Executed

James Pollard

died June 25, 1897 · jail yard, St. Joseph, Mo., Buchanan County, Missouri

James Pollard, who was Black, was hanged in the jail yard at St. Joseph, Missouri, on June 25, 1897, according to a notice reprinted in the Alexandria Gazette. The notice names the place and the method of death. It does not say who carried out the hanging or who ordered it. Officials' accounts of the death are not recorded here.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Alexandria Gazette (reporters).

News report

Alexandria Gazette, June 25, 1897, page 2 Alexandria Gazette, June 25, 1897

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