trial he said that xe he had purchased the items from two strangers
who he met in the road, Convicted of May 17 by a jury that delibera-
ted for only 25 minutes on wholly circumstantial evidence, there was
no appeal and he was hanged from a gallows constructed in the rear
of the court house at Leonardtown on July 11, 1873, Jackson main-
tained until his death that he was innocent of the murder and went to
his death calmly and unassisted, In his cell, after the death warrant
had been read, the Sheriff remarked that his collar appeared to be
too tight and Jackson replieds, "Nothing is too tight for my neck now,"
His execution in which his neck was not broken and hedied of strangu-
lation, was witnessed by 2,500 persons, His body was then interred
with Catholic rites at St. Aloysius Cemetery near Leonardtown,
BALTIMORE SUN, Baltimore, Maryland, July 12, 1873.
trial he said that she he had purchased the items from two strangers
who he met in the road. Convicted off May 17 by a jury that delibera-
ted for only 25 minutes on wholly circumstantial evidence, there was
no appeal and he was hanged from a gallows constructed in the rear
of the court house at Leonardtown on July 11, 1873. Jackson main-
tained until his death that he was innocent of the murder and went to
his death calmly and unassisted. In his cell, after the death warrant]
had been read, the Sheriff remarked that his collar appeared to be
too tight and Jackson replied: "Nothing is too tight for my neck now,"!
iis execution in which his neck was not broken and hedied of strangu-
lation, was witnessed by 2,500 persons, His body was then int erred
with Catholic rites at St. Aloysius Cemetery near Leonardtown,
BALTIMORE SUN, Baltimore, Maryland, July 12, 1873.
trial he said that the he had purchased the items from two strangers
who he met in the road,
BALTIMORE SUN, Baltimore, Maryland, July 12, 1873,
AUIIORE SU, SatSnore Maryland, Joly 125 3873,
JACKSON, Thomas
Jackson, a l9=-year-old black man, was born am slave in Maryland, the
property of Henry Sewell, Trained to be a waiter, he moved to Point
Lookout during the Civil War and afterwards to Fairfield, St. Mary's
Co., where he opened a small store in partnership with another man,
Married twice, he waw the father of six children, Early on the morn-
ing of April 3, 1873, the store owned by James Schofield, a northerner
who was also the Fairfield postmaster, was noticed to be on fire and
when the flames were extinguished, Schofield's body was found and
bore marks of his having been bludgeoned to death, The cash box from
the store was found some distance away and it was assumed that Scho-
field had been killed and robbed and the building fired to obliterate
traces of the crime, Several other black residents of the area told
officers that Jackson had approached them and asked them to join him
in a "raid" on Schofield's store becamse Schofield had plentyof money
and had earlier killed a black man famed Thomas and escaped punishment
One of the informers said that Jackson had told him that he planned
to knock Schofield unconscious: and rend j
of Jackson's house uncovered items Bedevea tues oh ES Se aicbn PREM
pohofield's store and he wag arrested and charged with his murder,
t the time of his arrest, Jackson maintained his innocence and said
that he had purchased the items on a trip to Baltimore but at his
JACKSON, Thomas
Jackson, a l9-year-old black man, was born am slave in Maryland, the
property of Henry Sewell, Trained to be a waiter, he moved to Point
Lookout during the Civil War and afterwards to Fairfield, St. Mary's
Cosy where he opened a small store in partnership with another man,
Married twice, he was the father of six children, Early on the morn-
ing of April 3, 1873, the store owned by James Schofield, a northerner
who was also the Fairfield postmaster, was noticed to be on fire and
when the flames were extinguished, Schofield's body was found and
bore marks of his having been bludgeoned to death, The cash box from
the store was found some distance away and it was assumed that Scho~
field had been killed and robbed and the building fired to obliterate
traces of the crime. Several other black residents of the area told
officers that Jackson had approached them and asked them to join him
in a "raid" on Schofield's store becamse Schofield had plentyof money
and had earlier killed a black man hamed Thomas and escaped punishment
One of the informers said that Jackson had told him that he planned
to knock Schofield unconscious: and ren i
of Jackson's house uncovered items Paeveate defensel esse An SPARED
Schofield's store and he wag arrested and eel tos with his murder,
t the time of his arrest, Jackson maintained Ris innocence and said
that he had purchased the items on a trip to Baltimore but at his
JACKSON, Thomas
Jackson, a li9=year-old black man, was born au slave in Maryland, the
property of Henry Sewell, Trained to be a waiter, he moved to Point
Lookout during the Civil War and aftervards to Fairfield, st, Mary's
Co., where he opened a small store in partnership with another man,
Married twice, he waw the father of six children, Early on the morn-
ing of April 3, 1873, the store owned by James Schofield, a northerner]
who was also the Fairfield postmaster, was noticed to be on fire and
when the flames were extinguished, Schofield's body was found and
bore marks of his having been bludgeoned to death, The cash box from
the store was found some distance away and it was assumed that Scho-
field had been killed and robbed and the building fired to obliterate
traces of the crime, Several other black residents of the area told
officers that Jackson had approached them and asked them to join him
in a "raid" on Schofield's store becamse Schofield had plentyof money
and had earlier killed a black man hamed Thomas and escaped punishment
One of the informers said that Jackson had told him that he planned
to kmock Schofield unconscious and render
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