Salt Lake Herald | 1898-07-02 | Page 7 | Double Hanging

DOUBLE HANGING First Murderers Hanged By Federal Authorities In Indian Territory MuBkOBee I T July 1Henry WhltHeld alias Perkins and K B Brooks colored were hanged within the stockade of the United States Jail here at 930 this morning Both men died same It was the first execution In the history of the federal courts in the territory Whltfield killed George Miller another negro at Waggoner last December over a girl with whom they were both In love Brooks killed a white girl Lulu Combs near Hudson in October last and several attempts to lynch him had been made