Janus Lyles

Janus Lyles was hanged at the Danville jail in Danville, Virginia, on Friday, January 22, 1892, in a judicial execution carried out together with a woman named Lashley. The Morning Appeal, which reported the hanging on January 24, 1892, ties the case to a killing in North Danville in October 1890. The account gives no details of Lyles's life or of the proceedings beyond the hanging itself. No objections to the execution are reported.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Source

• Morning Appeal, January 24, 1892, page 3 Morning Appeal, January 24, 1892