Executed
Edgar Frank Small
Edgar Frank Small was hanged in the county courtyard at Pittsburg on March 23, 1882, in an execution the Eureka Daily Sentinel reported two days later. The paper called it the first execution held there in six years. According to the paper, he did not falter on the way to the gallows, and death was instantaneous.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: the newspaper report.