Executed
Jack Maples
Jack Maples was hanged at Knoxville, Tennessee, in an execution. On the scaffold he strongly protested his innocence. He said that a man named Connors had sworn falsely against him.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. Maples protested his innocence on the scaffold and accused a man named Connors of swearing his life away.
Reported by: newspaper account of the hanging at Knoxville, Tenn. (reporters).