Executed
Sanford S. Sisco
Sanford S. Sisco, a Black man, was executed by hanging at the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack, New Jersey, on Friday, June 12, 1885. According to the report, the rope slipped and he was strangled to death. The hanging was carried out at the jail where he was being held.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: unnamed report.