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Jack Staples
Jack Maples was hanged in Knoxville, Tennessee, in a judicial execution. According to a Baxter Springs News report published November 29, 1890, he strongly protested his innocence on the scaffold and said a man named Connors had sworn his life away. The account gives no further details of his final moments.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. On the scaffold Jack Maples protested his innocence and accused a man named Connors of swearing his life away.
Reported by: the newspaper account.