Executed
Poindexter Edmondson
Poindexter Edmondson was held at the jail in Bloomfield, Missouri, and on July 13, 1877, he was hanged on a scaffold in an open field about a quarter mile away, before a crowd that the Memphis Daily Appeal estimated at two to three thousand people. According to that report, he had been baptized a few days before his execution and died hoping for eternal life. From the scaffold he said he was innocent and that he had not received a fair trial. The newspaper reported that he died quickly.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. Edmondson maintained from the scaffold that he was innocent and had not had a fair trial.
Reported by: news reports.