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Three photographs showing a crowd gathered for the hanging of Nat Oliphant, a well known burglar. He was arrested for robbing and killing A. T. Rogers, a popular citizen who lived at Third and Fillmore in Topeka, Kansas. While in jail, an angry crowd made a hole in the jail wall and went to Oliphant's cell where they threw a rope around his shoulders and dragged him down the stairs to the outside of the jail. He was carried by the crowd to the steps of the First National Bank building and then across the street to a telegraph pole. After the hanging, Oliphant's body was cut down and taken to the morgue where it was put on display. This was the first and only public lynching in Shawnee County.
Date: June 04, 1889
Item Number: 303318
Call Number: FK2.S5 T.5 5S *6-8
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 303318
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Community services - Police and other law enforcement
Community Life - Scenes and views - Business districts
Date - 1880s - 1889
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Theft
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Prisoners
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Punishment - Death penalty
Government and Politics - Local Government - Municipal - Police
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Photographs
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