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First white man hanged for killing an Indian in America
Court scenes unfold in Hudson and companions trials for murder of Indians. Judges Eggleston and Winchell preside as juries convict Sawyer, Bridge and others of murder in the first degree. A pardon comes at last for Bridge Jr., ending the era of executions for such crimes.
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Winchell
Morris
Fletcher
Hudson
Sampson Mason
Springfield
Ohio
Mason
Petit Jury
Daniel Boone
Simon Kenton
Blue Licks
Bryant
Braddock
St. Clair
Harmar
James Noble
Wick
America
Eggleston
Adam Winchell
Samuel Holliday
Moses Cox
Samuel Cory
John Berry
John Johnston
United States
Sawyer
Philips Sweetzer
James Rariden
Lot Bloomfield
William R. Morris
Charles H. Test
Squire Makepeace
Ludlow
Mingo
Harper and Hudson
Rariden
General Noble
Bridge
Sen
Sweetzer
Myself
Egeleston
Strippling
Bridge, Jr
Fuller
Warren
Fields
Murphy
Fall Creek
Scaffold Bridge
Reason
James Brown Ray