Deaths in Custody
Executed

Charles W Nordstrom

Seattle

According to an 1901 newspaper account, Charles W. Nordstrom was hanged in Seattle in a judicial execution. The account said he wept through the morning and collapsed at the sight of the scaffold. It reported that he had to be supported to stand on the trap door.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: historical newspaper account.

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