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Frank Rumberg

died March 24, 1882 · Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Frank Rumberg was hanged at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on the morning of March 24, 1882, alongside his brother Henry, according to the Eureka Daily Sentinel. The paper reported that both men went to the scaffold with firmness and died quickly when the trap was sprung, and that his neck was broken by the fall. The execution was carried out under the state's authority as a judicial hanging.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: news reports.

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