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KANSAS
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Legal Hangings

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DATE
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NAME
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PLACE
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LAW
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July 11, 1862
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Pvt. John Bell |
Iola |
Military
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February 1863
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Carl Horne |
Leavenworth |
State
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May 6, 1863
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John Shirley |
Fort Leavenworth |
Military
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May 27, 1863
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Claudous C. Frizell |
Fort Scott |
Military
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October 30, 1863
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Williams Griffith |
Mound City |
State
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December 29, 1865
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John Hundley |
Lawrence |
State
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January 19, 1866
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Ernest Wa-tee-cha |
Lawrence |
State
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August 10, 1866
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Ben Lewis |
Paola |
State
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February 20, 1867
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Martin W. Bates |
Burlingame |
State
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November 15, 1867
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Scott Holderman |
Lawrence |
State
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September 18, 1868
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Melvin E. Baughn |
Seneca |
State
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August 9, 1870
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Williams Dickson |
Leavenworth |
State
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November 15, 1887
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Lee Mosier |
Wichita |
Federal
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November 21, 1888
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Jake Tobler |
Wichita |
Federal
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November 21, 1888
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Joe Tobler |
Wichita |
Federal
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September 5, 1930
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Carl Panzran |
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth |
Federal
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August 12, 1938
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Robert J. Suhay |
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth |
Federal
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August 12, 1938
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Glen J. Applegate |
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth |
Federal
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July 1943
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Levi Brandon |
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Miltiary |
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March 10, 1944
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Ernest Hoefgen |
HCFHCFF, Marion County |
State
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April 15, 1944
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Fred L. Brady |
HCFHCFF, Cowley County |
State
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April 15, 1944
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Clark B. Knox |
HCFHCFF, Wyandotte County |
State
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July 10, 1945
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Walter Beyer |
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Military |
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July 10, 1945
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Berthoid Seidel |
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Military |
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July 10, 1945
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Hans Demme |
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Military |
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July 10, 1945
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Hans Schomer |
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Military |
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July 10, 1945
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Willi Scholz |
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Military |
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July 29, 1947
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Cecil Tate |
HCFHCFF, Kingman County |
State
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July 29, 1947
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George F. Gumtow |
HCFHCFF, Kingman County |
State
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May 6, 1950
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George Miller |
HCFHCFF, Miami County |
State
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April 6, 1951
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Preston McBride |
HCFHCFF, Reno County |
State
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January 5, 1952
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James Lanmers (Lamore) |
HCFHCFF, Doniphan County |
State
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May 21, 1954
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Nathaniel Germany |
HCFHCFF, Wyandotte County |
State
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July 16, 1954
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Merle Williams Martin |
HCFHCFF, Johnson County |
State
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July 31, 1954
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Bernard J. Obrien |
Fort Leavenworth |
Military
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March 1, 1955
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Chastine Beverly |
Fort Leavenworth |
Military
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March 1, 1955
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James L. Riggins |
Fort Leavenworth |
Military
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March 1, 1955
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Louis M. Suttles |
Fort Leavenworth |
Military
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February 14, 1957
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Winfred D. Moore |
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth |
Military
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February 14, 1957
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Thomas J. Edwards |
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth |
Military
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April 3, 1957
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Ernest L. Ranson |
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth |
Military
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July 23, 1958
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Abraham Thomas |
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth |
Military
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September 23, 1959
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John E. Day |
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth |
Military
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April 13, 1961
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John A. Bennett |
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth |
Military
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November 30, 1962
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Lowell Lee Andrews |
HCFHCFF, Wyandotte County |
State
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April 14, 1965
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Richard Eugene Hickock |
HCFHCFF, Finney County |
State
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April 14, 1965
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Perry Edward Smith |
HCFHCFF, Finney County |
State
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June 22, 1965
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James Douglas Latham |
HCFHCFF, Russell County |
State
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June 22, 1965
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George Ronald York |
HCFHCFF, Russell County |
State
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HCFHCFF - this abbreviation came off the Kansas Department of Corrections website and there was no explanation as to what they stood for.
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