Category: Black Jack Tom Ketchum
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Wild West Wednesday – Part 3 – “Black Jack” Tom Ketchum
Image: “Black Jack” Tom Ketchum. (Wikimedia Commons.) “Black Jack” Tom Ketchum was an American cowboy who later in life became an outlaw. He was hanged in 1901 for attempted train robbery. The execution was bungled; he was decapitated because the executioner used a rope that was too long, and the lubricated rope was too thin…
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 