Executed
John E Heidrick
John E. Heidrick was 19 years old and worked as a farm hand. According to The Weekly Corinthian, he was hanged at Jackson, Missouri, on June 15, 1899. The newspaper's report, published June 21 of that year, gives the date and method of his death and nothing more about how it came about.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: news reports.