Sinker Wilson
Sinker Wilson, a Cherokee man, was hanged with three other men in the courtyard of the United States District Court at Fort Smith, Arkansas, on September 8, 1876. He was taken from the jail under guard to the gallows, and the drop fell at 11:55 a.m., according to a Western Associated Press dispatch printed in the Chicago Daily Tribune. In his dying statement, the paper reported, he maintained that he was innocent of the matter for which he was executed. The execution was carried out by federal authorities at the court in Fort Smith.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. In his dying statement, Wilson maintained that he was innocent of the matter for which he was condemned, according to the Western Associated Press dispatch from Fort Smith.
Reported by: Fort Smith dispatch (Western Associated Press) (reporters).