Thomas Watkins, AR, 1895 March 8

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March 8, 1695
WATKINS, Thomas :
Thomas Watkins, black, hanged for murder, in

Little Rock, AR, on March a, 1895.

Undated Chicago TRIBUNE, 1896, carrying a
lsting of executions in that state for year
1895. uae
Correct date of execution March 8, 1895; murder-
éd an old man named O ‘Bannon; claimed that a
Man named William Coccio had killed O'Bannon and

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Arkansas Book & Magazine Excerpts,

Mareh 8, 1895
WATKINS, Thomas f
Thomas Watkins, black, hanged for murder, in
Little Rock, AR, on March a, 1895.

Undated Chicago TRIBUNE, 1896, carrying a
isting of executions in that state for year
1895.
Correct date of execution March 8, 1895; murder-
ed an old man named QO 'Bannon; claimed that a
Man named William Coccio had killed O'Bannon and
had hired Watkings "to watch old man,"
oTals, Columiia, sC 3- §9-1895 (5-3)
AtKansas Book & Magazine Excerpts,

March 6, 1695
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Thomas Watkins, black, hanged for murder, in
Little Rock, AR, on March @,

Undated Chicago TRIBUNE, 1896, carrying a
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