Expenses
Following are the expenses for the execution and burial of Earl Thompson, January 5, 1910.
| Month - Year | Cost |
|---|---|
| One suit of clothes | $7.00 |
| One pair of shoes | $2.00 |
| One suit underwear | $1.00 |
| One shirt | $0.50 |
| One Collar | $0.35 |
| One handkerchief | $0.20 |
| One casket | $35.00 |
| Digging grave | $3.50 |
| Emmet Bracht acting as death watch | $5.00 |
| Freight on scaffold, Lexington to Williamstown | $5.70 |
| Tearing down scaffolding, & enclosure hauling | $6.75 |
| Trip to Frankfort in regard to scaffolding for execution [illeg] one day [illeg] on scaffold | $7..00 |
| Rope to hang Earl Thompson | $10.00 |
| Newt Dewalt to work on scaffolding and enclosure | $2.00 |
| J. W. Clark, work on enclosure | $2.00 |
| W. T. White, hauling and work | $4.00 |
| J. H. Leary, work on scaffold, one day | $2.00 |
| M. E. Edsher, work on scaffold, one day | $2.00 |
| Contract to erect scaffold for the execution of Earl Thompson | $50.00 |
| General Expense Railroad fare of Edward Faught who erected scaffold | $35.00 |
| Lumber, nails, & hinges | $27.84 |
from Voices That Echo from the Past: A Black History of Grant County, Kentucky by Connie L. Taylor, who also notes that in weeks after the hanging, you could pay a nickel and walk to the top of the scaffold.