Executed
Lewis A. Gaines
Lewis A. Gaines was hanged on August 20, 1880, at Silver City, New Mexico, on the same day as Charles Williams. The sheriff and a posse took him from the jail to a flat about a quarter mile from town, where the execution was carried out. The account reports that his neck was broken by the fall, that he died without a struggle, and that life was pronounced extinct after fourteen minutes.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: the newspaper account of the hanging at Silver City (reporters).