RARE 1878 Private/Public Execution Mansfield Ohio Card Ticket Crime Murder

Description

1878, May 31st. Admission ticket card for Edward Webb Execution for Murder of a Caucasian farmer
Nicest condition I've seen of the few that became available or for sale
Wear/dirt on the reverse but otherwise hardly even browning of the card/paper stock
Given out to the few that were permitted to view what was to be a private execution, turned into public as was given the orders to proceed despite the 10,000-15,000 who came out to witness. Hotels etc..  filled up and within hours leading up to, became a scene of trampling and tearing down of the 18ft walls put up around the stage, changing the course of Ohio history.