Executed
Dave Brown
Dave Brown, a 34-year-old Black man, was hanged at Elizabethtown, North Carolina, on November 16, 1904, in a judicial execution carried out alongside Neil Sellers. According to The News & Observer, Brown denied guilt and said his destination was Heaven. Drs. L. B. Evans and W. H. C. Lucas pronounced him dead about eight minutes after the drop, and they said he died from strangulation.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Drs. L. B. Evans and W. H. C. Lucas (medical examiner or coroner).