Executed
Willis B. Wheeler
Willis B. Wheeler was hanged inside a prison shortly after midnight, according to a short report in the Evening Star published in June 1902. The report names neither the prison where the hanging took place nor the exact day it occurred. The execution was carried out under judicial sentence, and no other account of Willis B. Wheeler's life or the circumstances of the hanging is set out here.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Evening Star (reporters).