Miller-Fulton County ArArchives Obituaries.....Baldwin, William September 16, 1877
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Galveston Daily News May 4, 1878
Texarkana - The first public execution was had in Miller county, Ark today and 
William Baldwin, coloreed was the first to suffer the extreme penalty of law. 
He was hanged for the murder of a woman on the 16th of Sept 1877, with who he 
had been living as her husband.....[details]....the body taken in charge of by 
his father, to be taken to Fulton Ark., for interment. The executed man is the 
last of three brothers - one being hanged two years ago in an adjoining county 
for murder, and the other one was drowned two weeks ago in Little river. 

Additional Comments:
The newspaper article contains mention of Sheriff and 3,000 people present and 
details of the hanging, but no other genealogical information.

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