William and Stephen Hodges ~ Iowa
Leon Reporter, Leon, Iowa
Thursday, June 6, l90l
Last week we published an item from another paper stating that the first legal hanging in Iowa was at Centerville, but Mr. McNeill says that this was incorrect -- that William and Stephen Hodges were hung in Burlington, July l5, l845.He well remembers the affair because the father of J.J. EVANS had the contract for building the scaffold and Mr. McNeill being at the time in his employ, assisted in building it.
--GARDEN GROVE EXPRESS.
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