Executed
Mathilda Jones
Mathilda Jones, a Black woman, was hanged at Plaquemine, Louisiana, in a judicial execution on July 31, 1885, as reported by the Yorkville Enquirer on August 6 of that year. The paper says the rope gave way when she fell from the scaffold, and that she died of strangulation after two cuts of the rope were needed before she could be freed. The newspaper account describes her death and no other part of her life.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: the newspaper report of the hanging at Plaquemine, Louisiana (reporters).