Executed

Martha Black

died March 20, 1899 · Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Oswego County, New York

Martha Black was executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison in New York on March 20, 1899. The Beaver Herald, reporting on the execution, said she walked to the chair leaning on the arm of Warden Sage. The paper said her death was instantaneous.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Source

The Beaver Herald, March 30, 1899, page 2 The Beaver Herald, March 30, 1899

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