Executed
William Roe
William Roe was hanged at Redwood Falls, Minnesota, on the morning of October 16, 1891, according to a Los Angeles Herald dispatch datelined that day. The dispatch reports that before he died he made a speech protesting his innocence. It describes the scene on the gallows as dreadful. His death was a judicial execution carried out by the state, and his protest of innocence is recorded here as he made it.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. The dispatch reports that he protested his innocence in a speech before he was hanged.
Reported by: newspaper dispatch datelined Redwood Falls, Minnesota (reporters).