Hanged by the neck until death.

Hanged by the neck until death: Dorothy Talby was hanged in Salem, Massachusetts for the murder of her three year old daughter,

she was executed in Connecticut on December 20, for beaten her 3 years to death.

The earliest recorded female hanging was that of Jane Champion in 1632 in Virginia for an unknown offense.

 Margaret Hatch was hanged on June 24,1633 for murder and on December 6, 1638, Dorothy Talby was hanged in Salem, Massachusetts for the murder of her three year old daughter, Difficulty.

The youngest person hanged in America was Hannah Ocuish who was 12 years and 9 months old and was described as a half breed Indian girl. 

She was executed on in Connecticut on December 20, 1786 for the murder of a 6 year old girl whom she had beaten to death after an earlier argument.

In the 40 year period 1926 – 1965, 675 hangings, including those of five females, were recorded in 30 states. 

 The last hangings, prior to suspension of the death penalty, took place at the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing, on June 22, 1965, when George Ronald York and James Douglas Latham, both aged 23, were executed for the murders of seven people in a violent rampage while they were serving in the army. 

 Latham was hanged first, at 10.24 a.m. and was certified dead 15 minutes later.  York followed at 12.34 and took 19 minutes to die.  

Two months earlier, on April 14, the killers of the Clutter family, Perry Edward Smith and Richard Eugene Hickock were hanged in the same prison and their case became famous in Truman Capote's book "In Cold Blood" which was also made into a film. 

The gallows (see photo) in the Kansas State Penitentiary stood in the corner of a general warehouse just outside the prison walls and was always referred to as "the corner."  

It was used for 15 state executions and 4 military hangings between 1944 and 1965.  

The last hanging in Utah was somewhat unusual in that the condemned man, Barton Kay Kirkham had chosen hanging over the firing squad because he would get more publicity and it would put the state to more inconvenience.  

21 year old Kirkham was put to death at dawn on June 7, 1958 for a double killing while robbing a grocery store.  The gallows had a ramp up to the platform hanged by the neck until you are dead: Dorothy Talby was hanged in Salem, Massachusetts for the murder of her three year old daughter,

 she was executed in Connecticut on December 20, for beaten her 3 years to death.

The earliest recorded female hanging was that of Jane Champion in 1632 in Virginia for an unknown offense.

 Margaret Hatch was hanged on June 24,1633 for murder and on December 6, 1638, Dorothy Talby was hanged in Salem, Massachusetts for the murder of her three year old daughter, Difficulty.

The youngest person hanged in America was Hannah Ocuish who was 12 years and 9 months old and was described as a half breed Indian girl. 

She was executed on in Connecticut on December 20, 1786 for the murder of a 6 year old girl whom she had beaten to death after an earlier argument.

In the 40 year period 1926 – 1965, 675 hangings, including those of five females, were recorded in 30 states. 

 The last hangings, prior to suspension of the death penalty, took place at the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing, on June 22, 1965, when George Ronald York and James Douglas Latham, both aged 23, were executed for the murders of seven people in a violent rampage while they were serving in the army. 

Latham was hanged first, at 10.24 a.m. and was certified dead 15 minutes later.  York followed at 12.34 and took 19 minutes to die.  

Two months earlier, on April 14, the killers of the Clutter family, Perry Edward Smith and Richard Eugene Hickock were hanged in the same prison and their case became famous in Truman Capote's book "In Cold Blood" which was also made into a film. 

The gallows (see photo) in the Kansas State Penitentiary stood in the corner of a general warehouse just outside the prison walls and was always referred to as "the corner."  

It was used for 15 state executions and 4 military hangings between 1944 and 1965.  

The last hanging in Utah was somewhat unusual in that the condemned man, Barton Kay Kirkham had chosen hanging over the firing squad because he would get more publicity and it would put the state to more inconvenience.  

21 year old Kirkham was put to death at dawn on June 7, 1958 for a double killing while robbing a grocery store.  

The gallows had a ramp up to the platform rather than steps and Kirkham who reportedly weighed 200 lbs. was given a drop of 6 feet. than steps and Kirkham who reportedly weighed 200 lbs. was given a drop of 6 feet.

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