Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1901 — Keith Hanged for Murder. [ARTICLE]

Keith Hanged for Murder.

Michigan City, ind., dispatch: Joseph D. Keith wa3 hanged here at 12:10 o'clock a. m. for the murder of Nora Kifer. Keith confessed that he committed the crime. He had the prison chaplain with him from 8 o’clock in the evening to the time he was removed from the cell. He ascended the scaffold singing, “I am going home to die no more,” and finished the song before the drop fell.