Photograph, Press - James Waybern Hall

 
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Photograph, James Wayburn Hall
Photograph, Press - James Waybern Hall
Photograph, James Wayburn Hall
Photograph, James Wayburn Hall

Photograph, Press - James Waybern Hall

Object number2017.034.01
OriginLittle Rock, Arkansas
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions6 × 4 1/8 in. (15.3 × 10.5 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA black and white photograph of James Waybern Hall a.k.a. "Big Jim" and "Red", a convicted Arkansan serial killer. Hall is wearing a collared, long sleeve button down shirt and pants, and is sitting in a chair. He is looking off to the left and is smiling. His legs are crossed and his hands appear to be resting in his lap.

    James Waybern Hall a.k.a. "Big Jim" and "Red” was born in 1921 in Arkansas. He was dishonorably discharged after eight weeks from the U.S. Navy in 1943, and he married 19 year old Fayrene Clemmons on March 14, 1944. Hall killed Clemmons in September of 1944 and later killed Carl Hamilton in January of 1945. The bodies of E.C. Adams and Doyle Mulherin were both found on February 1, 1945. All of Hall's male victims were robbed and shot once. Hall went on to be convicted of four counts of murder and three counts of robbery after a two day trail in May of 1945, and was sentenced to death. Hall was executed at Tucker prison by electrocution on January 4, 1946 and after he died a death mask of his face was made (see 2008.200.47).
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