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Fort Smith National Historic Sitepostcard detail of jail building with prison wagon in foreground and gallows to right
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Fort Smith National Historic Site
April 27, 1888 Execution
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Three men were hanged on April 27, 1888.  Jackson Crow killed a prominent merchant named Charles Wilson in the Choctaw Nation in 1884. Owen Hill was convicted of the beating death of his mother-in-law and his wife. He was arrested after writing to a friend inquiring if his wife had died of her wounds. George Moss killed a rancher on the Red River after stealing his cattle.
Parker seated at his bench in 6th Street courtroom  

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The only known image of Judge Parker in his courtroom is this one from the federal courthouse on Sixth Street which dates from the 1890s. There are no photographs of the courtroom located in the former military barracks.

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