Bilansky requested a private execution but at this point in the 19th century public executions were typical as they served civil and religious purposes to deter crime and demonstrate the danger of sin. The gallows were set up in an enclosure in Court House Square. Around 100 onlookers watched from inside the enclosure while thousands more watched from outside the enclosure. (23 March 1860)
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Saturday 27th of September 1969 (-) — Victim of the Zodiac Killer Cecelia Shepard is stabbed by the Zodiac Killer aka Shepard died as a result of her injuries two days later. Her 20-year-old date Bryan Calvin Hartnell survived eight stab wounds to the back.