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Executed

Name not reported

died April 24, 1897 · San Juan County, Washington

An unnamed man was hanged at Friday Harbor, Washington, on April 24, 1897, in a judicial execution carried out while he was held in custody there. The True Northerner reported the hanging in a short dispatch from Seattle published on April 28, 1897. The report gives no name, age, or family for him.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Seattle news dispatch (reporters).

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