Executed
Name not reported
The Morning Call reported in April 1891 that a Black soldier from a colored regiment was held at the County Jail. According to the paper, a military court-martial ordered his execution, and the next morning he was taken from his cell, placed in a wagon with others and driven to the edge of town. There, before a crowd and his regiment, a firing squad of soldiers shot him, and he was buried in a shared grave. The account gives no name, age or exact date of death.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: military court-martial (court).