Executed
Elizabeth Potts
Elizabeth Potts was hanged with her husband, Josiah Potts, in a yard between the courthouse and the jail in Elko, Nevada, on June 20, 1890. The couple had been held in the jail for about eighteen months before the execution. The Durham Recorder reported that she called out that she was innocent as the rope was placed around her neck. The same account says that she clasped her hands, looked toward the sky, and helped adjust her own straps on the scaffold.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. According to a newspaper report, she called out that she was innocent as the rope was placed around her neck.
Reported by: newspaper report of the Elko hanging (reporters).