Executed
Caroline Ship
Caroline Ship, a Black woman, was held in the jail in Dallas, Oregon, and was taken to the gallows there at about 1 p.m. on January 22, 1892. The Grenada Sentinel reported that she remained calm while the rope was fixed and spoke for about eight minutes, maintaining her innocence. According to the paper, her death by strangulation took about twenty minutes.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Historical newspaper accounts of the hanging (reporters).