{"id":2591,"date":"2023-02-17T21:00:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T01:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=2591"},"modified":"2023-02-17T10:22:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T14:22:14","slug":"the-last-public-hangings-in-lawrence-county-kentucky-and-wilkes-county-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=2591","title":{"rendered":"The Last Public Hangings in Lawrence County, Kentucky and Wilkes County, North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we bring you part of the end of an era of public executions in Appalachia, which had, in many cases, turned into an excuse for a carnival, with vendors selling food and drink (much of it the hard stuff) and children brought in for a day with a picnic and other family activities, prior to the hanging itself.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Our first story comes from Wilkes County, North Carolina, where an alleged horse thief shoots and kills the man looking for that horse; the second comes from Lawrence County, Kentucky, and involves a feud, with the accused shooting and killing his own uncle.<\/p>\n

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