Bessler, John D. <br/><br/>
Legacy of violence  lynch mobs and executions in Minnesota /  [electronic resource] : 
John D. Bessler. 
 - Minneapolis :  University of Minnesota Press,  c2003. 
 - xx, 307 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Lynch mobs and public hangings -- On Lincoln's orders : Mankato's mass hanging -- The execution of Ann Bilansky -- The gallows reconsidered : executions versus life sentences -- The "midnight assassination law" -- The botched hanging of William Williams -- The abolition of capital punishment -- A travesty of justice : the Duluth lynchings. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2007. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Lynching--History.--Minnesota<br/>Capital punishment--History.--Minnesota<br/>Executions and executioners--History.--Minnesota
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV6462.M6  / B47 2003eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>364.1/34