Worth Merrlan

Worth Merrlan was hanged at Belleville, Illinois, on January 16, 1886, under a court sentence. According to The Frontier, a newspaper report published five days later, he was calm until the trap was about to be sprung, then broke down and had to be held up by several deputies. The paper describes his death by strangulation as slow.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: the court sentence carried out at Belleville, Illinois (court); the newspaper report of the hanging.

Source

• The Frontier, January 21, 1886, page 3 The Frontier, January 21, 1886