Isaac Filmore

In July 1873, Isaac Filmore, a 16-year old Choctaw, robbed and killed an unnamed white man traveling through the Indian Territory. He was arrested on August 6.

The Tennesseean, April 4, 1874

Along with two other Native men, Filmore was hanged on April 3, 1874.

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Author: Bill Lofquist

I am a sociologist and death penalty scholar at the State University of New York at Geneseo. I am also a Pittsburgh native. My present research focuses on the history of the death penalty in Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), Pa.

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