Executed

John F. Morgan

died December 16, 1897 · Jackson County, West Virginia

John F. Morgan was hanged on December 16, 1897, in Ripley, the seat of Jackson County, West Virginia. A 2024 Herald-Dispatch article reports that thousands of spectators came to the town and that the scene was rowdy. The article describes the hanging as the last public execution in West Virginia, and says it helped prompt a state law banning public executions.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Source

Lost Huntington: The city’s only hanging - herald-dispatch.com herald-dispatch.com, July 23, 2024

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