Deaths in Custody
Executed

Name not reported

Columbus, Ohio

A man, not named in the Highland Recorder's report of July 5, 1901, was electrocuted in Columbus, Ohio, in a state execution. The article identifies him as the husband of Mrs. Ruthven, who made a statement before the execution. The paper gives his cause of death as electrocution and attributes no other claims about the case.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

News report