Executed
Charles Pugg
Charles Pugg was held at the Queens County jail on Long Island, where he was executed by hanging. According to a New York congressional member quoted by the Washington Post, a dove that had stayed with another person held at the jail perched on Pugg's shoulder as he walked up to the scaffold on the morning of his execution. That account has not been independently verified.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: a New York congressional member quoted in the Washington Post.