Nathaniel H. Bates

Nathaniel Bites was hanged at Richmond, Indiana, on August 26, 1886, in what was a judicial execution, according to a Semi-Weekly Interior Journal item that said he was the first man to suffer that penalty there in 64 years. Later year-end roundups of executions list a Nathaniel Bates, or Nathaniel H. Bates, as hanged at Richmond that August.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: news reports.

Sources (3)

• Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, August 31, 1886, page 2 Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, August 31, 1886
• Watertown Republican, January 5, 1887, page 7 Watertown Republican, January 5, 1887
• Wessington Springs Herald, January 14, 1887, page 3 Wessington Springs Herald, January 14, 1887