Executed
Jack Valley
Jack Valley, a Peoria man, was hanged on September 8, 1876, in the courtyard of the United States District Court at Fort Smith, Arkansas, along with three other men. A Western Associated Press dispatch from Fort Smith, printed in the Chicago Daily Tribune, reported that he was taken from the jail under guard to the gallows, where the drop fell at 11:55 a.m. The same account said a very large crowd gathered and that the event passed off in an orderly and quiet manner.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Fort Smith dispatch (Western Associated Press) (reporters).