Executed

Jeremiah Hendricks

died April 1, 1864 · District Jail, District of Columbia, District of Columbia

Jeremiah Hendricks was executed by hanging at the jail in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 1864, according to a 1920 report in The Washington Herald. At that time the jail stood at an earlier location near the site of the Pension Office. The paper described his hanging as the earliest execution in the jail's official records.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

News report

The Washington Herald, January 19, 1920, page 10 The Washington Herald, January 19, 1920

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