Executed
Earl Whitney
Earl Whitney was 19 years old and from Nashville. The Atlanta Constitution reported that he was hanged in Lexington, Kentucky, on July 24, 1903. On the morning of his death, two priests entered his cell and gave him communion. The paper reported that he ate a hearty breakfast before being dressed for the scaffold.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Kentucky state authorities carrying out the hanging (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.