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Sam Welser

died January 12, 1894 · St. Louis County, Missouri

Sam Welser was hanged in a judicial execution in St. Louis, Missouri, on the morning of January 12, 1894, according to a dispatch published in The Helena Independent the following day. The dispatch reports that the execution was carried out. It gives the date and city of the hanging and no other circumstances.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: a newspaper dispatch.

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