Samuel Frost, MA, 1876 May 26

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FROST : Samuel J,

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PEpSt ‘got into, an argument. with his.wi wife? s*brothé?, x ‘Frank-
lin..P.’Towne, in Towne's barn at Worcester, Mass., on-
July 4, 1875, and killed his brother-in-law. He maintaine
_ that the killing was self-defenseg but he was convicted
and hanged_at Worcester on Mag 26, 1876, and stated from
the gallows: "I declare to all men that I die innocent of
willful mrder." The hanging was bungled and Frost's
head _was_severed from the body by the drip,

Henry County Register, Abbeville, Ala. June 16, 1676.

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| Frost got into an argument.with his ‘wife's*brothen, Frank-|
lin.P.’ Towne; in Towne's barn at Worcester, ‘Mass., on

July 4, 1875, and killed his brother-in-law. He maintained
that the killing was self-defensem but he was convicted
and hanged_at Worcester on Mag 26, 1876, and stated fram
the gallows: "I declare to all men that I die innocent of
willful murder." The hanging was bungled and Frost's
head was_severed from the body by the drip. fe

Henry County Register, Abbeville, Ala. June 16, 1876.

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Frost * got into.an argument with his wife's *brothés, Franks]
lin.P.’Towne, in Tomes barn at Worcester, ‘Mass., on
July by 1875, and killed his b: awe 4
that the killing was self-defonsep but he was convicted
and hanged at Worcester on Mag 26, 1876, and stated from
the gallows: "I declare to all men that I die innocent of
willful mrder." The hanging was bungled and Frost's

head was. severed from the body by the drip.

Henry County Register, Abbeville, Ala. June 16, 1876.

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