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2020-01-23 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Book Review: Bloody Williamson: A Chapter in American Lawlessness

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#1 Harrisburg Register: Berger at the gallows "It's a beautiful day." (April 19, 1928)

While all three men were convicted, only Birger was sentenced to hang. On that April day, the 47-year-old Birger walked from the Franklin County Jail cell that had been his home for the past 10 months to the gallows about 100 feet away. Reports said he stopped to shake hands with some of the crowd of 500 gathered to witness his hanging.

Standing on the scaffold, he said, "I've forgiven everybody," before a black hood -- he refused a white hood as he did not want to be mistaken for a Klansman -- was slipped over his head.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-01-23 07:42|| 2020-01-23 07:42|| Front Page Top

#2 In the 1920s the Ku Klux Klan supported national prohibition. Alcohol was regarded as an "un-American" vice practiced by immigrants

What would Nathan Bedford Forrest said?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-01-23 09:08|| 2020-01-23 09:08|| Front Page Top

#3 A few of y'all know to watch out for those Sheltons...

Posted by Glenmore 2020-01-23 09:24|| 2020-01-23 09:24|| Front Page Top

#4 And today's Chicago, LA, Baltimore, and other Democrat-run cities make Williamson look like a picnic.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2020-01-23 11:23|| 2020-01-23 11:23|| Front Page Top

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