Hartford Courant, Nov. 20, 1852

Newark Daily Advertiser, Jan. 4, 1853

Baltimore Sun, Jan. 12, 1853

Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 21, 1853

Philadelphia Inquirer, March 4, 1853

On this day..

• 1916: Benjamin Argumedo
• 1771: Edmund James and Joseph Jordan, runaway slave aides
• 1888: Oscar Beckwith, the Austerlitz Murderer
• 1562: The Massacre of Vassy
• 1996: Antonio James, final judgment
• 1837: The slave Julius, property of John and Rebecca Matthews
• 2013: Naw Kham, Mekong drug lord
• 1864: Martin Robinson, treacherous guide
• 1951: The Mokotow Prison executions of Cursed Soldiers
• 1289: Ugolino della Gherardesca, ravenous
• 2004: Ibtisam Hussein, child-murderer
• 1877: Jack McCall, Wild Bill's murderer