Zach Snyder

Zach Snyder, 21, was hanged at Mount Vernon, Indiana, before an immense crowd, according to a February 1884 report in the Savannah Weekly Echo. John Anderson, also young, was hanged alongside him. Both men were judicially executed by hanging in Mount Vernon, and the report describes the event as taking place in front of that crowd.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Newspaper account of the hanging at Mount Vernon, Indiana (reporters).

News report

• Savannah Weekly Echo, February 10, 1884, page 1 Savannah Weekly Echo, February 10, 1884