What a horrible thing for a mother to do to her son...but about the husband?? why did she do it?? Could be another "burning bed' type of situation but blaming the son and then knowing they would hang him...horrible... Rochelle > > If I am correct, that was the last hanging in the county. James G. > Allison's mother admitted on her deathbed that she was actually the > perpetrator of the crime. The Historical Society has the noose, murder > weapon, and other related articles. > > -Sonya Barclay > > > On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Yvonne Learn wrote: > > > Hi List, > > > > A friend of our son showed him an old newspaper story about James G. Allison > > who was hanged on Feb. 17, 1882 in Indiana for killing his father. Does > > anyone know when the last hanging occurred in Indiana county, and if any more > > is known about this story, it seemed to draw statewide attention at the time. > > > > Yvonne > > > > > > > > ==== PAINDIAN Mailing List ==== > > Search the INDIANA CO mailing list ARCHIVES > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > Enter: PAINDIAN > > > > > > > > > ==== PAINDIAN Mailing List ==== > List problems??? > Email the listowner >