Executed
Virgil Jackson
Virgil Jackson was executed by hanging at Utica, New York, on March 21, 1889, according to a brief news summary in The National Tribune published that day. The item gives no account of his life, of his time in custody, or of how the hanging was carried out. The death is recorded here as a judicial execution because the report describes it as a hanging at the Utica prison.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: The National Tribune (reporters).