Houston County Crime News Gleanings

HANGING IN TEXAS.
The Fort Wayne (Texas) Chief says:
On the 17th inst. was found the body of a man by the name of Wm. H. Crawford, suspended to a pecan tree, about three-quarters of a mile from town.  A large number of persons visited the body during the day. At a meeting of the citizens the same evening, strong evidence was adduced proving him to have been an Abolitionist. The meeting indorsed the party who hung him.
[Douglas Monthly, Rochester, N.Y., May 1861 -- submitted by: Candi Horton]

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