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Day: February 8, 2019

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Sarah Michael

The first five people to be executed in Texas’ electric chair

February 8, 1924 Huntsville, Texas The first five inmates are executed by the electric chair in Texas The execution occurred in rapid succession described by the Albany Daily Herald as an “orgy of death,” resulting in a noxious fumes. A short interlude was given to witnesses who were “sickened at the odor of burning flesh…

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