Executed
Joseph Palmer
Jos. Palmer, a Black man, was hanged at Cincinnati, Ohio, in July 1885, according to a news roundup published that month. The roundup gives the hanging as a judicial execution, and ties it to a killing in 1882. It also notes that the trial of a co-defendant had sparked a deadly riot at the Cincinnati court-house in March 1884.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: news reports.