List of people executed in New York

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This list of people executed in New York gives the names of some of the people executed in New York, both before and after statehood in the United States (including as New Amsterdam), as well as the person's date of execution, method of execution, and the name of the Governor of New York at the date of execution. 1963 marked the last execution in New York State. Some executions recorded during the 17th and 18th centuries do not indicate the name(s) of the executed and therefore are not included.

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Regarding electrocutions, which comprise a large percentage of the executions: [1]

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1600 – 1799

Name of the ConvictExecution DateMethodChargeGovernor
Gregory Peterson5 August 1639 Firing squad Unknown act of mutiny; soldier of the Fort Amsterdam garrison; first execution in New York (Manhattan) Willem Kieft
Jan Creoli25 June 1646 Asphyxiation (and posthumous burning) Sodomy (charged with "Sodomy, buggery, and bestiality")
Jacob Leisler 16 May 1691 Hanging Treason after leading Leisler's Rebellion Henry Sloughter
25 people [2] April 1712Hanging, burning, breaking upon a wheel New York Slave Revolt of 1712 Robert Hunter
34 people (including John Ury)April 1741Hanging, burning New York Conspiracy of 1741 George Clarke
Thomas Hickey [3] [4] [5] 28 June 1776HangingIrish-born British soldier/deserter convicted of mutiny, sedition and treason against the patriots; he was the first person executed for treason against what would become the United States. He was jailed for passing counterfeit money, tried and executed for above-referenced charges. William Tryon
Nathan Hale 22 September 1776Convicted of spying for General George Washington, from Connecticut. Last words reported to be "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country". A statue is in NYC's "City Hall Park".
Jacob Middagh [6] 12 May 1777Levying war against the state of New York [7]
John André 2 October 1780British spy who recruited Benedict Arnold; assisted in attempted surrender of West Point, New York James Robertson (colonial governor)/George Clinton (elected governor)
Stephen Grimes [8] 1785Robbery George Clinton
John Benson [8] 23 September 1785Housebreaking/Burglary
James Carr [8] 1786Housebreaking/Burglary
William Wright [8] 1786Robbery
John Slocum4 September 1786 [8] "Horse stealing"
Caleb Gardner [8] 15 September 1786Passing counterfeit Spanish dollars
Thomas Lee [8] c. 29 December 1786Housebreaking/Burglary
John Lupton [8] 22 May 1789Robbery
Francis Uss11 July 1789Breaking open and burglarizing a business establishment in Poughkeepsie, New York [8]
Anthony Cornish [8] 3 August 1789Murder
Henry McKinney [8] 18 December 1789Robbery
Timothy Jackson [8] 18 December 1789Robbery
William Glover [8] 4 June 1790Robbery
Negro Piets [8] 10 December 1790Rape
Samuel Cook (or Samuel Cooke) [8] 24 June 1791Forgery
Whiting Sweeting [8] 26 August 1791Murder of Albany County Constable Darius Quimby on 3 January 1791
William Erskine5 October 1791Rape
John Young [9] 17 August 1797Murder of New York Deputy Sheriff Robert Berwick 1797 [10]

1800 – 1899

Name of the convictExecution dateMethodChargeGovernor
James McLean [11] 28 August 1807HangingMurder of William Orr Daniel D. Tompkins
Alpheus Hitchcock [12] 11 September 1807Murder of his wife, Belinda (née Bailey) Hitchcock [13]
Rufus Hill [14] 12 August 1808Murder of Mary Sisson
Thomas Qua12 August 1808Murder of his wife, Margaret Qua
James Dougherty6 August 1813Murder of John Wait
John Black, Mahlon Christie, Isaac Kent, and George Orcote4 June 1814 (other accounts indicate date was in the spring of 1812 or around New Year's Eve 1813) [15] ShotDesertion
James Graham [15] 29 July 1814HangingMurders of Hugh Cameron and Alexander McGiffrey
Mary Antoine30 September 1814"[K]illed a 'female' who had 'alienated her husband's affection'"; daughter of Abram Antoine [q.v.]; first reported execution of a woman in the State of New York.
Charles Thompson and James Peters (aka Peterson) [15] August 1815Murder of James Burba
Barent Becker [16] 6 October 1815Murder of his wife, Ann Becker
James Hamilton6 November 1818Murder of U.S. Rifle Corps Major Benjamin Birdsall DeWitt Clinton
John Van Alstine (aka Van Alstyne)19 March 1819Murder of Schoharie County Deputy Sheriff William Huddleston
James "Coe" Teed16 April 1819Murder of his uncle, Richard Jennings, over property dispute. First "murder for hire" in New York state [17]
David Dunning16 April 1819Murder of Richard Jennings [18]
Abram (or Abraham) Antoine12 September 1823"[For] avenging the execution of his daughter Mary Antoine [q.v.] by murdering the man [John Jacobs] whose testimony hanged her." [19] Joseph C. Yates
Peggy Facto [20] 18 March 1825Murder of her newborn daughter (possibly killed the child the year before). Co-defendant/lover Francis LaBarre acquitted.DeWitt Clinton
William Enoch12 January 1835Murder of his wife William L. Marcy
John Hallock2 July 1836Murder of a black woman
Edward Coleman 12 January 1839Murder of his wife William H. Seward
Samuel Johnson6 July 1841Murder of his wife
Antoine Geisler [21] 7 June 1844 sometime between 1 and 2 PMMurder of Alexander Smith and his wife William C. Bouck
Andreas Hall 15 March 1849Murder of Amy Smith (also responsible for two others, but sentenced only for Smith) Hamilton Fish
Aaron B. Stookey [22] 19 September 1851Murder of Edward Moore Washington Hunt
Otto Grunsig [23] 27 February 1852Murder of his wife, Victorine Grunsig
Nicholas Saul 28 January 1853Murder of Charles Baxter Horatio Seymour
William Howlett28 January 1853Murder of Charles Baxter
Joseph Clark [24] 11 February 1853Murder of NYPD Policeman George T. Gillespie on 10 July 1851
"Black Chas"29 October 1853Murder of a washerwoman for her money
Patrick Fitzgerald [25] 15 November 1853Murder of his wife, Margaret Fitzgerald
James L. Hoare [26] 27 January 1854Murder of Susan McAnnany
John Hadcock [27] [12] 24 February 1854Murder of Mrs. Mary E. Gregg
Nicholas Behan [28] 15 December 1854Murder of James and Frances Wickham
John Dorsey [29] 17 July 1857Murder of Ann McGirr (a.k.a. Ann Hopkins) John A. King
James Rogers [30] 12 November 1858Murder of John Swanson
James Stephens [30] 3 February 1860Murder of his wife, Sophie Stephens Edwin D. Morgan
William Fee [31]
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March 23, 1860Murder (strangulation) of anonymous woman September 26, 1859 on Wayne County's old Montezuma Turnpike. The only person hanged in Wayne County.
