The Hanging Judge

Iwe wakanzwa nezve "kutengesa mutongi" Isaac Parker, asi iwe wakaziva kuti akachengetedza dare muA Arkansas? Muna 1875, Parker akazvipira kutonga muFort Smith, Arkansas. Akatanga musi waMay 4, 1975. Mumavhiki ake ekutanga masere, akaedza vapomeri 91. Akatonga dare mazuva matanhatu pavhiki kwemaawa akawanda pazuva. Mumazhizha ake okutanga semutongi, vanhu 18 vakapomerwa mhosva yekuponda uye akatongesa 15 vavo. Vatanhatu vevarume ivavo vakaurayiwa mumatanda ake musi iwoyo (Svondo 3, 1875) uye iyo yakaisa nhaka yake mukufamba.

Chiito chekurembera varume vatanhatu chinotungamirira kwaari kuva chimwe chezvinyorwa zvenhepfenyuro panguva iyoyo, kutora chikamu chake chinonyadzisa "Dare reDhamned" zita rekunyora mumwedzi yake yekutanga yokutanga pabasa.

Mukurumbira wakanga wakafanirwa. Akanga ari mutongi akaoma. Mumakore makumi maviri nematanhatu ari pamabhenji, Mutongi Parker akaedza mhosva 13,490, uye 344 avo vaiva mhosva huru. Akawana 9,454 veavo vanopomerwa mhosva, uye akatongerwa rufu ini nekurembera. Vane 79 chete vakanga vanyarara. Vamwe vose vakafa mujeri, vakakumbira kana vakanganwirwa. Parker akanga asiri mumwe anowanzoteerera zvikumbiro kune vanopomerwa mhosva dzekubatwa chibharo kana kuponda, asi aiva mutongi akanaka uye vazhinji muFort Smith vakabvumirana nemitemo yake.

Isaka Charles Parker akaberekerwa muimba yejeri muBelmont County, Ohio musi waOctober 15, 1838. Akabvumirwa kuenda kuOhio bar muna 1859 ava nemakore 21. Akakurumidza kusangana ndokuroora Mary O'Toole. Vaviri vacho vaiva nevanakomana vaviri, Charles naJames.

Parker akavaka mukurumbira wokuva gweta wakatendeseka uye mutungamiri wevanhu.

Mukurumbira iwoyo ndechimwe chikonzero Mutungamiri Grant President Grant akamugadza kuti ashumire semutongi weWestern District yeA Arkansas uye yese yeIndia Territory (dare raiva muFort Smith). Pazera remakore makumi matatu nemaviri, Mutongi Parker akanga ari muduku kudarika mutongi wenyika muWest.

Dare rake rakagamuchira mukurumbira wataurwa pamusoro apa, asi iye aive aonekwa nevakasarudzwa uye akanaka uye kunyange mutongi. Aizopa zvidzidzo uye dzimwe nguva kuderedza mitsara yezvivi zviduku. Zvisinei, iye aiwanzobatana nevaya vakaurayiwa, kunyanya pamhosva dzechisimba. Iye anonzi mumwe wevatongi vekutanga kodzero dzevakatambudzwa.

Kana akatsoropodzwa, yakabva kunze kwemuganhu. Paiva nekushayikwa kwemitemo uye kurongeka munharaunda yeIndia Parker yakatungamira, uye vazhinji vekumba vakanga vachitya uye vaida kurongedzwa kunodzokera kumunda. "Vakadzingwa" vakafunga kuti mitemo haina kushanda kwavari muTeritory. Kusateerera mutemo uye kutyisa kwakatonga. Vazhinji vagari vakafunga kuti utsinye hwakanyanya hwemhosva dzaikodzera mitsara inorayirwa.

Parker zvechokwadi aida kubviswa kwechirango chekufa. Akanga ari kunyatsoteerera mutemo uye muitiro wakajeka wokuranga uipi. Akati, "mukusava nechokwadi kwechirango chinotevera hutongerwo uhu ndihwo kushaya simba kwekumisa kodzero."

Parker's authority inotanga kupera sematare akawanda akapiwa simba pamusoro pezvikamu zveIndia Territory. MunaSeptember 1896 Congress yakavhara dare. Vhiki nhanhatu mushure mekunge dare ravharwa, musi waNovember 17, 1896 akafa. Akasiya nhaka inowanzosanzwisiswa.

Parker ine mukurumbira wemunhu ane utsinye uye asina hanya munhau yedu, asi nhaka yake chaiyo yakaoma zvikuru.

Shanyira Courter's Court

I Fort Fort Smith National Historic Site inobvumidza kutarisa kwekuchengetedza mukana weGurukota raIsa Park Parker, re "Hell on the Border" jeri, nekugadziriswa kwemazana emasero e1888 nemasvingo akavakwazve. Iwe unogona kudzidza zvakawanda pamusoro pezvimwe zvemhosva zvemuganhu uye izvo Parker chaizvo zvaifanira kutarisana nazvo.

Kubvuma kuri $ 4. Mushanyi centre (ane dare) yakazaruka zuva rega rega, 9: 00 mangwanani kusvika 5: 00 masikati. Vanoswedera pedyo neDecember 25 neJanuary 1.

Iri muFort Smith (Google mapa), anenge maawa maviri kubva ku Little Rock.