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1] =18-190-Girard Smith, a middle-aged negro, was hanged
in Vidalia, la., today for the murder last September of
Benjamin Rappaport, a Jewish peddler, at Fairview. Lbe-
fore ascending the gallows he confessed to the murder of
2 negroes, but declared he was innocent of the crime for
which he was to be hanged," _ARKANSAS GAZETTE, Little
Rock, Arkansas, Dec. 19, 1998 (is2s)
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in Vidalia, La., today for the murder last September of
Benjamin Rappaport, a Jewish peddler, at tee Be-
fore ascending the gallows he confessed to the murder of
2 negroes, but declared he was innocent of the crime for
which he was to be hanged." _ARKANSAS GAZETTE, Little
Rock, Arkansas, Dec. 19, 190% (1:2.)
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