Executed
Name not reported
A Black man, whose name is illegible in the scanned 1883 newspaper text, was hanged at Greenville on Friday, August 17, 1883. The Iowa Plain Dealer reported his execution as one of three carried out in the South that day, published on August 23, 1883. The execution is recorded as a judicial hanging, and his name is not legible in the source.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: news reports.