirms execution on April 26, for murder of a
White man named Marcellus Boswell the previous
November, This article says the 2nd legal
execution in Tunica County.

THOMAS, Elijah caePopsct carat OS,

ELijah Thomas, black, hanged at Tunica, Miss.,
for murder on April FOLIOS «ivan ae

Undated 1906 Chicago TRIBUNE provided by Jim
Massey containing 1905 execution lists.

PICAYUNE, New Urleans, BA, 4-27-1905 (16:3)
confirms execution on April 26, for murder of a
White man named Marcellus Boswell the previous
November, This article says the 2nd legal
execution in Tunica County.

April 26, 1905
Elijah Thomas, black, hanged st Tunica, Miss.
for murder on April 1905 «ae

Undated 1906 Chicago TRIBUNE provided by Jim
Massey conteining 1905 execution list’

PICAYUNE, New Orleans, BA, 4-27-
execution on April 26,
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