Home town hangings in the county jails of Pennsylvania, 1834-1913 [manuscript], 1969.

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Home town hangings in the county jails of Pennsylvania, 1834-1913 [manuscript], 1969.

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This collection consists of a mimeograph of a 30-page essay by Negley K. Teeters of Temple University. The essay gives a historical account of executions in Pennsylvania county jails from 1834, when public hangings ended, to 1913, when electrocution was introduced.

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Teeters, Negley K. (Negley King), 1896-1971

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Negley K. Teeters taught sociology at Temple Univ. for 37 years during which time he authored numerous articles on capital punishment and prison reform. From the description of Papers, 1937-1971. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122417832 Negley K. Teeters (1896-1971) was a leading academic figure in the penal reform movement. He published works on prisons and punishment from 1937 to 1967. From the description of Home town hangings in the county...