John Murphy

John Murphy was executed by hanging in New Orleans on March 12, 1886. The Iola Register reported that before the execution he and another man had tried to take their own lives by swallowing belladonna. The paper said they were taken to the scaffold barely conscious.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: the newspaper report of the New Orleans execution (reporters).

Source

• The Iola Register, March 19, 1886, page 2 The Iola Register, March 19, 1886