Executed
Eli Sneedlam
Eli Sneedlam was hanged in Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi, on Wednesday, May 24, 1876, in a judicial execution carried out while he was in the custody of the state. The Daily Free Press reported the hanging, and the paper said about 6,000 people watched it. The account describes the execution as carried out and gives no objection to it. Eli is recorded here as a man who died in that custody on that day.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Newspaper account of the Holly Springs, Mississippi hanging (reporters).