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Fort Smith National Historic Site Park staff and volunteers dressed as first fort soldiers prepare to fire cannon
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Fort Smith National Historic Site
April 27, 1892 Execution
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On April 27, 1892, Sheppard Busby, an ex-deputy marshal, was hanged for the murder of Deputy Marshal Barney Connelly. Busby shot and killed the officer as he tried to arrest him for adultery.

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