Executed
Oseo Borders
Oseo Borders, a Cherokee man, was hanged on September 8, 1876, in the courtyard of the United States District Court at Fort Smith, Arkansas, together with three other men. According to a Fort Smith dispatch from the Western Associated Press, deputy marshals took the men from the jail to the gallows, where the drop fell at 11:55 a.m. before a large crowd, and the Chicago Daily Tribune reported that the event passed off in an orderly manner.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Fort Smith dispatch (Western Associated Press) (reporters).