Executed
Kehoe
Kehoe was hanged in a prison yard on December 18, 1878, after a sentence of execution was carried out. Before the drop he said he was not guilty of the killing and had never seen it happen, and he was described as feeling first rate on the morning of his death. His wife visited him in his cell that morning, and priests Gallagher and Brennan said mass with him. His body was taken by an undertaker to be waked in Shenandoah before burial at Tamaqua.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. Kehoe said before the drop that he was not guilty of the killing and had never seen it happen.
Reported by: news reports account of the hanging.