Executed
Name not reported
A woman whose name is not preserved in the surviving record was hanged in October 1883, after a night spent in prayer at the jail where she was held. She was taken from the jail to the gallows, with her sister on the scaffold beside her. On the gallows she made a long statement maintaining her innocence, asked to be buried beside her mother, and said she hoped her people would repent and meet her in Heaven. The New-York Tribune reported the hanging on the morning of the reported day, but the page text does not preserve the location.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. In a newspaper account she made a long statement on the scaffold maintaining her innocence.
Reported by: newspaper account (historical page text) (reporters).