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Jugiro

died July 7, 1891 · Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Oswego County, New York

Jugiro was one of four men executed by electrocution at Sing Sing prison on July 7, 1891. According to a witness account printed in The Weekly Tribune, he first stayed in his cell, then walked out with the keepers after Deputy Warden Connaughton urged him to be brave. The paper reported that the current was held on him about three seconds longer than on the other men.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: witness account quoted by the paper.

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