Executed
Charles Townsend
Charlie Townsend was hanged in the County Jail yard at Huntsville, Alabama, on August 28, 1885, according to a dispatch in the Las Vegas Daily Gazette the following day. That dispatch reports that his neck was broken by the drop. A shorter notice in the Gloucester County Democrat, published September 3, 1885, also reports a hanging of a man of this name at Huntersville, Alabama, and gives the place and manner of death.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: County Jail, Huntsville, Alabama (dispatch) (reporters).