Editing Paris, Arkansas (section)

===Last hanging in Arkansas===
[[Image:atillmanhanging.jpg|thumb|Arthur Tillman at the gallows]]

Paris was the site of the last public [[hanging]] in Arkansas before the first [[electric chair]] came into use, in Little Rock.

In 1914, Paris was thrown into turmoil from the murder of a young girl from [[Delaware, Arkansas]]. A young man named Arthur Tillman was courting a girl named Amanda Stevens. She disappeared one evening from her home and was found about eight days later, partly submerged in water in a well on the farm of Ambrose Johnson. She was found with a large stone tied around her neck with telephone wire, a bullet through her head, and about a wagon load of rocks covering her body. The girl was believed to be alive when she was put into the well because her hands were filled with dirt that could only result from a struggle or attempting to free herself. On July 15, 1914, Arthur Tillman was hanged for the murder of his girlfriend, Amanda.

Today, the jail is a museum dedicated to Logan County history. Where spectators were located is now a road, joining to the main road, [[Arkansas Highway 22|Highway 22]]. Visitors can tour through the entire building, jail keeper's living quarters side and the jail side.  It has many relics of Paris' past, such as farming equipment, clothing, and everyday objects from the settlers' lives, and exhibits of Native American, Civil War, and coal-mining artifacts.