Executed
Andrew J. Perteet
Andrew J. Perteet was hanged at the Joliet jail in Joliet, Illinois, on December 19, 1873, according to a dispatch datelined Chicago. Before the end he asked everyone present to join in singing a hymn and joined in himself, and he shook hands with the ministers, his friend King, and the sheriff and deputies. Two ministers, Rev. James McLeod and Rev. J. Caldwell, were with him, and the account says he died within about seven minutes. On the day of the execution crowds forced their way into the jail, and deputies struggled to keep them out of the room where the gallows stood.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: newspaper dispatch datelined Chicago (reporters).