Executed
John Salter
John Salter, a Black man, was hanged at Evergreen, Alabama, on August 6, 1915, according to a Pine Bluff Daily Graphic dispatch published the next day. The dispatch describes the execution as legal and says a squad of militiamen stood guard. The source gives no other details about his life, his family, or the case against him.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: news reports.