John Crummins [30] 30 March 1860Murder of Dennis McHenry
Albert W. Hicks 13 July 1860 Piracy. Notable because he was the last person to be executed for this crime in the United States (although the execution of the slaver Nathaniel Gordon in 1862 was under the terms of the Piracy Law).
Nathaniel Gordon 21 February 1862Slaver
Bernard Friery 17 August 1866Murder of Harry Lazarus Reuben Fenton
Frank Ferris19 October 1866Murder of his wife, Mary Ferris [33]
Henry Gardner1 March 1867Murder of Amasa Mullock [34]
George Wagner [30] 1 March 1867Murder of his wife, Mary Wagner
Jeremiah O'Brien [30] 9 August 1867Murder of Lucy McLoughlin (a.k.a. Kate Smith)
William Henry Carswell [35] 8 January 1869Murder of Abbey Elizabeth Sanders John Thompson Hoffman
Theodore Nicklas [36] 18 March 1870Murder of his uncle, Dr. Andrew Mead
John Reynolds [30] 8 April 1870Murder of William Townsend
John Real [30] 5 August 1870Murder of NYPD Patrolman John Smedick July 23, 1868 (Officer shot because Real wanted to kill a policeman). [37]
John Thomas10 March 1871Murder of Walter Johnson [30]
Edward Rulloff 18 May 1871Murder of Frederick Merrick
Charles Eacker26 May 1871 [38] Murder of Thomas E. Burdick
Patrick Morrissey6 September 1872Murder of his mother. (The executioner was future President of the United States Grover Cleveland.)
John Gaffney14 February 1873Murder of Patrick Fahey. (The executioner was future President of the United States Grover Cleveland.) John Adams Dix
William Foster21 March 1873Murder of Avery D. Putnam
Henry Fralick (or Fralich)16 April 1873 [39] Murder of Henry (or Peter) Schaffer
Michael Nixon16 May 1873Murder of Charles Phifer
Hiram Smith4 December 1874 [40] Murder of Charles Wenham
William Thompson, William Ellis and Charles Weaver (a.k.a. Charles Weston)17 December 1875Murder of Abraham Weisberg [30] Samuel J. Tilden
Johnny Dolan 21 April 1876Murder of James H. Noe
Peter H. Penwell20 July 1877Murder of his wife [34] [41] Lucius Robinson
Samuel Steenburgh (black)19 April 1878Murder of Jacob S. Parker
Peter Bresnahan20 July 1878Murder of Michael Dalthen
William Merrick [42] 29 January 1879Murder of his wife, Julia A. Merrick
Felix McCann6 June 1879Murder of J. Morris Hatch
Myron A. Buell14 November 1879Murder of Catharine M. Richards
Chastine Cox16 July 1880Murder of Jane L. DeForest Hull [30] Alonzo B. Cornell
Pietro Balbo 6 August 1880Murder of his wife, Maria Dichaco Balbo [30]
Edward Reinhardt14 January 1881Murder of his wife, Mary Anne Degnan
Owen Lindsley28 April 1881Murder of Francis Calvin
Nathan Orlando Greenfield2 July 1881Murder of his wife, Alice
Joseph Abbott6 January 1882Murder of George Reed, a fellow Elmira Reformatory inmate [34]
Edward Earl (a.k.a. Edward H. Poindexter)19 February 1882Murder of his wife
William Sindram21 April 1882Murder of Catharine Craves [30]
Augustus D. Leighton19 May 1882Murder of Mary Dean
Michael E. "Mike" McGloin 9 March 1883Murder of Louis Hanier Grover Cleveland
Pasquale Majone9 March 1883Murder of mother-in-law, Maria Velindino Selta [30]
William Henry Ostrander10 August 1883Murder of his brother, George Ostrander
Edward Hovey19 October 1883Murder of sister-in-law, Fanny Vermilyea [30]
Charles Clarke [43] 23 May 1884Murder of his wife, Martha Clarke
William Menken [44] [34] 1885Murder of Mary Bradhoft David B. Hill
George H. Mills [45] 10 April 1885Murder of his wife
Miguel Chacon9 July 1886Murder of Maria Williams
Roxalana "Roxana" Druse 28 February 1887Murder of her husband William Druse; last woman to be hanged in the State of New York
Clement Arthur Day9 February 1888Murder of Johanna Rosa "Josie" Cross
Oscar Beckwith [46] 1 March 1888Murder of Simon Vandercook
Danny Lyons 21 August 1888Murder of Joseph Quinn
Francis Asbury Hawkins, a.k.a. Ashbury Hawkins [47] 11 December 1888Murder of his mother, Cynthia A. Hawkins, on 1 October 1887
Virgil Jackson14 March 1889Murder of Norton Metcalf
John Greenwall (né Johann Theodore Wild)6 December 1889Murder of Lyman Smith Weeks; last known hanging in the State of New York
William Kemmler 6 August 1890 Electric chair Murder of Tillie Ziegler; first use of the electric chair in the world
Joseph Wood7 July 1891Murder of a fellow laborer
James Slocum7 July 1891Murder of his wife
Levy Smiler7 July 1891Murder of his mistress
Shibuya Jugiro7 July 1891Murder of one of his comrades
Joseph Wood2 August 1892Murder Roswell P. Flower
Carlyle Harris 7 May 1893Murder of his wife, Helen Potts
Robert W. Buchanan [48] 1 July 1895Murder of his wife by poison Levi P. Morton
Bartholomew Shea [49] 11 February 1896 Murder of election reformer Robert Ross
Giuseppe Constantino22 June 1897Murder of Pietro Galliotti Frank S. Black
Martin Thorn [50] 1 August 1898Murder and dismemberment of William Guldensuppe
Martha M. Place 20 March 1899Murder of her stepdaughter, Ida Place; first woman in the world to be executed by use of the electric chair Theodore Roosevelt

1900 – 1963

Name of the convictExecution dateMethodChargeGovernor
Frank Vennerholm16 July 1901Electric chairMurder of Emily Adolphson [51] [52] Benjamin Odell Jr.
