Samuel Bulger

Samuel Bulger, a Black man, was hanged in the jail yard at Maysville, Kentucky, on September 4, 1883, according to an account in the Indianapolis Journal the following day. He was baptized by a Catholic priest the day before, and a priest attended him on the scaffold. The paper reports that he slept little the night before and ate heartily that morning. The execution was carried out in private.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Source

• The Indianapolis Journal, September 5, 1883, page 5 The Indianapolis Journal, September 5, 1883