Madison

Madison was one of four people taken from the St. Louis jail on foot to a gallows about a mile and a half below the city, where they were hanged. The Illinois Free Trader reported that a crowd of ten to fifteen thousand people watched. The report says Madison died without an apparent struggle. The report gives only the surnames of the four people.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: 1841 newspaper account of the hanging (reporters).

Source

• The Illinois Free Trader And Lasalle County Commercial Advertiser, July 23, 1841, page 3 The Illinois Free Trader And Lasalle County Commercial Advertiser, July 23, 1841