Leon Czolgosz 29 October 1901 Murder of U.S. President William McKinley
James P. "Whitey" Sullivan [53] 24 March 1903Murder of Matthew Wilson during a bank robbery
William "Goat" Hinch [53] 6 July 1903Murder of Matthew Wilson during a bank robbery
Patrick Conklin9 September 1903Murder of wife, Mary Mamie Cassidy
Willis van Wormer, Frederick van Wormer, and Burton van Wormer (brothers) [54] 1 October 1903Murder of their uncle, Peter Hallenbeck
Carmine Gaimari [55] 23 November 1903Murder of a woman whose husband was in debt with Gaimari [56]
William H. Ennis (policeman) [55] [57] [lower-alpha 1] 14 December 1903Murder of his wife [56]
Chester Gillette 30 March 1908 Murder of Grace Brown Charles Evans Hughes
Charles H. Rogers [58] 20 July 1908Murders of Fred and Willis Onley, and Alice Ingerick
Angelo Laudiero [59] 20 July 1908Murder of Michael DeOmbro
Mary Farmer [60] 29 March 1909Murder of Sarah Brennan
Samuel Austin [61] 3 January 1911Murder of his wife, Irene Austin John Alden Dix
Dominick Ferrera [59] [61] 6 January 1911Murder-Robbery of George Phelps a rent collector Albany New York [62]
Vincent Leonardo [61] 6 January 1911Murder-Robbery of George Phelps a rent collector Albany New York [63]
Samuel Ford [61] 1 February 1911Murder
Joseph Nesce [61] 3 May 1911Murder
Fred Gebhardt [61] 12 June 1911Murder
Joseph Nacco [61] 26 June 1911Murder
Giuseppi Serimarco [61] 17 July 1911Murder
Robert Wood [61] 17 August 1911Murder
Burt Brown [61] 20 November 1911Murder
Pietro Falletta [61] 20 November 1911Murder-Robbery
Frank Schermerhorn [61] 20 November 1911Murder-Rape
Philip Mangano [61] 8 January 1912Murder
Albert Wolter [61] 29 January 1912Murder-Rape
Charles Swenton [61] 5 February 1912Murder
Domenico DiPasquale [61] 18 March 1912Murder
Caruso, C. [61] 20 March 1912Murder
Salvatore Condido [64] 6 May 1912Murder
Nicolo Consuli [61] 28 May 1912Murder
Jacob Kuhn [61] 18 June 1912Murder-Robbery
Ralph Friedman [61] 18 June 1912Murder-Robbery
George Williams [61] 8 July 1912Murder
Giuseppe Cerelli [61] 8 July 1912Murder
Santo Zanza8 July 1912Murder of Mrs. Mary Hall [65]
Filippo DeMarco, Angelo Giusto, Lorenzo Cali, Salvatore DeMarco and Vincenzo Cona [66] 12 August 1912Murder of Mrs. Mary Hall
John W. Collins [67] 12 August 1912Murder of police officer Michael Lynch
Joseph Ferrone [67] 12 August 1912Murder of his wife, Kate
John Maruszewski [61] 14 August 1912Murder
Matteo Dell Omo [64] 16 December 1912Murder
Joseph Garfalo [64] 10 February 1913Murder William Sulzer
Donato Cardillo [64] 10 February 1913Murder
George Bishop [61] 10 February 1913Murder
Frederick Poulin [68] [69] 12 February 1913Murder of Charles Leonard
William Twiman [61] 31 March 1913Murder
William Lingley (alias Harry Miller) [61] 5 May 1913Murder of Patrick Burns
John Mulraney [61] 19 May 1913Murder
Raffaele Ciavarella [61] 21 May 1913Murder
Gregorio Patini [61] 2 June 1913Murder
Michael Goslinski [61] 4 June 1913Murder
Andrew Manco [64] 2 July 1913Murder
Nelson Sharpe [61] 10 December 1913Murder Martin H. Glynn
Francis Mulchfeldt (clergyman) [61] 19 January 1914Murder-Robbery
Frank Cirofici, Harry Horowitz, Jacob Seidenshner (aka "Whitey Lewis"), and Louis Rosenberg (aka "Lefty Louie") [70] 13 April 1914Murder; conspiracy to commit murder (of Herman "Beansie" Rosenthal) [61]
Pietro Rebacci [64] 22 June 1914Murder
George Coyer [71] 31 August 1914Murder of his wife, Elizabeth Coyer
Giuseppe DeGioia [61] 31 August 1914Murder
William Bressen [61] 2 September 1914Murder
Joseph McKenna [61] 2 September 1914Murder
Michael Sarzano [61] 9 December 1914Murder
Lee Dock and Eng Hing [61] 5 February 1915Murder (Tongsmen) Charles S. Whitman
Vincenzo Campanelli [64] 26 February 1915Murder
Robert Kane [61] 26 February 1915Murder
Oscar Vogt [61] 26 February 1915Murder
Giuseppe Gino [64] 22 March 1915Murder
Vincenzo Buoninsegno [64] 31 May 1915Murder
Joseph Ferri [61] 30 June 1915Murder
David Dunn [61] 2 July 1915Murder-Robbery
Charles Becker 30 July 1915Murder of Herman "Beansie" Rosenthal
Samuel Haynes [61] 30 July 1915Murder
Karol Draniewicz [61] 27 August 1915Murder-Robbery
William Perry [61] 3 September 1915Murder
Lewis Roach [61] 3 September 1915Murder
Antonio Salemne [61] 3 September 1915Murder of his wife
