Record #:

14094

Author(s):

Hastings, Julia Chase

Abstract:

The Steve Baker (an alias) case and the events connected with it make one of the strangest stories in western North Carolina. The story is noteworthy because Baker was the last man to be hanged in McDowell County.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 17 Issue 1, June 1949, p6-7

Subject(s):

Hanging--North Carolina