Executed
Seaborn Green
Seaborn Green, a Creek man also known as Cali Joe, was hanged at Fort Smith, Arkansas, on October 7, 1887, after being held in the jail there and taken to the gallows under a federal court's sentence. Newspaper accounts describe him walking erect to the gallows in neat new black clothes, with a pleasant smile until just before the trap was sprung. A Catholic priest, Rev. Smith, conducted his religious services through an interpreter. The Fort Worth Weekly Gazette reported that his neck was broken and that he died almost without a struggle.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Federal court (court); the Gazette (reporters).