01 Feb 1896
Page 1
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Newspaper
Morning Appeal
Location
Carson City, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1896
Page
1
Lloyd Montgomery, who confessed to killing his father, mother, and D. McKercher, was executed at sunrise in Albany. He played Home Sweet Home on the violin and, moments before death, tearfully admitted guilt and asked for mercy in a final written plea.
The article notes Dempsey, once imprisoned for complicity in poisoning men at the Homestead steel works after the 1895 strike, was released at 10 o'clock today after a pardon arrived by morning mail. It also references a Commercial Gazette report alleging nearly fifty deaths from poisoning at Homestead and mentions nearby incidents and political commentary.
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