Thomas Tarpey [61] 3 September 1915Murder
Pasquale Vendetti [61] 3 September 1915Murder
Worthy Tolley [61] 17 December 1915Murder
Ludwig Marquardt [61] 17 December 1915Murder
Antonio Pontón [61] 7 January 1916Murder
Giuseppe Marendi [61] 4 February 1916Murder
Father Hans B. Schmidt 18 February 1916Murder of Anna Aumüller; Schmidt remains the only Roman Catholic priest ever executed for murder in the United States
Walter Watson [61] 3 March 1916Murder
Charles Sprague, II [61] [72] 1 May 1916Murder
Roy Champlain [61] [73] 2 June 1916Murder
Giovanni Supe [61] [73] 2 June 1916Murder
Oresto Shillitani (a.k.a. Harry Shields) [74] [75] 30 June 1916Murder
Bradford, Allen [61] 4 August 1916Murder
Jan Trybus [61] 1 September 1916Murder-Burglary
Joseph Hanel [61] 1 September 1916Murder
Thomas Bambrick7 October 1916 [76] Murder
Charles Kumrow [61] 19 December 1916Murder-Robbery
Stanley Millstein [61] 19 December 1916Murder
Petrius C. von den Corput (a.k.a. John Hendricks) [61] [77] [78] 21 April 1917Murder
Antonio Impoluzzo [61] 17 May 1917Murder
Arthur Waite [61] 24 May 1917 Murder of Hannah and John E. Peck
Arthur Waltonen [61] 12 July 1917Murder-Burglary of Mrs. Elizabeth B. Griggs Nichols [79]
Joseph Mulholland [61] 30 August 1917Murder-Burglary of Mrs. Elizabeth B. Griggs Nichols [79]
Alex Shuster [61] 30 August 1917Murder-Burglary of Mrs. Rose Zamkin [79]
Hyman Ostransky [61] 13 June 1918Murder
Alvah Briggs [61] 13 June 1918Murder
Stephan Lischuk [61] 13 June 1918Murder
Johann Berg [61] 30 August 1918Murder
Giuseppe Roberto [61] 30 August 1918Murder-Robbery
Jacob Cohen [61] 19 December 1918Murder
Alton Cleveland [61] 9 January 1919Murder Al Smith
Giovanni Ferraro [61] 21 March 1919Murder
Gordon Hamby [61] 29 January 1920Murder-Robbery
Chester Cantine [61] 13 May 1920Murder
Richard "Rickey" Harrison 13 May 1920Murder of Canadian soldier George Griffelns
James Byrd [61] 22 July 1920Murder of Kingston NY police officer James M Lawrence
Elmer Hyatt [61] 29 July 1920Murder-Patrolman William O’Brien. Badge #344. May 2, 1919.
John Egan [61] 27 August 1920Murder-Robbery
Frank Kelly [61] 27 August 1920Murder-Robbery
Walter Bojanowski [61] 9 September 1920Murder-Robbery
James Cassidy [61] 9 December 1920Murder-Robbery
Charles McLaughlin [61] 9 December 1920Murder-Robbery
Joseph Milano [61] 9 December 1920Murder-Robbery
Joseph Usefof [61] 9 December 1920Murder-Robbery
Howard Baker [61] 9 December 1920Murder-Burglary
Augustin Sanchez [61] 27 January 1921Murder-Robbery Nathan L. Miller
Henry Garcia [61] 27 January 1921Murder
Jess Walker [61] 10 February 1921Murder-Robbery
Guy Nichols [61] 13 March 1921Murder-Robbery
James Odell [61] 29 April 1921Murder
Michael Casalino [61] 5 May 1921Murder-Robbery
John Bulge [61] 21 July 1921Murder
Harry Van Reed [61] 1 September 1921Murder-Robbery
Angelo Giordano [61] 1 September 1921Murder
Edward McNally [61] 15 September 1921Murder
George Brazee [61] 15 December 1921Murder
Raymond Mulford [61] 12 January 1922Murder-Robbery
Edward Persons [61] 12 January 1922Murder
William Marweg [61] 12 January 1922Murder-Robbery
Floyd Slover [61] 2 February 1922Murder-Robbery
Harry Givner [61] 2 February 1922Murder-Robbery
George McCormick [61] 2 March 1922Murder
Lawrence Kubal [61] 23 March 1922Murder-Rape-Robbery
Lawrence Torrence [61] 20 April 1922Murder-Burglary
Julius Rosenwasser [61] 8 June 1922Murder-Robbery
Alberto Librero [61] 8 June 1922Murder-Robbery
Luigi Ebanista [61] 8 June 1922Murder-Robbery
William Bell [61] 15 June 1922Murder
Michael Rossi [61] 29 June 1922Murder
Saito Taizo [61] 20 July 1922Murder
Peter Nunziato [61] 20 July 1922Murder-Robbery
Luther Boddy [61] 31 August 1922Murder
Herbert Smith [61] 31 August 1922Murder-Burglary
Henry Brown [61] 25 January 1923Murder Al Smith
Arlie Westling [61] 15 February 1923Murder-Robbery of Carl Mollar
Joseph Zampelli [61] 15 February 1923Murder-Robbery
Anthony Rabasvotch [61] 1 March 1923Murder
William Evans [61] 26 April 1923Murder
Joseph Alfano [61] 26 April 1923Murder
Michael Fradiano [61] 26 April 1923Murder
Thomas Lester [61] 7 June 1923Murder
Thomas Kindlon [61] 7 June 1923Murder
Key Smith [61] 22 June 1923Murder
George Hacker Jr. [61] 13 December 1923Murder
