Seven More Messed-Up American Executions
Part 2 of 3: 1900–1936
7 min readFeb 2, 2021
Tom Horn, Nov. 20, 1903
A vengeful and crooked Deputy Marshall in Cheyenne, Wyoming seemed to have a real problem with Tom Horn, an Army scout who had gained some infamy when Geronimo surrendered to his party in 1886. When 14-year-old Willie Nickell, the son of a prominent Laramie County sheep rancher, was found shot…