Tom Withers

Tom Withers, a Black man, was hanged in the jail enclosure at Campbell Court House, Virginia, on August 13, 1875, with about 2,000 people gathered in the village and about 150 admitted to the enclosure. Before the drop, he asked the officiating clergyman to warn the people gathered. Doctors pronounced him dead about twenty-eight minutes after the drop and gave asphyxia as the cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Drs Clark and Strat- (name garbled in OCR) (medical examiner or coroner).

Source

• The New York Herald, August 14, 1875, page 6 The New York Herald, August 14, 1875