Abraham Becker [61] 13 December 1923Murder
Antonio Viandante [61] [80] 10 April 1924Murder
Reuben Norkin [61] 17 April 1924Murder
Alberigo Mastrota [61] 12 June 1924Murder
Eulogia Lozado [61] 24 July 1924Murder of Blossom Martin, a nurse; both Lozado and Martin worked in the same doctor's office. [81]
John Emieleta [61] 8 January 1925Murder and robbery of Lee Jong
John Rys (a.k.a. Joseph Adams) [61] 8 January 1925Murder and robbery of Lee Jong
Ambrose Geary [61] 15 January 1925Murder-Robbery
Harry Malcolm [61] 15 January 1925Murder-Robbery
Edward Smith [61] 15 January 1925Murder-Robbery
Morris Diamond, Joseph Diamond and John FarinaApril 30, 1925Murder of the West End bank messengers in Brooklyn
Florencio Lerma [61] 22 January 1925Murder
Julius William Miller (a.k.a. "Yellow Charleston) [82] 17 September 1925Murder of Barron Wilkins
Emil Klatt [83] 28/29 January 1926Murder
Luigi Rapito [84] 28/29 January 1926Murder of Asa Kline
Ernest Mimms [85] 4 February 1926Murder
Matthew Wasser [85] 4 February 1926Murder-Robbery
Frank Daley [85] 24 June 1926Murder-Robbery
Sam Wing [85] 15 July 1926Murder
David DeMaio [85] 19 August 1926Murder-Robbery
William Hoyer [85] 19 August 1926Murder-Robbery
Cosimo Brescia [85] 26 August 1926Murder
John Garguila [85] 26 August 1926Murder-Robbery
John Brennan (policeman) [85] 2 December 1926Murder
John Maxwell [85] 9 December 1926Murder-Robbery
Casimir Barszyouk and William Barszyouk [85] 9 December 1926Murder-Robbery
Charles Goldson [85] 6 January 1927Murder-Robbery (of a Manhattan night watchman)
Edgar Humes [85] 6 January 1927Murder-Robbery
George Williams [85] 6 January 1927Murder-Robbery
Benjamin Bradley [85] 13 January 1927Murder-Robbery
Michael Kosmowski [85] 20 January 1927Murder
Paul Hilton [85] 17 February 1927Murder
Antonio "Tony the Shoemaker" Paretti

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17 February 1927Murders of Nicholas Morello and Charles Ubriaco
Giuseppe Friia [85] 17 March 1927Murder
Giuseppe Provenzano [85] 17 March 1927Murder
William Wagner (alias) [88] [89] [90] 14 July 1927Murder of Peter Basto [91]
Peter Heslin [85] 21 July 1927Murder
Charles Albrecht [85] 29 September 1927Murder
George Ricci [85] 16 December 1927Murder
Peter Seiler [85] 16 December 1927Murder-Robbery
Charles Doran [85] 5 January 1928Murder-Robbery
Louis Mason [85] 5 January 1928Murder-Robbery
Ruth Brown Snyder 12 January 1928Murder of her husband Albert Snyder with her lover, Judd Gray
Judd Gray12 January 1928Murder of Ruth Snyder's husband, Albert Snyder
Phillip Ecker [85] 1 March 1928Murder
Wilmot Leroy Wagner [92] [lower-alpha 2] 21 June 1928Murder of two police officers, Robert Roy and Arthur Rasmussen [93]
Joseph Lefkowitz [85] 19 July 1928Conspiracy to Murder
Ludwig Lie [85] 2 August 1928Murder
George Appel [85] 9 August 1928Murder
Daniel Graham [85] 9 August 1928Murder-Robbery
Alexander Kalinowski [85] 9 August 1928Murder
Martin Miller [85] 30 August 1928Murder-Robbery
Thomas Moran [85] 14 December 1928Murder
Israel Fisher, Harry Dreitzer, and Isidore Helfant [85] 24 January 1929Murder-Robbery Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Fabri [85] 29 August 1929Murder
Arthur Brown [85] 2 January 1930Murder-Robbery
Frank Kowalski [85] 2 January 1930Murder-Robbery
John Schlager [85] 9 January 1930Murder-Robbery
Frank Plaia [85] 30 January 1930Murders of Sorro Graziano and his wife, Mary
Michael Sclafonia [85] 30 January 1930Murders of Sorro Graziano and his wife, Mary
Stephen "Bolly" Ziolkowski [85] 29 May 1930Murder of John Perraton during robbery of Fedders Manufacturing company
Alex Bogdanoff [85] 17 July 1930Murder-Robbery
Max Rybarczyk [85] 17 July 1930Murder-Robbery
Stephen Grzechowiak [85] 17 July 1930Murder-Robbery
William Force [85] 28 August 1930Murder
James Thomas [85] 28 August 1930Murder
Claude Udwin [85] 28 August 1930Murder
James Bolger [85] 12 December 1930Murder-Robbery
James Butler [85] 12 December 1930Murder-Robbery
Italo Ferdinandi [85] 12 December 1930Murder-Robbery
Anthony Luciano and Anthony Velluchio [85] 26 February 1931Murder-Robbery
Fred Innes [85] 25 June 1931Murder
Haywood Turner [85] 25 June 1931Murder
