Deaths in Custody
Executed

Name not reported

died October 22, 1914

A Black man whose name is garbled in the scanned Times Dispatch account was hanged on the morning of October 22, 1914, alongside Ben Gentry, while in state custody. The paper reported that he said nothing at the gallows. The record offers no other details about his life, his age, or the facility where he was held.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: newspaper account of the execution.

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