Posted on 10/01/2020 10:33:02 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
On this day in 1901, James Edward Brady was hauled out of his jail cell and hanged from a telephone pole on the corner of Main and Lawrence Streets at Haymarket Square in Helena, Montana. He had been arrested three days before in relation to his attack on Hazel Pugsley, a five-year-old girl. On September 30, Brady, who had arrived in Helena from the city of Boulder, Montana only the day before, waylaid little Hazel while she was on her way to kindergarten. He convinced her to get on a streetcar with him and they didn’t get off until they were three miles outside town. Hazel’s mother reported her missing after she didn’t arrive home from school, and a search was launched. Later that day, the police found her walking home alone. She was “a nervous wreck, and when the accused man was taken in front of her she began crying hysterically, at the mere sight of him.”...
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As long as Brady was ground up and used for mulch on a flower garden
Arrest. Trial. Guilty. 3 days. Public Hanging. Good old days.
No wonder Biden hasn’t held a rally in Helena.
No wonder Biden hasn’t held a rally in Helena.
And so early...
Swift.
I read the story, and didn’t see anything about a trial.
“Arrest. Trial. Guilty. 3 days. Public Hanging. Good old days.”
Not really. Not if your local sheriff is head of the bad guy gang like Henry Plummer, Bannack, MT.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Plummer
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