Executed
Willis Clark
Willis Clark, a Black man, was hanged at a jail on February 18, 1910, according to a United Press report datelined that day. The report said about five hundred spectators watched the execution. A widow asked the sheriff for a permit to witness it, and the sheriff refused; she did not try to enter the jail yard.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: United Press report (reporters).