Seward

Seward was one of four people taken from the St. Louis jail to a gallows below the city and hanged there in July 1841. A crowd estimated at ten to fifteen thousand watched. According to the article, Seward struggled for about two minutes before dying.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper account says Seward was taken from the St. Louis jail and hanged on a gallows below the city, and that he struggled violently for two minutes before dying.

Reported by: the newspaper account.

Source

• The Illinois Free Trader And Lasalle County Commercial Advertiser, July 23, 1841, page 3 The Illinois Free Trader And Lasalle County Commercial Advertiser, July 23, 1841