Executed

Theodore Durrant

died January 1898 · San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California

Theodore Durrant was executed at the California state penitentiary at San Quentin in January 1898, on a Friday morning. Earlier that day he was baptized in the Catholic faith, and a priest, Rev. Mr. Lagan, attended him on the scaffold. On the scaffold, Durrant made a brief speech in which he maintained his innocence.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: California state penitentiary at San Quentin (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

Source

Vermont Phœnix, January 14, 1898, page 4 Vermont Phœnix, January 14, 1898

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