Executed
Louis Holder
Louis Holder was hanged in the jail yard at Fort Smith, Indian Territory, on July 25, 1894, in a judicial execution that The Times reported the following day. He was held at the jail at Fort Smith, and the execution took place there in the jail yard. The report names the hanging as the cause of death and attributes the execution to the court process of the time.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: news reports.