Deaths in Custody
Executed

Name not reported

died July 20, 1906 · Mississippi County, Arkansas

The only name recorded for this man is "Jack the Hare," a nickname given in the 1906 newspaper account of his death. He was taken from the Osceola jail on the morning of July 20, 1906, and escorted to Blytheville, Arkansas, where he was hanged that same day. The Newark Journal, which reported the hanging, described it as a judicial execution. The account includes no family, friends, or statements from him, and it gives no objections to the execution.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Newark Journal (reporters).

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