Arthur Tillman, AR, 1914 July 15

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| appeal pending before the supreme court and was being ta-
ken to the penitentiary for safe-keeping. Miss Stephens,
| 19-years-old, was shot to death last March and her body

/ buried in a well." TENNESSEAN, Nashville, TN 11-15-1913
(liebe)

appeal pending before the supreme court and was being ta~
ken to the penitentiary for safe-keeping. Miss Stephens,
19-years-old, was shot to death last March and her body
buried in a well." TENNESSEAN, Nashville, IN 11-15-1913
(hele)

Jepeesl ponding befare the siprene court, end was being ta-
0 the penitentiary for safe-keeping, Miss Stephens,

| Po years -old, was shot to death last March and her body

| buried in a well," TENNESSEAN, Nashville, IN 11-15-1913

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neve pending tare ite eprom cour saute ng t=

TILIMAN, Arthur : he |

VAS GLEE |
White, 22<years-old (at time of crime), hanged at Paris, ©
Arkansas on July 15, 1914, for the mrder of Amanda Ste~ —
phens which occurred on March 10, 1913, Tillman, a stu-
dent, had impregnated Miss Stephens and this was the basis
for the murder, He was attending school at time of the
crime. A full account in appeal (166 SOUTHWESTERN 582.)
For confirmation of date of execution, see Crime and
Punishment f@ssue of FLASHBACK, Publication of Washington
Gounty Historical Society, Vol. VI, No, 1, Jats, 1956, p
lO. Filed in blue bimer,

"Fort Smith, Ark., 11-1h-1913-Arthur Tillman, 23-years-old

-under sentence of death for murder of Miss Amanda Stephens

leaped from a train near Perry, Ark., today and escaped,
Tillman was to hang Mar, 10, 191, at Paris, be had an

TILLMAN, Arthur his=1g le ;

White, 22-years-old (at time of crime), hanged at Paris,
Arkansas on July 15, 191, for the mrder of Amanda Ste-
phens which occurred on March 10, 1913, Tillman, a stu-
dent, had impregnated Miss Stephens and this was the basig
for the mrder, He was attending school at time of the
crime. A full account in appeal (166 SOUTHWESTERN 582.)
For confirmation of date of execution, see Crime and
Punishment tissue of FLASHBACK, Publication of Washington
County Historical Society, Vol. VI, No. 1, Jane, 1956, p
lO. Filed in blue bimer.

"Fort Smith, Ark., 11-1)-1913-Arthur Tillman, 23-years-old,
under sentence of death for murder of Miss Amanda Stephensy
leaped from a train near Perry, Ark., today and escaped,
Tillman was to hang Mar, 10, 191), at Paris, He had an

‘TILIMAN, Arthur x
PAS~1GL

White, 22eyearseold (at time of crime), hanged at Paris,
Arkansas on July 15, 191l, for the mrder of Amanda Ste=
phens which occurred on March 10, 1913, Tillman, a stu-
dent, had impregnated Miss Stephens and a was the basis
for the mrder, He was attending school me of the
crime, A full account in appeal (166 SOUTHWEST IRN 582.)
For confirmation of date of execution, see Crime and
Punishment assue of FLASHBACK, Publication of washington
Gounty Historical Society, Vol. VI, No, 1, Jane, 1956, p
10. Filed in blue biner.

"Fort Smith, Ark., 11-1l-1913-Arthur Tillman, 23-years-old
under sentence of death for murder of Miss Amanda Stephens
leaped from a train near Perry, Ark., today and escaped,
Tillman was to hang Mar, 10, 191), at Paris. He had an

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