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Iowa's 1963 hangman tale echoes in aging memories
At 82, Ely recalls March 15 1963 the day Victor Feguer was executed in Fort Madison Iowa. The account covers Feguer's 1960 kidnapping killing of Dr Edward Bartels the setup at the prison a crew including guard Wilkens and Ely the rope scene and the aftermath in Iowa politics and public opinion about the death penalty.
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Ely
Victor Harry Feguer
Feguer
Michigan
Dubuque
Edward Roy Bartels
Bartels
Ilinois
East Dubuque
Galena
Alabama
Lindbergh
Waterloo
Fegner
Iowa State
Fort Madison
United States
Iowa
Harold Hughes
Cedar Rapids
John Ely Jr
Des Moines
Chuck Wilkens
Wilkens
Lowa
Gov. Hughes
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Hughes
Iowa Department of Corrections
U.S. Supreme Court
Congress
McVeigh
Oakland Cemetery
Gazette
John Ely
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Victor Feguer
Iowa State Penitentiary