1920: Tom Johnson and Jim McDonald, criminal assailants
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Charlotte Observer, Nov. 27, 1920 (Nov. 26 dateline)
Govenror Bickett today signed the death warrants of Tom Johnson and Jim McDonald, negroes convicted of criminal assault and whose appeal to the Supreme Court had been dismissed. Johnson, a native of Guilford county, and McDonald, of Davidson, will die in the electric chair at the state prison on December 3.
Charlotte Observer, Dec. 4, 1920 (Dec. 3 dateline)
Tom Johnson and Jim McDonald, Guilford and Davidson county negroes, died in the electric chair at the state prison here today for criminal assault, Johnson preceding McDonald to death by only a few minutes. The killing today was the fourth double electrocution by the state since the electric chair was substituted for the hangman’s noose. Both the prisoners appealed to the supreme court for new trials but their cases were dismissed two weeks ago.
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Entry Filed under: 20th Century,Capital Punishment,Common Criminals,Crime,Death Penalty,Disfavored Minorities,Electrocuted,Execution,History,North Carolina,Racial and Ethnic Minorities,Rape,USA
Tags: 1920, 1920s, december 3, jim mcdonald, raleigh, thomas bickett, tom johnson
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