Executed
Oliver Bateman
Oliver Bateman was about 30 years old, according to the Union County Courier, which reported his hanging at Kansas City, Missouri. The paper estimated that a crowd of 20,000 attended. Before his death he left a letter for publication expressing penitence, and the paper said he walked to the scaffold calmly.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Union County Courier (reporters).