Sneaky's Daily Did You Know....? - Great Escapes
On being found guilty of the murder of a Mississippi farmer in 1893, 20 year old Will Purvis shouted at the 12 jurors: "I'll live to see the last one you die!"
The following February he ws taken to the gallows but survived when the noose know became loose and slipped over his head.
Purvis earned a temporary reprieve and was sprung from jail before a second execution attempt could take place.
In 1898 Purvis was pardoned, and nearly twenty years later another man confessed to the farmer's murder.
Purvis eventually died on October 13 1938... Three days after the death of the last juror at his trial.
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