Documenting and Analyzing the History of Federal Executions
Daniel Evans
William R. Seabolt and Daniel Evans were riding together from Dennison, Texas into the Choctaw Nation. Near Eufaula, in the Choctaw Nation, Evans killed Seabolt.
Suspicion was aroused when Evans was seen riding Seabolt’s horse. A week later, Seabolt’s body was found.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat, July 15, 1875
Evans was tried and convicted before Judge Parker on June 16, 1875. Sentenced to death, he was executed on September 3, 1875. Five other unrelated men were hanged the same day.
I am a sociologist and death penalty scholar at the State University of New York at Geneseo. I am also a Pittsburgh native. My present research focuses on the history of the death penalty in Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), Pa.
This website is dedicated to collecting, analyzing, and sharing information about all Allegheny County cases in which a death sentence was imposed.
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