Executed
Name not reported
A man held in the Queens County jail while awaiting trial was taken to the scaffold at the jail on the morning of his execution, according to an account a New York congressional delegation member gave a Washington Post reporter, which was reprinted in the Democratic Northwest in 1894. That account says a dove had settled on him while he was held in the jail and stayed with him until the black cap was drawn. The execution is a judicial one, carried out by the state at the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: A New York congressional delegation member, as quoted by a Washington Post reporter and reprinted in the Democratic Northwest.