Legacy of violence
Bessler, John D.
Legacy of violence lynch mobs and executions in Minnesota / [electronic resource] : John D. Bessler. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2003. - xx, 307 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Lynch mobs and public hangings -- On Lincoln's orders : Mankato's mass hanging -- The execution of Ann Bilansky -- The gallows reconsidered : executions versus life sentences -- The "midnight assassination law" -- The botched hanging of William Williams -- The abolition of capital punishment -- A travesty of justice : the Duluth lynchings.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Lynching--History.--Minnesota
Capital punishment--History.--Minnesota
Executions and executioners--History.--Minnesota
Electronic books.
HV6462.M6 / B47 2003eb
364.1/34
Legacy of violence lynch mobs and executions in Minnesota / [electronic resource] : John D. Bessler. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2003. - xx, 307 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Lynch mobs and public hangings -- On Lincoln's orders : Mankato's mass hanging -- The execution of Ann Bilansky -- The gallows reconsidered : executions versus life sentences -- The "midnight assassination law" -- The botched hanging of William Williams -- The abolition of capital punishment -- A travesty of justice : the Duluth lynchings.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Lynching--History.--Minnesota
Capital punishment--History.--Minnesota
Executions and executioners--History.--Minnesota
Electronic books.
HV6462.M6 / B47 2003eb
364.1/34