Fort Smith Double Hanging of 1886 Article

Article from the Fort Worth Daily Gazette describing the executions of Lincoln Sprole and Calvin James for murder in Fort Smith (Sebastian County); 1886.

Headlines "An Awful Record. Calvin James is Hanged at Fort Smith for a Cold Blooded Murder in the Indian Territory. Lincoln Sprole Suffers a Similar Fate for a Double Murder Both Men Meet Death Like Stoics. Forty Six Men Executed A Brief Sketch of Each of the Murderers Whisky the General Cause"

From the Fort Worth Daily Gazette, July 23, 1886

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Headlines "An Awful Record. Calvin James is Hanged at Fort Smith for a Cold Blooded Murder in the Indian Territory. Lincoln Sprole Suffers a Similar Fate for a Double Murder Both Men Meet Death Like Stoics. Forty Six Men Executed A Brief Sketch of Each of the Murderers Whisky the General Cause" Fort Smith Double Execution of July 23, 1886