David Stoddard

David Stoddard was hanged on July 13, 1855, under Sheriff T. B. Gorton, on a scaffold built in a hollow between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, south of Tenth avenue. A Rock Island Argus article published in 1908 gives this account of the execution. The sheriff is named as the official responsible for the hanging.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Sheriff T. B. Gorton (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

Source

• Rock Island Argus, October 3, 1908, page 9 Rock Island Argus, October 3, 1908