Fred Carmosino, Nicholas Leonelli, and Ferdinand Mangiamele [85] 2 July 1931Murder-Robbery
Herbert Johnson [85] 23 July 1931Murder
Andrew Metelski [85] 23 July 1931Murder-Robbery
Harry Lipschitz [85] 27 August 1931Murder
Maurice Seaton [85] 4 September 1931Murder
Rudolph Durringer [85] 10 December 1931Murder-Robbery
Joseph Senna [85] 14 January 1932Murder-Robbery
Francis Crowley [85] 21 January 1932Murder of police officer Frederick Hirsch
Gavino Demiar [85] 28 January 1932Murder-Burglary
Walter Borowsky [85] 31 March 1932Murder
Michael Rodrick [85] 31 March 1932Murder
Dominic Scifo [85] 31 March 1932Murder
Peter Sardini [85] 31 March 1932Murder-Robbery
John Dawson [85] 9 June 1932Murder
Frank Giordano and Dominick Odierno [85] 2 July 1932Murder
Alfred Cozzi and Alfred Corbellini [85] 15 July 1932Murder
Lewis Katoff [85] 22 July 1932Murder-Robbery
Frank Mayo [85] 22 July 1932Murder-Robbery
Luigi Raffa [85] 22 July 1932Murder
George Harris [85] 2 September 1932Murder
Joseph Brown [85] 10 December 1932Murder
Charles Markowitz [85] 10 December 1932Murder
Charles Bates [85] 12 January 1933Murder Herbert H. Lehman
Thomas Carpenter [85] 12 January 1933Murder
Alexander Nunes [85] 19 January 1933Murder
William Turner [85] 2 February 1933Murder-Robbery
Alex Kasprzcad [85] 20 April 1933Murder
Bruno Polowicz [85] 20 April 1933Murder
Antonio Lopez [85] 25 May 1933Murder
William Jackson [85] 1 June 1933Murder
Nathaniel Covington [85] 13 July 1933Murder
John Jordan [85] 17 August 1933Murder-Robbery
George Swan [85] 17 August 1933Murder-Robbery
Stephen Witherell [85] 17 August 1933Murder-Robbery
Alex Carrion [85] 24 August 1933Murder
Frank Negron [85] 24 August 1933Murder
John McKinney [85] 1 September 1933Murder
John Tinsley [85] 1 September 1933Murder-Robbery
Henry Edmonds [85] 1 September 1933Murder-Robbery
Lloyd Price [85] 1 March 1934Murder-Rape
Tony Marino, Joseph Murphy, Francis Pasqua, and Daniel Kriesberg [85] Marino, Pasqua and Kriesberg on 7 June 1934; Murphy on 5 July 1934 [94] [95] Murder of Michael Malloy [96] [97]
Ross Caccamise [85] 14 June 1934Murder-Robbery
William Vogel [85] 14 June 1934Murder
Frank Canora [85] 12 July 1934Murder
Vincent Saeta, Sam Faraci, and Anna Antonio [85] 9 August 1934Murder of Anna's husband, Salvatore Antonio.
Giuseppe Leonti [85] 24 January 1935Murder
Alfred Giallorenzi [85] 7 February 1935Murder
Peter Crotty [85] 7 February 1935Murder
William Paskowitz [85] 7 February 1935Murder
Vincent DeLeo [85] 21 February 1935Murder
Stanley Pluzdrak [85] 25 April 1935Murder
Bruno Salek [85] 25 April 1935Murder
Leonard Scarnici [85] 27 June 1935Murder
Eva Coo27 June 1935Murder of Henry Wright
Patrick Downey [85] 11 July 1935Murder and rape
Alfred Lindsay [85] 29 August 1935Murder-Robbery
Jeff Brown [85] 5 December 1935Murder
Percy Morris [85] 5 December 1935Murder
Ray Orley [85] 9 January 1936Murder
Thomas Rooney [85] 9 January 1936Murder
Amerigo Angelini [85] 9 January 1936Murder
Newman Raymond [85] 9 January 1936Murder
Albert Fish 16 January 1936Kidnapping and murder of Grace Budd (also confessed to killing other children) [98]
John Smith [85] 16 January 1936Murder
Frank Flynn [85] 27 February 1936Murder and rape
Howard Eichler [85] 16 April 1936Murder-Robbery
Peter Mohlsick [85] 16 April 1936Murder-Robbery
Nick Buckvich [85] 23 April 1936Murder
Vincent DeMartino [85] 29 May 1936Murder-Robbery
Frank Russo [85] 29 May 1936Murder-Robbery
George Rosenberg [85] 29 May 1936Murder-Robbery
Charles Kropowitz [85] 29 May 1936Murder-Robbery
Damiano Consentino [85] 4 June 1936Murder
John Collins [85] 9 July 1936Murder-Robbery
Mary Frances Creighton and Everett Appelgate 17 July 1936Murder of Ada Appelgate (wife of Everett Appelgate)
Raymond Flores [85] 23 July 1936Murder
Thomas McFarland [85] 20 August 1936Murder-Rape
Charles Rogas [85] 27 August 1936Murder
Joseph Bolognia [85] 7 January 1937Murder-Robbery
Theodore Didionne [85] 7 January 1937Murder-Robbery
Louis Lazar [85] 14 January 1937Murder
John Fiorenza [85] 21 January 1937Murder-Rape
Frederick Fowler [85] 21 January 1937Murder-Robbery
Charles Ham [85] 21 January 1937Murder-Robbery
Chester White [85] 21 January 1937Murder-Robbery
Alfred Volckmann [85] 11 February 1937Rape-Murder
Wing Chew [85] 10 June 1937Murder
