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Baughn's execution was conducted inside of a canvass enclosure in front of the jail in Seneca. A rope was stretched on stakes about twenty feet from the enclosure and twenty guards armed with muskets and bayonets were stationed on the outside of the rope to keep back the crowd.
(18 September 1868)

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Altamont Speedway Free Festival

Altamont, California, United States.

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Saturday 6th of December 1969 (-) — Black art student and music fan Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by Hells Angel Alan Passaro.
During a scuffle in front of the stage Hunter took s long-barreled black .22 caliber revolver from his jacket and pointed it in the air. Passaro stabbed Hunter five times in the upper back. Witnesses also reported Hunter was stomped on by several Hells Angels while he was on the ground.