Deaths in Custody
Executed

Freeman Jones

died February 12, 1907

Freeman Jones was hanged at the jail on February 12, 1907, at the same time as John H. Hodges. The account reports that he walked to the scaffold steadily. After the execution, his body was taken to his home in East Durham, and he was buried there that afternoon.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: news reports.

News report