I do not have Full access to this Article, But what I can Find so far was this article on early Hangings:
October 17, 1969 The Express from Lock Haven, Pennsylvania · Page 14
Publication: The Express i Location: Lock Haven, Pennsylvania Issue Date: Friday, October 17, 1969Page: Page 14
Nelson E. Wade, a British hired hand on the next farm, killed them for the money they were said to have hidden away and found a great deal of it Gold pieces got to the bawdy house in Williamsport and were the cause of his conviction. Judge Greevy said the house later became the property of the Greevy family, and he spent many hours as a boy looking for the rest of the gold. Before Wade was hanged in 1873 an iron collar and chain to hold him had to be forged by Frank Trump,