James C. Chasherego Article

Article from the Daily Arkansas Gazette discussing the death of James C. Chasherego, the last man to be executed in Fort Smith (Sebastian County) under the “hanging judge” Isaac Parker; 1896.

Headlines "To the Very Last" "J.C. Chasherego Declares Himself to Be an Innocent Man." "'I Am Not Guilty

From the Daily Arkansas Gazette, July 31, 1896