The Daily Dispatch: November 2, 1860., [Electronic resource], Execution of a Murderer.

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Execution of a Murderer.

--On Friday week Daniel Clifford was hung in the jail yard at Dubuque, Iowa, for murdering a man named Wood, whom he robbed of $27. Clifford was but 22 years of age, yet the murder was so unprovoked that hardly any sympathy has been manifested for him. He refused to eat any breakfast on the morning of the execution, and had to be supported while on his way to the gallows. Arrived there he had to be lifted up the steps. Although the body fell about seven feet when the rope was cut, the wretched man died from strangulation.

The Daily Dispatch: November 2, 1860. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. November 2, 1860. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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