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Executed

Webster Jackson

Gasconade County, Missouri

According to two brief items in The Hope Pioneer and The Herald-Advance, both published May 1, 1891, Webster Jackson was hanged at Hermann, Missouri, in a judicial execution. The Hope Pioneer copy is garbled at the point where the hanging is described. No objections to the execution are reported in these items.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: a short newspaper item.

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