Context: Around 1890, a political movement developed in the United States to mandate private executions. Several states enacted laws which required executions to be conducted within a "wall" or "enclosure" to "exclude public view." For example, in 1919, the Missouri legislature adopted a statute (L.1919, p. 781) which required, "the sentence of death should be executed within the county jail, if convenient, and otherwise within an enclosure near the jail." The Missouri law permitted the local sheriff to distribute passes to individuals (usually local citizens) whom he believed should witness the hanging, but the sheriffs – for various reasons – sometimes denied passes to individuals who wanted to watch. Missouri executions conducted after 1919 were not "public" because they were conducted behind closed walls, and the general public was not permitted to attend.

Question: In what year did Missouri pass a law stating that executions should be inside of or near a jail?
Answer: 1919

Question: What procedure did Missouri use to execute prisoners in 1919?
Answer: hanging

Question: In the Missouri of 1919, who handed out passes to witness executions?
Answer: the local sheriff

Question: In approximately what year did a movement in favor of private executions begin in the US?
Answer: 1890

Question: In what year did Missouri pass a law stating that executions should be outside of a jail?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question:  What procedure did Missouri use to free prisoners in 1919?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: In the Missouri of 1959, who handed out passes to witness executions?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: In approximately what year did a movement in favor of public executions begin in the US?
Answer: Unanswerable