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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061208/od_nm/gallows_dc

"CHICAGO (Reuters) - Escaped convict "Terrible" Tommy O'Connor can rest a little easier.

The warped wooden gallows used more than a century ago to hang convicts in Chicago, beginning with those condemned for the May 4, 1886, Haymarket Square riot, has been bought at auction by Ripley's Believe It or Not museums for $68,000, Mastro Auctions said on Thursday.
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