Deaths in Custody
Executed

Joseph Wallwitz

died July 1894 · State prison, Mercer County, New Jersey

Joseph Wallwitz was hanged at the State prison in Trenton, New Jersey, in July 1894. The state carried out the execution, and The Times reported it in its July 21, 1894 edition. He was held at the prison in the custody of the state at the time of his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: State prison in Trenton, New Jersey (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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