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Brewster, Chas hung 19060306a FB180211LN

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Lanny Nunn?Coudersport Remember When
Yesterday · 11 February 2018
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Pic of Gallows built for Charles Brewster, found guilty
of the murder of Marshall Stryker.
Hanged Tues March 6th 1906 at the Potter County jail yard.
Stryker was shot @ 8:30 am May 17th 1905 by Brewster. He was the step-father of Brewster.
Stryker lived on his farm in Borie.
There is a Charles Brewster file. ]

Lanny Nunn
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Joan Nelson Gulden Wonder if there is a record somewhere of how many were hung in Potter County.
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Penny Goodenough I belive this was the only one
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Penny Goodenough My grandparents, Vesta and De VanDeBoe had a bookcase that was ma de with some of the wood from the gallows. The bookcase was mistakenly sold after they died.
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Linda Hemphill I believe Penny is right...and I believe the skull of the man hung is at the potter county historical society....as I remember from a class trip there from school
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John Currin Skull at the historical society is from Joshua Jones. He was the first man hung in potter county in I think 1838
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John Currin Sorry it was 1839. I just looked it up
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Lori Prince I search public hangings in Potter county pa and there was a lot
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Chandra Livingston Knight Creepy
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Jo Whoareya According to this website which allows you to search by state, date, name and other I have found two up to 1920 Joshua Jones in 1839 and Charles Brewster in 1906. Both hanged for

murder.http://deathpenaltyusa.org/usa1/state/pennsylvania2.htm

Executions in Pennsylvania -…
deathpenaltyusa.org

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Jo Whoareya Zero deaths from 1693-1800
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Jo Whoareya Zero from 1921 - 1962
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Pat Schoonover They need to bring that back for child molesters
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Pat Hewett I'm not sure if it was this one but my grandfather witnessed the last hanging in Coudersport.
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Jo Whoareya According to this Charles Brewster 1906
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Eric Wagner Pretty small turnout, If I remember correctly, The skull of Brewster is on display at the Historical Society. I seem to remember a story of a doctor that was going to try to brig him back to life.
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