Anthony Garlaus [85] 1 July 1937Murder-Robbery
Watson Edwards [85] 1 July 1937Murder-Robbery
Harry Eisenberg [85] 1 July 1937Murder-Robbery
Major Green [85] 19 August 1937Murder and burglary
Louis Apicello [85] 26 August 1937Murder
Salvatore Ossido [85] 6 January 1938Murder-Rape
James Brown [85] 24 February 1938Murder-Robbery
Terrence Roberts [85] 26 May 1938Murder-Robbery
Lawrence Marks [85] 2 June 1938Murder-Rape
Felix Cummings [85] 11 August 1938Murder
George Lewis [85] 11 August 1938Murder
John Rylowicz [85] 18 August 1938Murder-Robbery
Salvatore Gatti [85] 5 January 1939Murder
David Lucas [85] 5 January 1939Murder-Robbery
Charles Sberna [85] 5 January 1939Murder
Vincente Forte [85] 12 January 1939Murder-Robbery
Joseph O'Laughlin [85] 26 January 1939Murder
Dominick Guariglia [85] 26 January 1939Murder
Arthur Friedman [85] 26 January 1939Murder
Thomas Gilmore [85] 9 February 1939Murder-Robbery
Thomas Bohan [85] 16 February 1939Murder-Robbery
Michael Hermanowski [85] 16 February 1939Murder-Robbery
Michael Alex [85] 23 February 1939Murder-Robbery
Arthur Perry [85] 24 August 1939Murder-Robbery
Anton Myslivec [85] 21 December 1939Murder
Everett McDonald [85] 21 December 1939Murder
Theodore Maselkiewicz [85] 21 December 1939Murder
Anselmo Abreu [85] 4 January 1940Murder
Demetrius Gula [85] 11 January 1940Murder-Kidnap
Joseph Sacoda [85] 11 January 1940Murder-Kidnap
Sidney Markham [85] 18 January 1940Murder-Robbery
Bartel Thingstead [85] 15 February 1940Murder
Frank Jenner [85] 15 February 1940Murder-Robbery
John Kulka [85] 15 February 1940Murder
Gus Schweinberger [85] 25 April 1940Murder
James Pryor [85] 11 July 1940Murder
Oliver Alridge [85] 11 July 1940Murder
Norman Wheelock [85] 1 August 1940Murder-Rape
Frank Blazek [85] 12 September 1940Murder
Benjamin Ertel [85] 12 September 1940Murder
Major Greenfield [99] 9 January 1941Murder
Eugene Brown [99] 6 February 1941Murder
Norman Williams [99] 6 February 1941Murder
Walter Bowling [99] 13 February 1941Murder-Robbery
George Dolny [99] 13 February 1941Murder-Robbery
Arcangelo D'Agosto [99] 13 February 1941Murder-Robbery
David Adler [99] 20 February 1941Murder-Robbery
Hyman Balatnicov [99] 20 February 1941Murder-Robbery
Joseph Carosella [99] 20 February 1941Murder-Robbery
Harry Strauss 12 June 1941Member of Murder, Inc.
Martin Goldstein 12 June 1941Member of Murder, Inc.
Stanley Cole [99] 10 July 1941Murder-Robbery
Dewey Garrett [99] 10 July 1941Murder
George Zeitz [99] 18 September 1941Murder
Isaac Richardson [99] 8 January 1942Murder-Robbery
Ralph Jones [99] 15 January 1942Murder-Robbery
Henry Ancrum [99] 15 January 1942Murder-Robbery
Arturo Renna [99] [100] 22 January 1942Murder
Thomas Conroy [99] 29 January 1942Murder-Rape
Harry Maione 19 February 1942Conspiracy to Murder (Member of Murder, Inc.)
Frank Abbandando 19 February 1942Conspiracy to Murder (Member of Murder, Inc.)
George Joseph Cvek [99] 26 February 1942Murder of Catherine Pappas, rape and robbery
Morris Mardavich [99] 5 March 1942Murder-Robbery
Anthony Esposito and William Esposito [99] 12 March 1942Murders of Alfred Klausman and NYPD traffic officer Ed Maher
Charles McGale [99] 11 June 1942Murder
Joseph Riordan [99] 11 June 1942Murder
Edward Hicks [99] 10 September 1942Murder-Robbery (of Max Graboff)
Carlo Barone [99] 10 September 1942Murder
James Clark [99] 17 September 1942Murder-Robbery
Manuel Jacinto (aka Joseph Pinto) [99] 17 September 1942Murders of James Monti and Mrs. Delores Croyle
Lawrence Edwards [99] 17 September 1942Murder-Robbery
Edmund Sileo [99] 14 January 1943Murder Thomas E. Dewey
Joseph Sonsky [99] 14 January 1943Murder
Frank Castellano [99] 21 January 1943Murder
Angelo Mendez [99] 21 January 1943Murder
Harold Elling [99] 4 March 1943Murder
John Cullen [99] 29 April 1943Murder-Robbery
Eli Shonbrun [99] 29 April 1943Murder-Robbery
Benitez DeJesus and William Diaz [99] 8 July 1943Murder of Edwin Berkowitz
Edward Haight [101] 8 July 1943 Murders of Helen and Margaret Lynch
Anibal Almodovar [99] 16 September 1943Murder
Joseph Mascari [99] 6 January 1944Murder
Louis Buchalter 4 March 1944Leader of Murder, Inc.
Louis Capone 4 March 1944Member of Murder, Inc.
Emanuel Weiss 4 March 1944Member of Murder, Inc.
