In the late 1800s Moundsville took over all executions for the state. In all, 85 men were hung and nine electrocuted. Death Row Inmates would stand on a trap door on the second floor, which would open up and the prisoners would drop to their death, sometimes to a cheering crowd of bystanders.
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