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Domestic News
October 14, 1920
The Laramie Republican
Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming
What is this article about?
President Wilson commuted the death sentence of Josephine Berry, a young Black woman convicted of murdering another Black woman in Washington, D.C., to life imprisonment on Oct. 14. No woman has been hanged in the District since Mrs. Surratt's execution after Lincoln's assassination.
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NEGRESS
SAVED
FROM
DEATH
BY ACTION OF
THE PRESIDENT
SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT IN
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BY WILSON
By the Associated Press.
Washington.
Oct. 14. President Wilson saved from the gallows Josephine Berry, a young negress under sentence to hang here tomorrow for the murder of another negro woman. President Her sentence was commuted to life.
No woman has been hanged in the District of Columbia since the execution of Mrs. Surratt in connection with President Lincoln's assassination.
SAVED
FROM
DEATH
BY ACTION OF
THE PRESIDENT
SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT IN
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BY WILSON
By the Associated Press.
Washington.
Oct. 14. President Wilson saved from the gallows Josephine Berry, a young negress under sentence to hang here tomorrow for the murder of another negro woman. President Her sentence was commuted to life.
No woman has been hanged in the District of Columbia since the execution of Mrs. Surratt in connection with President Lincoln's assassination.
What sub-type of article is it?
Execution
Legal Or Court
What keywords are associated?
Sentence Commutation
Josephine Berry
President Wilson
Murder
Hanging
District Of Columbia
What entities or persons were involved?
President Wilson
Josephine Berry
Mrs. Surratt
Where did it happen?
District Of Columbia
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
District Of Columbia
Event Date
Oct. 14
Key Persons
President Wilson
Josephine Berry
Mrs. Surratt
Outcome
sentence commuted to life imprisonment
Event Details
President Wilson commuted the sentence of Josephine Berry, a young negress under sentence to hang for the murder of another negro woman, to life imprisonment.