Executed
Solomon Marable
Solomon Marable was hanged at the jail in Farmville, Virginia, on the morning of July 3, 1896, under a court sentence. The News & Observer reported that he died by strangulation and was pronounced dead about eleven minutes after the drop. The paper said he met his death calmly. He maintained until the end that another man had committed the crime for which he was executed, a claim of innocence reported in the newspaper.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. Marable maintained to the end that a white man had committed the crime for which he was executed.
Reported by: news reports.