Executed
Jesus Valpiando
Jesus Valpiando was hanged in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on the morning of November 19, 1895, as a judicial execution. According to The Record-Union, he was taken from the jail to the gallows at sunrise before a crowd the paper estimated at about a thousand people. The paper reported that he was very agitated and prayed continually on the way. The account says his neck was broken by the fall when the trap was sprung.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: newspaper account of the Santa Fe hanging (reporters).