Mead Shumway
Mead Shumway was hanged in Lincoln, Nebraska, on the afternoon of March 5, 1909, in an execution carried out by the state. The Death Penalty Information Center reports that one of the jurors who convicted him later died by suicide, despondent over the verdict and believing Shumway was innocent. A 1919 journal article claims that another man confessed to the crime on his deathbed. The Death Penalty Information Center's account names that 1919 article as the source for the confession.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. A 1919 journal article reports that another man confessed on his deathbed, and a juror reportedly died by suicide, despondent over the verdict and believing Shumway innocent.
Reported by: 1909 Lincoln, Nebraska newspaper report of the hanging (reporters).