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med n 1 crowded wy LlLable point of“van-=
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ily hurt. People not only eee in cee see themselves
ae many held small children high above their heads to
let them seeOtt hang,"
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PEKIN CENTENARY, 189-1919, Page 19,
Ot, John GE CARD
"A murderer;named John Ott, who fa gitiea's woman and two
children near Delavan, had been sentenced to be hanged in
the Couget House Square (Pekin, Ill.), March 1, 1861,.. A
stockade was'erected around the newsscaffold
to provide a
private execution,
The citizenry had a different idea abou
the ting and they poured into Pekin the day before the ha
nging, and did a lot of pouring after they arrived, too,
That night, rowdy, drunken mobs of people milled in the
streets and tore down the stockade. A lynching was feared
and 3 companies of troops were hastily brought into Pekin
and Martial law as declared in the city; but even with
martial law the scene of the hanging proved to be a combina
tion carnival and Roman holiday. An estimated 10,000 peo-
pace jammed the streets of the city. Business men built
platforms on their properties and sold space, Troops sur-
Fay as it me Asrrr. it ‘yer feare }
Rete GAH BN RN COT yy ea DV i ae ele Cie CO) iL)
2 be ACA Ad it : zit Seat y
Ort, John
"A murderer named John Ott, who had Clea woman and two
children near Delavan, had been sentenced to be hanged in
the Court House Square (Pekin, Ill.), March 1, 1861. A
stockade was‘erected around the newsscaffold to provide a
private execution, The citizenry had a different idea abou
the ting and they poured into Pekin the day before the ha
nging, and did a lot of pouring after they arrived, too,
That night, rowdy, drunken mobs of people milled in the
streets and tore down the stockade. A lynching was feared
and 3 companies of troops were hastily brought into Pekin
and Martial law as declared in the city; but even with
martial law the scene of the hanging proved to be a combina
tion carnival and Roman holiday. An estimated 10,000 Peo-
ee ea the streets on the city Business men built
ort, John
iq tuirderer named John Ott, who hat ESE SAPD oman and ts
children near Delavan, had been sentenced to be hanged in
the Court House Square (Pekin, Ill,), March 1, 1861, A
ockade was ‘erected around the neusscaffold to provide a
vate execution, The citizenry had a different idea abou|
the ting and they poured into Pekin the day before the ha
ing, ae did a lot of pouring after they arrived, too,
row Bee Se aie als ae
pie laine wen ats stockade, A lynching vas feared
and 3 comanies of troops were hastily brought. into Pek
and Martial law as declared in the city; but even with
martial law the scene of the hanging proved to be a combina|
tion carnival and Ronan holiday. An estimated 10,000 peo-
pled Janmed the strects of the Business ren bull
platfor > Spacey
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