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La See

died December 19, 1890 · Montana

La See, an American Indian man, was one of four men hanged at a courthouse in Montana on the morning of December 19, 1890. He had been held in custody, and the Sacramento Daily Record-Union reported that he died about twenty minutes after the trap was sprung. The paper called the event the greatest hanging in the Northwest.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: news reports.

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