Executed
William Stubblefield Wilson
William Stubblefield Wilson was hanged in Jonesboro, Illinois, on the afternoon of November 12, 1886, according to a St. Louis Globe-Democrat dispatch. The dispatch said the execution was held in private. The Wichita Eagle printed that account the following day, on November 13, 1886.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Globe-Democrat special dispatch (reporters).