Cummings Nelson

Cummings Nelson was hanged on Friday, July 18, 1884, in the courtyard at Houma, Louisiana, before a large crowd, according to a special dispatch to the Picayune printed in the Memphis Daily Appeal. The report says he remained firm to the last and was pronounced dead about fifteen minutes after the drop fell. A short item in the Sacramento Daily Record-Union gives the same date and place and puts the crowd at 2,000.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Picayune, as printed in the Memphis Daily Appeal (special dispatch) (reporters).

News reports (3)

• Memphis Daily Appeal, July 19, 1884, page 1 Memphis Daily Appeal, July 19, 1884
• Sacramento Daily Record-Union, July 21, 1884, page 2 Sacramento Daily Record-Union, July 21, 1884
• Sacramento Daily Record-Union, July 21, 1884, page 4 Sacramento Daily Record-Union, July 21, 1884