Executed
Pace
Pace, a Black man, was hanged in Birmingham, Alabama, on May 13, 1904, in a judicial execution carried out by the sheriff. The Lancaster Ledger reported the hanging in its May 18, 1904 issue. The account describes the sheriff as the official who carried out the execution.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: the newspaper report of the hanging.