Executed
John Maxey
John Maxey, a Black man, was executed by hanging at Van Buren on August 4, 1899. On the gallows he maintained his innocence and said he was a victim of public sentiment, and those words are the objection the reporting records. His statement was made publicly at the scene, and it is the only account of his own view of the sentence that survives in the reporting.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: news reports.