“Calmly Died in Nineteen Minutes” Jim Seams Execution Reported in Pittsburgh

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Source Type: Newspaper
Publisher: Pittsburg Dispatch
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, PA
Date of publication: Jan 26, 1889 12:00 am
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Transcript:

Calmly Died in Nineteen Minutes. – MONTGOMERY, ALA., January 25.-At Eutaw a negro named James Seames was hanged today for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Autrey, of Tuscaloosa, about six months ago. He was calm, and died in 19 minutes.