Stewart
Dr. Henry Stewart was, according to George Maledon, the executioner who hanged him, a polished, well-educated gentleman in appearance. Maledon, recalling his work decades later, said Stewart was the gentlest of the men he hanged and the nicest man he ever put a black cap over. One account, reprinted in 1887, placed the hanging at Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1879. Maledon's recollections, printed in several newspapers that year, are the only account of Stewart's death that this record draws on.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Evening Star, reprinting a Leadville report, says a large crowd took Stewart from the Leadville jail and hanged him in a shed next to it, and that authorities had taken no action as of the report.
Reported by: Evening Star, reprinting a Leadville report (reporters).
Sources (8)
- Daily Republican, November 21, 1879, page 1
- Evening Star, November 21, 1879, page 3
- National Republican, November 21, 1879, page 1
- Smyrna Times, November 26, 1879, page 4
- The Citizen, October 22, 1887, page 7
- The Middleburgh Post, October 27, 1887, page 1
- The Grenada Sentinel, November 5, 1887, page 3
- Bridgeton Pioneer, December 8, 1887, page 7