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"Sentenced to Hang" Charles Grant, who was found guilty last week of murder in the first degree for killing his wife at Parkville on the night of October 22, 1879, was sentenced to be hanged on September 24, but as an appeal has been taken to the Supreme Court it is not expected that the execution will occur on that date, if at all. It appears that Grant has a great many friends in Kansas City of political prominence who have come to his aid and will carry his case to the governor should the supreme court fail to stay the execution. If Grant is executed it will be the second legal hanging to occur in Platte County, the first having occurred on June 24, 1853, when Sheriff Shepard executed a slave named Abe, owned by a man named Newby.Date(s) of Creation
8/25/1898
