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Identifier
20157401
Description
A man awaiting execution, "about to be hung" - Jim Toots with Joe McMillan, Daggett, and Phillips, in Tarrant County jail, original photo dated ca. 1895. [Copy photo made 06/13/1951] Jim Toots was an alias for Jim Burris. Governor Charles A. Culberson would later commute Toots death sentence to life in prison. In 1902 Governor Joseph Sayers pardoned Jim Toots.
Archival Date
1895 (Approximately)
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-2630
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White;Copy of Original Image
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Executions; Prisoners; Gallows; Lynchings; Jails; Hangings (Executions)
Names
Toots, Jim; Burris, Jim
Subjects
Executions; Prisoners; Gallows; Lynchings; Jails; Hangings (Executions)