Franklin County MO Archives News.....Execution of Worrell July 3, 1857
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Newspapers.com Online July 3, 1857
Edward D. Worrell, (Columbia, Boone County, Missouri), Columbia Herald-
Statesman, Fri, Jul 3, 1857, Page 2, Newspapers.com online, 
https://www.newspapers.com/image/936374576/?terms=edward%20worrell, accessed 8 
Sep 2025

Execution of Worrell.
Edward D. Worrell convicted of the murder of Major Basil H. Gordon, was executed 
at Union, in Franklin County, on Friday last.  There was a large concourse 
present, the father and mother of the condemned man among them.  His parents 
were perfectly convulsed with agony of feeling, and sought relief in floods of 
tears.  At the foot of the ladder he took leave of them and was tenderly 
embraced by them.  On mounting the scaffold he bowed to the multitude, and bade 
them goodbye, after which the noose was adjusted by the Sheriff, and at 
precisely twenty minutes past three o’clock the drop fell, and the prisoner was 
launched into eternity.




Additional Comments:
Edward was an Army Deserter and was at the age of his death 28.  Deathpenaltyusa 
lists St. Louis City, probably where the murder took place but the article 
indicates he was in Franklin County at execution.  This is the 33rd execution 
since 1810 in Missouri.  Public domain, the article was written 168 years ago.  

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