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The first legal execution in Ramsey County, Minnesota Territory, takes place when Yuha Zi, a Dakota man convicted of murdering an immigrant woman named Bridget Keanor, is hanged on a gallows on St. Anthony Hill (now Cathedral Hill) in St. Paul.
First published: July 1, 2015 Last modified: December 29, 2023