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#14 Rainey Bethea hanging at the end of a rope just after he had been dropped through the trap.

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Rainey Bethea hanging at the end of a rope just after he had been dropped through the trap.

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

#14 Rainey Bethea hanging at the end of a rope just after he had been dropped through the trap.

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