John Conley

John Conley was born in Albany, New York, and worked as a miner. He served as a Pennsylvania volunteer in the Civil War and then for five years in the regular army in Indian campaigns. He was hanged at Taos, New Mexico, on February 26, 1906. Shortly before, he had been found in his cell with a self-inflicted throat wound, and he was carried to the gallows in that condition. Conley said he acted in self-defence and wrote in a letter found in his cell that he was innocent.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. Conley maintained his innocence, writing in a letter found in his cell that he was innocent.

Source

• New-York Tribune, February 27, 1906, page 10 New-York Tribune, February 27, 1906