Looking Back: First Sioux Falls Execution Took Three Tries

Sioux Falls - News, Argus Leader
Thu, 05/26/2016 - 5:04am

The first man legally executed in Sioux Falls was Thomas Egan. He was hanged three times near what is now the Old Courthouse Museum.

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