Executed
Kilgore
Kilgore was held in the Mexico jail in Audrain County, Missouri, and was hanged on a scaffold in front of a large crowd, with two priests and the sheriff beside him, as the Mexico Weekly Ledger reported. Before his death he wrote a farewell letter asking family to visit him and urging a young relative to stay out of trouble and away from bad company. The paper describes him as calm and devout at the end, saying he repeated the prayers clearly and kissed the cross before the drop.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: the newspaper.