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The Daily Union
Washington, District Of Columbia
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In Clay County, Kentucky, Dr. Baker was executed for murder despite mob threats to storm the jail. Governor Owsley denied pardon and sent military to secure the facility, addressing four years of local lawlessness with no courts or tax collection.
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Kentucky. Law Vindicated.-
Dr. Baker, who was convicted of murder in Clay
county, Kentucky, has been hung, in spite of the
menaces of the mob, who threatened to burn down
the jail and take him out.
Governor Owsley did
not pardon him, not only because he thought him a
murderer, but because he believed a severe exam-
ple necessary to protect peaceable citizens from vio-
lence in Clay county.
For four years, the people
there have been in a lawless state--no courts have
been held--no taxes
collected.
When the mob
threatened to break into the prison, the governor order-
ed the military
to its
protection, and secured it. The
decided course of the governor is to be commended
by every lover of good order. It is too often the
case that the weakness of public magistrates yields
to the fierce demand of violence, which tramples
down all law and authority, and, gathering bold-
ness from impunity, sets at defiance all restraint
upon its own will. Phil. Ledger.
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Clay County, Kentucky
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dr. baker was hung; mob threat averted by military protection; no pardon granted
Event Details
Dr. Baker, convicted of murder in Clay county, Kentucky, was executed despite threats from a mob to burn down the jail and take him out. Governor Owsley refused to pardon him, believing him guilty and a severe example necessary to protect peaceable citizens from violence. For four years, the area had been lawless with no courts held or taxes collected. The governor ordered the military to protect the prison when the mob threatened to break in.