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Rufus Buck

Name:: Rufus Buck
Record Type:: Documented
Espy File Record:: true
Espy File ID:: 50216
State:: Arkansas
Date Execution:: 1896-07-01
Date Crime:: 1895-08-05
Age:: 22
Gender Assigned:: Male
Race:: Native American
Crime Convicted of:: Rape
Enslaved:: false
Compensation Case:: false
Execution Method:: Hanging
Jurisdiction:: Federal
County:: Sebastian
County FIPS Code:: 05131
Notes:: Both the index card and reference materials state that they were only tried and convicted of rape.
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