Arthur Tillman Hanging

Gathering for the last legal hanging in Arkansas at Paris (Logan County). Arthur Tillman was hanged on July 15, 1914. Note top of gallows visible above fence.

Crowd of people in grass, seated and standing, among brick and wooden buildings

Courtesy of the Arkansas State Archives

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