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10/12/2006: "Update On 1897 Hanging"

In response to Randy Gaylord's request for information on an 1897 Hanging in San Juan County, William Patterson writes that "I was told the story while on Blakely Island: The last man hanged in San Juan County was a teacher on Blakely Island who shot the school superintendent. At the hanging the only person who knew how to tie a hangman's nose was the teacher, so as the story went – the last lesson the teacher taught was how to tie a hangman's noose… I have no idea if the story is true, but there it is."

If anyone else has any information, be it a rumor or fact, send it in to help Mr. Straub's descendents obtain as much information as possible on the incident.