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Edmund McCarthy

died September 9, 1892 · Ohio State Prison, Columbus, Ohio

Edmund McCarthy, a Black man, was executed by hanging shortly after midnight on September 9, 1892, in the annex for condemned prisoners at the Ohio state prison in Columbus. The Griggs Courier item that reports his death gives no further detail about him or the circumstances of his execution.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Ohio state prison (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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