west of the county jail, Suddenly the savage gave a wild,
piercing whoop and the’ job’was done, He fled down a
woceded hillside south of the jail and was never heard fron
again,"
ae HOHNSTONN LEADER=HERALD 9 J ounstowm r) New Yor k 9 May 2»
L959 1 ; :
west of the county jail, Suddenly the savage gave a wild,
piercing whoop and the’ job’was done. He fled down a
wooded hillside south of the jail and was never heard fron
again,"
ne BOHNSTONN LEADER-HERALD, Johinstowm, New York, May 2,
1959
west of the county jail, Suddenly the savage gave a wild,
piercing whoop and the job'was done, He fled down a
wooded hillside south of the jail and was never heard from
again,"
TuG HOHNSTONN LEADER-HERALD, Johnstown, New York, Nay 2,
1959
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ES xHETOM AONALD, Sato, Try May 25
vanced, Jopnstown, Fulton Coes Ne Ye
» "The first to face the death penalty (in Fulton Co.) was
& man named Cook who was convicted of forging a $3.00 KBx
note to purfhase a pair of boots, He was tried in the
Courthouse under the Old English Law and King's Bench
rules and was sentenced to be "hanged until dead,' The
sentence caused quite a stir in the area as politics was
running high and objection to English Law and rule was
gaining momentum. The patriots threatened to riot and
declared that whosoever should enforce 'such an obnoxious
decree would be killed on Sight." The sheriff blaked in
the performance of his duties and for one pint of rum
hired an American Indian to be substitute for him. The
dangling noose was tied around Cook's neck in a clearing
Mencea, Jopnstown, Fulton Cosy We Ye
"The first to face the death penalty (in Fulton Co.) was
a man named Cook who was convicted of forging a #3,00
note to puréhase a pair of boots, He was tiied in the
Courthouse under the Old English Law and King's Bench
rules and was sentenced to be "hanged until dead.' The
sentence caused quite a stir in the area as politics was
running high and objection to English Law and rule was
gaining momentum, The patriots threatened to riot and
declared that whosoever should enforce 'such an obnoxious
decree would be killed on sight.’ The sheriff blaked in
the performance of his duties and for one pint of rum
hired an American Indian to be substitute for him. The
dangling noose was tied around Cook's neck in a clearing
OK »
(Hongea, Jopnstown, Fulton Cosy Ne Ye
"The first to face the death penalty (in Fulton Co.) was
@ man named Cook who was convicted of forging a 43.00 Kil
Hg was tiied in the
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