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Roswell C. Smith

Name:: Roswell C. Smith
Record Type:: Documented
Espy File Record:: true
Espy File ID:: 170179
State:: Illinois
Date Execution:: 1915-02-13
Date Crime:: 1914-07-07
Gender Assigned:: Male
Race:: Unknown
Crime Convicted of:: Murder
Enslaved:: false
Compensation Case:: false
Execution Method:: Hanging
Jurisdiction:: State
County:: Cook
County FIPS Code:: 17031
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