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T. J. Hampton
T. J. Hampton (born Thomas J. Hampton; died December 6, 1901) was a 19th-century American serial killer who was hanging, hanged in 1901 for the murders of two men in Fort White, Florida. On the day of his execution, Hampton confessed to a further three murders committed in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and South Carolina years prior. Biography Little to nothing is known about Hampton's childhood. According to his confession, he committed his first murder in 1887, that of a train conductor while aboard a freight train in Lexington County, South Carolina. Being a drifter, Hampton had left the state not long after, successfully evading capture and not becoming a suspect. During the years after, Hampton moved to Georgia, where he committed two more murders, but would not elaborate on the victims. By 1893, Hampton was working at a turpentine camp in Fort White, Florida. On March 25 of that year, Hampton shot at three Caucasian race, Caucasian men; Sessom Calhoun and John Bell were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |