Remembering History: Dissecting the cadaver of a murderer, 1897. A possibility is that he was an African American man named William Downing, who was hanged December 4, 1896 for the murder of Emma Lane.

Dissecting the cadaver of a murderer, 1897. A possibility is that he was an African American man named William Downing, who was hanged December 4, 1896 for the murder of Emma Lane.

Dissecting the cadaver of a murderer, 1897. A possibility is that he was an African American man named William Downing, who was hanged December 4, 1896 for the murder of Emma Lane.