Jim Toots with Joe McMillan, Daggett, and Phillips

Creator

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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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License

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Subjects

Executions; Prisoners; Gallows; Lynchings; Jails; Hangings (Executions)