Dec 27: the day Brandon hanged Hilda Blake
12/27/2010 at 2:40 AM
Hilda Blake, the last woman hanged in Manitoba, died in Brandon on this date in 1899.
There were suspicions that she may have just been an accomplice or that sexual assault may have provoked it. Petitions and public sentiment appeared that she could not and would not actually hang.
For a hyperlinked version see This Was Manitoba.
http://thiswaswinnipeg.blogspot.com/2010/12/dec-27-hanging-hilda-blake-manitobas.html
To read the Morning Telegraph's news coverage of the day see:
http://manitobia.ca/cocoon/launch/en/newspapers/TMT/1899/12/28/2/Ar00200.xml/Olive?query=%22Hilda%20Blake%22