John Ranford [99] 25 May 1944Murder-Robbery
Louis Parisi [99] 3 June 1944Murder
Gordon Cooke [99] 23 June 1944Murder
Winston Sealy [99] 23 June 1944Murder
Peter DeLutro [99] 29 June 1944Murder-Robbery
Frank DiMaria [99] 29 June 1944Murder-Robbery
Alex Bellomo [99] 29 June 1944Murder-Robbery
Tieh Yun [99] 31 August 1944Murder
York Lew [99] 31 August 1944Murder
George Knight and Helen Ray Fowler [99] 16 November 1944Murder-Robbery (of George William Fowler; no relation to Helen Ray Fowler)
Oliver Little [99] 17 January 1946Murder
George Donaldson [99] 7 March 1946Murder-Robbery
Abraham Gold [99] 25 April 1946Murder
Louis Brookins [99] 12 September 1946Murder-Rape-Robbery
Edward Kahkoska, Eugene Koberski, and Henry Suckow [102] 6 March 1947Murders of Jack Hylands and Tony Marchisella
William Washington [99] 17 April 1947Murder-Rape (of 15-year-old Rose Palermo)
Arthur Johnson [99] 17 April 1947Murder-Rape (of 15-year-old Rose Palermo)
Ward Caraway [99] 3 July 1947Murder and robbery
William Thomas [99] 10 July 1947Murder
Arnold Simms [99] 10 July 1947Murder-Robbery
Edward Jones [99] 10 July 1947Murder-Robbery
Salvator DiCristofaro [99] 10 July 1947Murder-Robbery
Daniel Webster [99] 21 August 1947Murder
Enix Bussey [99] 4 December 1947Murder-Robbery
Jauvham Jackson [99] 8 January 1948Murder-Robbery
Anthony Papa [99] 1 July 1948Murder-Rape
George Moore [99] 22 July 1948Murder
Lester Haughton [99] 22 July 1948Murder
John Reilly [99] 16 September 1948Murder-Robbery
Milton Shaket [99] 16 September 1948Murder-Robbery
Harris Gray [99] 6 January 1949Murder
Louis Smiley [99] 13 January 1949Murder-Rape
George Monge [99] 20 January 1949Murder-Robbery
Willie Grant [99] 20 January 1949Murder-Robbery
Eugene Pannell [99] 20 January 1949Murder-Robbery
William Rosenberg [99] 3 March 1949Murder
Santo Bretagna [99] 3 March 1949Murder
Harold Dupree [99] 30 June 1949Murder-Robbery
Herman Dupree [99] 30 June 1949Murder-Robbery
John Dunn and Andrew "Squint" Sheridan [99] 7 July 1949Murder of Anthony "Andy" Hintz
Floyd Arrington [99] 1 September 1949Murder-Robbery
William Jackson [99] 1 September 1949Murder-Robbery
Walter Davis [99] 8 September 1949Murder-Robbery
Frank Bruno [99] 5 January 1950Murder
George Reeh [99] 12 January 1950Murder-Robbery
Julio Perez [99] 25 May 1950Murder-Burglary
Harley Lamarr [99] 11 January 1951Murder-Robbery-Kidnapping
Willie Bunch [99] 15 February 1951Murder-Robbery
Gilberto Walker [99] 1 March 1951Murder-Robbery
Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck 8 March 1951Murders of Janet Fay, Delphine Downing, and Rainelle Downing
Richard Power [99] 8 March 1951Murder-Robbery
John King [99] 8 March 1951Murder-Robbery
John Saiu [99] 12 April 1951Murder
Edward Kelly [99] 30 January 1952Murder
Wallace Ford Jr. [99] 30 January 1952Murder
Bernard Stein [99] 6 March 1952Murder
Joseph Paonessa15 January 1953Murder-Kidnap
Stephen Lewis [99] 22 January 1953Murder
Frank Wojcik [99] 16 April 1953Murder
Julius Rosenberg (federal execution)19 June 1953Espionage
Ethel Rosenberg (federal execution)19 June 1953Espionage
Donald Snyder [99] 16 July 1953Murder
William Draper [99] 23 July 1953Murder
Walter Griffen [99] 7 January 1954Murder-Robbery
Maurice Odell [99] 7 January 1954Murder-Robbery
Henry Allen [99] 11 March 1954Murder
John Martin [99] 11 March 1954Murder
Emile Scott [99] 15 July 1954Murder
William Vanderwyde [99] 22 July 1954Murder
Gerhard Arthur Puff (federal execution)12 August 1954Murder of FBI Special Agent Joseph John Brock
Barry Jacobs [99] 26 August 1954Murder-Robbery
John Green [99] 26 August 1954Murder-Robbery
Henry Matthews [99] 10 February 1955Murder Averell Harriman
Romulo Rosario [99] 17 February 1955Murder
Calman Cooper [99] 9 July 1955Murder-Robbery
Harry Stein [99] 9 July 1955Murder-Robbery
Nathan Wissner [99] 9 July 1955Murder-Robbery
Edward Nichols [99] 8 September 1955Murder-Robbery
Clarence Reed [99] 8 September 1955Murder-Robbery
William Byers [99] 12 January 1956Murder
Norman Roye 19 January 1956Murder
John Francis Roche 27 January 1956Murder-Rape-Robbery
Ernest Edwards [99] 28 June 1956Murder-Robbery
Frank Newman [99] 23 August 1956Murder
Joseph Reade [99] 30 August 1956Murder-Rape
Leonardo Salemi [99] 28 February 1957Murder
MacDonald Browne [99] 14 March 1957Murder
Miguel Santiago [99] 15 August 1957Murder
David Taylor [99] 21 November 1957Murder-Robbery
Elmer Burke 9 January 1958Murder of Edward "Poochy" Walsh
Nicholas Dan Jr.3 July 1958Murder
Angelo LaMarca 7 August 1958 Kidnapping and murder of Peter Weinberger, an infant [103] [104]
Virgil Richardson [99] 20 November 1958Murder
Edward Eckwerth [99] 22 May 1959Murder Nelson Rockefeller
Ralph Dawkins [99] 16 July 1959Murder-Robbery
Jackson Turner Jr. [99] 16 July 1959Murder-Robbery
Leroy Keith [99] 23 July 1959Murder-Robbery
Ivory Mason [99] 14 January 1960Murder
Pablo Vargas [99] 12 May 1960Murder-Rape
Henry Flakes [99] 19 May 1960Murder of Joseph Friedman in a 1958 robbery
Walter Green [99] 19 May 1960Murder
Ronald Chapman [99] 1 December 1960Murder-Robbery
Ralph Downs [99] 5 January 1961Murder
Woodrow Miller [99] 8 June 1961Murder-Robbery
Frederick Charles Wood [99] [105] 21 March 1963Murder
Eddie Lee Mays 15 August 1963Murder of Maria Marini in a robbery. This was the last execution in New York prior to the death penalty being declared unconstitutional in New York.

As a result of several United States Supreme Court decisions, capital punishment was suspended in the United States from 1972 through 1976.

Since 24 June 2004, the New York State death penalty statute has been declared unconstitutional by the New York Court of Appeals. [106]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The name of this inmate is given as William B. Ennis in Robert G. Elliott's "Agent of Death". Ennis was the first policeman executed by the State of New York.
  2. ↑ The Espy Files erroneously list this man as "William Wagner." William, who was unrelated to Wilmot Leroy Wagner, was executed the year prior for a completely separate robbery/murder of Peter Basto, a hotel employee. Wilmot Wagner was executed in 1928 for murdering two police officers.

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42. ^ 1860: William Fee, the only person hanged in Wayne County;

43. ^ William Fee, charged with the murder of an unknown woman near Clyde, N.Y.

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