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#10 Bethea talking to an officer, just before he was hanged in the presence of a crowd estimated at 20,000 persons.

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Bethea talking to an officer, just before he was hanged in the presence of a crowd estimated at 20,000 persons.

Rainey Bethea: Story and Photos of the Last Person in the United States Who Was Executed Publicly in Kentucky on August 14, 1936

#10 Bethea talking to an officer, just before he was hanged in the presence of a crowd estimated at 20,000 persons.

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←#9 Vendors do a brisk business as a crowd gathers before dawn—the hour of execution for convicted rapist Rainey Bethea.
#11 Rainey Bethea listens attentively to the prayers of a priest as the hangman makes final adjustments on the noose.→

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