Deaths in Custody
Executed

One of 7 people whose names were not reported

died January 3, 1907 · Issaquena County, Mississippi

The account names only a Black man, without a name, age, or family. He was hanged in Mayersville, Mississippi, on January 3, 1907, as a judicial execution. According to the newspaper's chronology, word that his death sentence had been commuted arrived three minutes after the hanging.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: 1907 newspaper chronology (reporters).

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