Shot Through The Heart (featuring crimes in I.T.), 209 pgs

Description

The execution of Anderson Burris in 1885 is just one example of the crimes and punishments found in this book:

“At 1:30 o’clock the death warrant was again read to Burris. He calmly repeated his willingness to die and had a private talk with one of the officers. He then faced the spectators and prayed aloud in the Choctaw language. At his request each one of the assembly shook his hand in a final adieu. He took off his white shirt, exposing his naked breast. A spot over the heart was then blackened with charcoal. His eyes were bandaged and the Sheriff took the prisoner by the right hand and a deputy took him by the left, extending the arms laterally. Another deputy, with a Winchester rifle, stepped ten paces in front and in an instant Anderson Burris sunk, shot through the heart, and Choctaw law was vindicated. Burris received his death shot under the very tree under which he had been sentenced by the Judge last August. His body was buried by the officers.” 209 pages.