Walter Riley

Walter Riley, a Black man, was executed by hanging at the gallows in Kemper County, Mississippi, in December 1877, according to a Mississippi account reprinted in The Jackson Standard. That account says a crowd pressed him for more than an hour at the gallows to name others involved in an earlier killing. The report states that he maintained he alone was responsible.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: The Jackson Standard, reprinting a Mississippi account (reporters).

Source

• The Jackson Standard, December 20, 1877, page 2 The Jackson Standard, December 20, 1877