Charles Ford, 1891 May 9

gallows and the night before his execution, at his request, he was
taken to the temporary building erected SMXKHK next to thejail where
the scaffold had been set up, He asked that his hands and feet be
bound in the same manner.as would be a t his execution and this wish
was also gratified, He was hanged in Ottawa on May 9, LOYi,

BIRMINGHAM DALLY Niws, Burmingham, Aiabaiia, May ¥, LOYI.

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gallows and the night before his execution, at his request, he was
taken to the temporary building erected SHXKHE next to thejail where
the scaffold had been set up, He asked that his hands and feet be
bound in the same manner.as would be a t his execution and this wish
was also gratified, he was hanged in Ottawa on May 9, LOYi,

BIRMINGHAM DAILY NiswS, birmingham, Aiabaina, May ¥, LOYL.

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gallows and the night before his execution, at his request, he was
teken to the temporary building erected aMIKME next to thejail where
the scaffold had been set up, He asked that his hands and fect be
bound in the same manner.as would be a t his execution and tnis wish
was also gratified, He was hanged in Ottawa on May ¥, LOYi,

BIRMINGHAM LALLY NubS, burmingham, Alabama, Nay ¥, LOYL.

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FORD, Charles an
Ford, a 22eyeareold white native of Brooklyn, N. Y., had served a
sentence at Joliet Prison, Ill., for theft, After his release in
1888, he went to Ottawa, LaSalle Co., where he married a woman named
Kate and was employed as a laborer, On June 23, 1890, Kate Ford
lured David Mopre of Omaha, Nebr., a traveling salesman for the

T. B. Scott Lumber Co, of Merrill, Wis., to Allen Park for the pure
pose of a romantic rendezvous, Charles Ford, William O'Brien and
Minnie Winterling lay in wait and when Moore arrived, he was killed,
All four of the murderers returned to their rooming house and Kate
Ford was arrested thenext day after she was seen tearing up a note
from Moore which was subsequently pieced together, She confessed
and theother three were also taken into custody, her husband being
arrested as he viewed the victim's body. At their seperate trials,
O'Brien received a life sentence and died in prison while Ford was
sentenced to die. Kate Ford pleaded guilty and received a fourteen-
year sentence from which she was pardened in 1896 and Minnie Winter~.
ling was not prosecuted, Charles Ford maintained his innocence until
his death but it was generally believed that he did make a confession

to a man who had befriended him a later paid for his funeral, His
primary concern was said to have been that he appear handsome on the

FORD, Charles ;
Ford, a 22-yeareold white native of Brooklyn, N. Y., had served a
sentence at Joliet Prison, Ill,, for theft. After his release in
1888, he went to Ottawa, LaSalle Co,, where he married a woman named
Kate and was employed as a laborer, On June 23, 1890, Kate Ford
lured David Mopre of Omaha, Nebr., a traveling salesman for the

T. B. Scott Lumber Co, of Merrill, Wise, to Allen Park for the pur=
pose of a romantic rendezvous, Charles Ford, William O'Brien and
Minnie Winterling lay in wait and when Moore arrived, he was killed,
All four of the murderers returned to their rooming house and Kate
Ford was arrested thenext day after she was seen tearing up a note
from Moore which was subsequently pieced together. She confessed
and theother three were also taken into custody, her husband being
arrested as he viewed the victim's body. At their Seperate trials,
O'Brien received a life sentence and died in prison while Ford was
sentenced to die.e Kate Ford pleaded guilty and received a fourteen-
year sentence from which she was pardened in 1896 and Minnie Winter-
ling was not prosecuted. Charles Ford maintained his innocence until
his death but it was generally believed that he did make a confession

toa man who had befriended him a later paid for his funeral, His
primary concern was said to have been that he appear handsome on the

FORD, Charles
Ford, a 22-year-old white native of Brooklyn, N. Y., had served a
sentence at Joliet Prison, Ill,, for theft, After his release in
1888, he went to Ottawa, LaSalle Co,, where he married a woman naned
Kate and was employed as a laborer, On June 23, 1890, Kate Ford
lured David Mopre of Omaha, Nebr,, a traveling salesman for the
T. B, Scott Lumber Co, of Merrill, Wis., to Allen Park for the pur=
pose of a romantic rendezvous, Charles Ford, William O'Brien and
Minnie Winterling lay in wait and when Moore arrived, he was killed,
All four of the murderers returned to their rooming house and Kate
Ford was arrested thenext day after she was seen tearing up a note
from Moore which was subsequently pieced together. She confessed
and theother three were also taken into custody, her husband being
arrested as he viewed the victim's body, At their seperate trials,
O'Brien received a life sentence and died in prison while Ford was
sentenced to die, Kate Ford pleaded guilty and received a fourteen-
year sentence from which she was pardened in 1896 and Minnie Winter-
Ling was not prosecuted, intained his innocence until
his death but ii hat _he did make a confession
ended him a later paid for his funeral, His
primary concern was said to have been that he appear handsome on the

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