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Tremendous Excitement! Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie rescued from the authorities and hanged by the Vigilance Committee, on Sunday, August 24th at 3 o’clock P. M. in the presence of Fifteen thousand people
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The First Trial & Execution in S. Francisco on the Night of 10th of June at 2 O’Clock
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