Dubuque-Scott County IA Archives News.....Hyde Convicted of Murder December 16, 1841
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Davenport Gazette December 16, 1841
Davenport Gazette, Davenport, Iowa Territory
November 25, 1841

HYDE CONVICTED

Hyde, who murdered Murray at Dubuque some few weeks since has been tried and 
convicted. He was a young man 20 years of age, and committed the crime under 
the influence of spirituous liquor. Let his fate be a warning to those who 
indulge in its use,-remember that he was once a moderate drinker. He remained 
through the trial, indifferent to his fate, but when the verdict was 
pronounced which consigned him to the gallows, he is said to have wept 
bitterly.

Davenport Gazette, Davenport, Iowa Territory
December 16, 1841

SENTENCE COMMUTED

Governor Chambers has commuted the sentence of Hyde, the murderer of Murray, 
to seven years confinement in the Penitentiary. The circumstances under which 
the deed was committed, and the extreme youth of the prisoner-who is yet a 
minor-certainly should entitle him to consideration.


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