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| Black Jack Ketchum |
(Clovis News Journal) Old West outlaw fanatics know Clayton as the place where Black Jack Ketchum was hanged on April 26, 1901. They hanged him so hard, the history books tell us, his head came off.
Those responsible for the execution had little or no experience in hanging people, historians report. It’s believed they underestimated Ketchum’s weight, which resulted in his beheading on the gallows.
So that’s one reason to visit the Clayton cemetery, where Ketchum was buried under a headstone that reads, “And how his audit stands who knows save heaven.” Continued
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