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Executed

Jackson

died November 18, 1881

Jackson was executed on November 18, 1881, as reported by the Chicago Daily Tribune the following day. His friends organized a petition asking the Governor to commute his sentence to life imprisonment. According to the paper, the Governor again refused to intervene before the execution took place.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

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