Thomas Thompson, MD, 1892 January 29

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| THOMPSON, Thomas

| "Jan. 29, 1892-Thomas Thompson, black, was hanged at
Chestertown, Maryland, at 6:30 o'clock this morning for
the murder onthe night of Aug. 22, 1891, of William

Adams, also colored, Thompson bore up bravely to the last.
About fifty persons witnessed the execution. It was the

first in the county since the hanging of the three Camden
murderers in 1851,"

LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL, Louisville, Ky., 1-30-1892
Same item, GAZETTE, Alexandria, Va., 1-29-1892

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THOMPSON, Thomas

"Jan, 29, 1892-Thomas Thompson, black, was hanged at
Chestertown, Maryland, at 6:30 o'clock this morning for
the murder onthe night of Aug. 22, 1891, of William
Adams, also colored, Thompson bore up bravely to the last,
About fifty persons witnessed the execution. It was the
first in the county since the hanging of the three Camden
murderers in 1851,"

LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL, Louisville, Ky., 1-30-1892
Same item, GAZETTE, Alexandria, Vae, 1-29-1892

MD B&ME

THOMPSON, Thomas

"Jan. 29, 1892-Thoms Thompson, black, was hanged at
Chestertown, Maryland, at 6230 o'clock this morning for
the murder onthe night of Age 22, 1891, of William
‘dane, also colored, Thompson bore up bravely to the last,
dit y gessonal «tneecellene crecut i crmmT aera
st in the county since the hanging of the three Canden

murderers in 1851,

LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL, Louisville, Ky,, 1-30-1892
Same item, GAZETTE, Alexandria, Va., 1-29-1692

MD BKME

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