Executed
Charles Rugg
Charles Rugg was held in the Queens County Jail on Long Island. A recollection reprinted in the Phillipsburg Herald says that after a brief break from the jail he was recaptured and returned to his cell. The recollection says he was then taken to the scaffold.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Phillipsburg Herald (reprinted recollection).