Deaths in Custody
Executed

Soho Wilson

died April 24, 1891 · West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Soho Wilson was executed at the jail in Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, on April 24, 1891, in the same proceeding as Melville Johnson. The Morning News reported that his neck was broken.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: the newspaper report.

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