Stephen Gifford Simmons and the Last Execution Under Michigan Law a historical account of Stephen G. Simmons, a fifty-year-old tavern keeper and farmer, was hanged in Detroit for murdering his wife, Levana Simmons, in a drunken, jealous rage.
Stephen Gifford Simmons and the Last Execution Under Michigan Law. The book is a historical account of Stephen G. Simmons, a fifty-year-old tavern keeper and farmer, who was hanged in Detroit for murdering his wife, Levana Simmons, in a drunken, jealous rage.