Executed
Nathaniel Bites
Nathaniel Bites was hanged at Richmond, Indiana, on Thursday, August 26, 1886, in a judicial execution. The Semi-Weekly Interior Journal reported it as the first hanging of this kind in Richmond in 64 years. The account gives no further details of his life, family or the proceedings, and no objections to the execution are reported.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: news reports.