Good morning, Whitewater
The City of Whitewater has no public meetings scheduled for today.
Today in Wisconsin history, in 1851, the Wisconsin Historical Society reports that
On this date John McCaffrey was executed, the last execution to be carried out under Wisconsin law. McCaffrey received the death penalty for murdering his wife, Bridget McCaffrey. McCaffrey was tried in the county court in May 1851. The jury found him guilty of first-degree murder. This murder trial was the first major trial to be held in Kenosha. 3,000 citizens turned out to witness McCaffrey’s execution by hanging….McCaffrey’s execution revived a strong statewide campaign to abolish the death penalty. Two years later, in 1853, the Death Penalty Repeal Act was signed into law.
The National Weather Service, predicts a high of around 78 with a chance of thunderstorms. The Farmers’ Almanac predicts showers for the Ohio River Valley, then fair and pleasant, part of an unchanged, multi-day prediction.