OVERTON, Bufford
"1L0-12-1896-At 1 o'clock this afternoon, Bufford Overton
was executed at Harlan, Kentucky, for the murder on June
21, 1895, of Gustave and Zohn Loeb, two Jewish peddlars,
The scene of the hanging was 15 miles from the telegraph
station but the latest advices say a great crowd from all
the surrounding country had gathered to see the hanging,
which was public, No effort was made by the condemed
man's friends to prevent theexecution, but to guard
against trouble, Sheriff Smith had a large number of
deputies sworn in," GALVESTON DAILY NEWS, Galveston,
Tegas, 10-13-1896 (1-5).
OVERTON, Bufford
"10-12-1896-At 1 o'clock this afternoon, Bufford Overton
was executed at Harlan, Kentucky, for the murder on June
21, 1895, of Gustave and Zohn Loeb, two Jewish peddlars,
The scene of the hanging was 15 miles from the telegraph
station but the latest advices say a great crowd from all
the surrounding country had gathered to see the hanging,
which was public, No effort was made by the condemned
man's friends to pr event theexecution, but to guard
against trouble, Sheriff Smith had a large number of
deputies sworn in," GALVESTON DAILY NEWS, Galveston,
Tegas, 10-13-1896 (1-5).
OVERTON, Bufford
"10-12-1896-At 1 o'clock this afternoon, Bufford Overton
was executed at Harlan, Kentucky, for the murder on June
21, 1895, of Gustave and Zohn Loeb, two Jewish peddlars,
The scene of the hanging was 15 miles from the telegraph
station but the latest advices say a great crowd from all
the surrounding Country had gathered to see the hanging,
which was public, No effort was made by the condemned
man's friends to prevent theexecution, but to guard
against trouble, Sheriff Smith had a large number of
deputies sworn in," GALVESTON DAILY NEWS, Galveston,
Texas, 10-13-1896 (1-5).
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