Executed
Jack Kehoe
Kehoe was hanged at Pottsville on December 18, 1878, after his sentence was carried out in the prison yard. Before the drop he said he was not guilty of the killing and had never seen it happen. His wife visited him in his cell that morning, and priests Gallagher and Brennan said mass with him; he said he felt first rate. His body was cut down about 23 minutes before eleven and taken by an undertaker to be waked in Shenandoah before burial at Tamaqua.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. Kehoe maintained he was not guilty of the killing and had never seen it happen before the drop.
Reported by: Pottsville prison yard execution account (reporters).