Sanford Cisco

Sanford S. Sisco, a Black man, was executed by hanging at the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack, New Jersey, in June 1885. Sources differ on the date, with one giving June 5 and another a Friday, June 12. According to the report, the noose slipped and he was strangled to death. The Eureka Daily Sentinel reported that on the scaffold he insisted he had acted in self-defense.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Bergen County Jail (the agency that held him); news reports.

Sources (3)

• Eureka Daily Sentinel, June 6, 1885, page 2 Eureka Daily Sentinel, June 6, 1885
• Connecticut Western News, June 10, 1885, page 4 Connecticut Western News, June 10, 1885
• Milford Chronicle, June 12, 1885, page 4 Milford Chronicle, June 12, 1885