Executed
Charles Cosgrove
Charles Cosgrove was held in the Pulaski County jail in Arkansas before he was hanged there on June 10, 1859, according to the Arkansas True Democrat. The paper reported that several thousand people attended the execution, and that a Catholic clergyman was with him on the scaffold while a Methodist minister was also present. Physicians pronounced him dead about twenty minutes after the body was left hanging. The paper described him as penitent, weeping from the jail to the place of execution, and said he gave the sheriff a written note asking forgiveness and expressing hope for God's mercy on his soul.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: newspaper account.