Keith, alias George Durham, alias George Anderson, was kaxn a white
man born in Kentucky in 188, He left home at the age of 1); and be-
came a drunken wanderer. He deserted from the Confederate Army after
six mak months service and stole a horse. Captured and convicted, he
spent a year in the Kentucky State Prison, After his release, he
married three different times with the formality of obtaining a di-
vorce from any of his wives and traveled the South earning a reputa-~
tion as a swindler dealing in gold mine stocks. On Jan, 28, 1680, he
raped a small black girl, Alice Ellis, in Rutherford Co., N. C., and
afterwards covered her head with a pillow case and bludgeoned her to
death with a large stone, Keith attempted to blame the crime on an
ex-convict who claimed to have seen in the area, but the footprints
and other evidence clearly pointed to him and he was convicted of the
crime and sentenced to hang. He mms confessed the rape-murder and his
other crimes prior to his being hanged at Rutherfordton on Dec. 17,
1880, before a crowd of ,000 witnesses.
RALEIGH NawWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh gp NOSa 12-19-1860, Page One.
KEITH, Daniel
Keith, alias George Durham, alias George Anderson, was axx a white
man born in Kentucky in 18/8, He left home at the age of 1), and be-
came a drunken wanderer. He deserted from the Confederate Army after
six mak months service and stole a horse. Captured and convicted, he
spent a year in the Kentucky State Prison. After his release, he
married three different times with the formality of obtaining a di-
vorce from any of his wives and traveled the South earning a reputa~
tion as a swirldler dealing in gold mine stocks, On Jan. 28, 1880, he
raped a small black girl, Alice Ellis, in Rutherford Co., N. C., and
afterwards covered her head with a pillow case and bludgeoned her to
death with a large stone, Keith attempted to blame the crime on an
ex-convict who claimed to have seen in the area, but the footprints
and other evidence clearly pointed to him and he was convicted of the
crime and sentenced to hang. He mas confessed the rape-murder and his
other crimes prior to his being hanged at Rutherfordton on Dec. 17,
1880, before a crowd of ),000 witnesses.
RALEIGH NWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, N° C,, 12-19-1880. Page One.
KUITH, Daniel
Keith, alias George Durham, alias George Anderson, vas mat a white
in 188. He left hone at the age of 1) and be-
He deserted fron the Confederate Army after
six mak months service and stole a horse. Capturad and convicted, he
spent a year in the Kentucky State Prison, After his release, he
narried three different times with the formality of obtaining a di-
vorce from any of his wives and traveled the South earning a roputa~
tion as a swindler dealing in gold mine stocks, On Jan, 26, 1880, he
ee a small black girl, Alice Ellis, in Rutherford Co., N. C., and
ervards covered her head with a pillow case and bludgeoned her to
ae with a large stone. Keith attempted to blame the crime on an
ex-convict who claimed to have seen in the area, but the footprints
and other evidence clearly pointed to him and he was convicted of the
crime and sentenced to hang. He xam confessed the rapo-mrder and his
other crimes prior to his being hang Rutherfordton on Dec. 17,
1880, before a crowd of 1,000 witnes:
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