Died in custody
Eaton Mills
Eaton Mills, a Black man, was hanged at Halifax, North Carolina. A brief item in the Gloucester County Democrat, published July 23, 1885, reported the hanging. The death was an execution carried out in North Carolina in 1885.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. A brief newspaper item reports only that Eaton Mills was hanged at Halifax, North Carolina, and does not say who carried it out or whether a court ordered it.
Reported by: the newspaper item.