Executed
Name not reported
Four men from a Black regiment stationed near Asheville were held in the county jail, according to an account carried by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and attributed to Judge E. S. Aston, then mayor. The account says they were taken from their cells the next morning, seated on rough coffins, and shot by a firing squad of soldiers before a large crowd. It says a burial service was read and the four were buried immediately, two to a box. No names are given for any of the four men.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Judge E. S. Aston, mayor at the time, as reported by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.