Milton Yarbourg

Milton Tarbourg was hanged on June 16, 1882, at Albuquerque in the New Mexico Territory, before thousands of spectators, according to the Sacramento Daily Record-Union. A St. Louis Post-Dispatch dispatch, carried by the Wood River Times, describes the hanging as taking place in the afternoon before a large crowd, with fights breaking out among those gathered, and says no one interfered.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch special dispatch (reporters).

Sources (2)

• Sacramento Daily Record-Union, June 17, 1882, page 4 Sacramento Daily Record-Union, June 17, 1882
• Wood River Times, June 19, 1882, page 1 Wood River Times, June 19, 1882