Deaths in Custody
Executed

Name not reported

He was the second of three men held in a jail who were taken to a gallows near the penitentiary and hanged. On August 17 the cords broke during the first attempt, and he was hanged on a second attempt. His full name is not reliably recorded.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: the newspaper report.

News report