Executed
Henry Bennet
Henry Bennet, a Black man, was executed by hanging in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 25, 1894. A News-Observer-Chronicle report published the next day said his neck was broken by the fall and that he died game. He was held in Memphis before his execution, and the report gives no further account of his life.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Memphis newspaper account of the hanging (reporters).