Executed
Charles Brooks
Charles Brooks, a Black man, was one of four men hanged in the jail yard at Chestertown, Maryland, on January 13, 1893. According to The Record-Union, the men spent a season of prayer and praise before walking to the scaffold. The newspaper account describes a difficult death on the scaffold. After he was cut down at noon, his body was taken to the potter's field.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Chestertown newspaper account (reporters).