Executed
Name not reported
A young Black man was executed by hanging at the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack, New Jersey, on June 5, 1885. The Connecticut Western News reported that the noose slipped and he was strangled to death. The account gives no further details of his life or of the events that led to the execution.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. The 1885 newspaper report says the noose slipped and he was strangled to death, which it describes as a botched execution.
Reported by: 1885 newspaper account (reporters).