Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 18 Jul 1894
Execution Place: Winchester
Method: unknown
Executioner: James Billington
Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20070624062456/http://www.fred.net/jefalvey/execute.h
Samuel Elkins was hanged on July 18th 1894 in Winchester after he pleaded guilty at Hampshire Assizes for the murder of William Mitchel, a tramyard manager at Bournemouth. Mitchell had reported Elkins for a breach of duty, and in a rage Elkins had bought a gun and shot him dead. Hanged by James Billington on a scaffold constructed in a shed that normally housed the prison van.
