Jacobs

Jacobs, a man, was hanged at Joliet, Illinois, in a judicial execution that a Knoxville Journal news item reported as carried out on January 21, 1876. Brief items in The Tribune and the Port Royal Standard And Commercial also report that Jacobs was hanged or executed at Joliet, but they give no date or other details. Jacobs was executed at Joliet, and the reports of it are short.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: news reports.

Sources (3)

• Knoxville Journal, February 3, 1876, page 2 Knoxville Journal, February 3, 1876
• The Tribune, February 23, 1876, page 4 The Tribune, February 23, 1876
• Port Royal Standard And Commercial, February 24, 1876, page 4 Port Royal Standard And Commercial, February 24, 1876