Executed
Amos Tyson
Amos Tyson, a Black man, was hanged in Montgomery, Alabama, on October 11, 1894, according to a report in the Crittenden Press the following week. The paper said he and another man dropped from the same beam at the same moment and that each man's neck was broken. The report also said each man spoke of his confidence that he was going to glory.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: the sheriff. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.