List of people executed in Kentucky (pre-1972)

The following is a list of people executed in the U.S. state of Kentucky before 1972, when capital punishment was briefly abolished by the Supreme Court's decision in Furman v. Georgia . For people executed after the restoration of capital punishment by the Supreme Court's decision in Gregg v. Georgia (1976), see List of people executed in Kentucky. ^{[1] [2]}

Background

Historically, all executions in Kentucky were carried out locally by hanging. In 1910, the state's execution method was switched to electrocution, with all executions legally mandated to take place within the state penitentiary in Eddyville. ^[3] Kentucky partially reverted to hangings in 1920 after the electrocution of Will Lockett for the rape and murder of a young girl, with a new law stating that death sentences for rape would be locally carried out by hanging in county jail yards with at least 50 witnesses present. Executions for rape returned to electrocution with the repeal of this law in 1938. ^[4]

List of executions

  Local hangings for rape

Name	Race	Age	Date of execution	County	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
James Buckner	Black	18	July 8, 1911	Marion	Murder	John Austin Robey, 55, white (Lebanon policeman) [5]	Willson
Sandy Penman	Black	35	August 5, 1911	Lincoln	Rape	Nancy Jane Rankin, 11, white
Oliver Locks	Black	51	August 22, 1911	Jefferson	Murder	Female, black (wife) [6]
Matthew Kelly	Black	37	September 28, 1911	Jefferson	Murder	Pearl Evans (girlfriend) and Clara Hamilton, black [7] [a]
Charles Howard	Black	22	January 31, 1912	Franklin	Murder	Edward Rice, white [8]	McCreary
Willard Richardson	White	29	April 19, 1912	Carlisle	Murder	John Violet, white [9] [b]
Cal Miracle	White	34	August 31, 1912	Bell	Murder	Dulcie Partin, white [10]
James Smith	Black	23	September 27, 1912	Mason	Murder	"Ed", black [11] [c]
Charles Smith	Black	25
James Ellis	White	28	November 22, 1912	Pulaski	Murder	Andrew Jackson Beatty and William F. Heath, 45 and 47, white (Justice of the Peace and constable) [12]
Silas Williams	Black	17	March 21, 1913	Woodford	Murder-Rape	Mrs. Lee Moffett, white [13]
William Wilson	Black	27	March 24, 1913	Jefferson	Murder	Gerhard Henry Heuermann, 54, white
John Bowman	White	22	April 11, 1913	Marion	Rape	Minnie Lamb, 18, white [14]
Isom Taliaferro	Black	22	April 18, 1913	Todd	Rape	Mrs. Robertson, white [15]
James Brown	Black	27	April 25, 1913	Clark	Murder	George M. Hart, 50, white (deputy sheriff) [16]
Tom Lawson	Black	19	June 20, 1913	Shelby	Murder	Hardin Inghram, 19, white [17]
Tom Martin	Black	23
General May	White	43	June 27, 1913	Laurel	Murder	Mrs. Belle Meredith, white [18] [d]
Will Lane	Black	25	July 30, 1915	Bell	Murder	Female, black (wife) [19]
Turner Graham	White	24		Hardin	Murder	Robert Terry McMurtry, 36, white (sheriff) [20] [e]
Wallace Smothers	Black	41	September 3, 1915	Clark	Rape	Female, 7, white [21]
John Henry	Black	24	November 19, 1915	Boyd	Murder	Joseph C. Gibson, 34, white
Harry Garrison	Black	19	November 17, 1916	Campbell	Rape	Luella Crowder, white [22] [f]	Stanley
John H. Blue	Black	48	August 10, 1917	Jefferson	Murder	Adam Oster, white [23]
Pat Kearney	White	32	February 21, 1919	Kenton	Murder-Robbery	John Rehm and Andrew Nordmeyer, 64 and 67, white [24]
James Lawler	White	32
Lewis Harris	Black	25	June 6, 1919	Mason	Murder	Female, black (wife) [25]	Black
James Howard	Black	20		McCracken	Murder	William F. Romain, 35, white (Paducah patrolman) [26]
Melvin Collins	White	21	July 12, 1919	Carter	Murder	Three people, white [27] [g]
Lube Martin	Black	34	July 25, 1919	Calloway	Murder	Guthrie Diuguid, 54, white (deputy constable) [28]
Charles Music	White	24	March 10, 1920	Boyd	Murder	Charles West Hatfield, 42, white (Ashland policeman) [29]	Morrow
Will Lockett	Black	31	March 11, 1920	Fayette	Murder-Rape	Geneva Hardman, 10, white [30] [h]
Lee Ellison	Black	45	January 31, 1921	Hopkins	Murder	Richard Scott Hunter, 38, white (sheriff) [31] [i]
Dave Brown	White	27	November 16, 1922	Pike	Murder	Jim Brumfield, white [32]
Benny Bibbs	Black	28	January 26, 1923	Christian	Murder-Robbery	Robert Lee Armstrong, black [33] [j]
Tom Nichols	Black	29
Henry S. Banks	Black	22	May 15, 1923	Scott	Murder-Burglary	Mr. Arnold, white [34]
James Powers	White	23	June 18, 1923	Kenton	Murder-Robbery	Maurice Lee, 26, white [35]
Will Chambers	Black	20	March 7, 1924	Barren	Murder-Robbery	Charley Bybee, white [36]	Fields
Charles Miller	Black	25	May 9, 1924	Breckinridge	Murder-Robbery	Samuel Maycraft and Edward Sago (railroad detectives), 41 and 57, white [37]
George Weick	White	51		Jefferson	Murder	William Oelke, white [38]
Frank Thomas	White	71			Murder	Lee Jackson Arbegust, 58, white [39] [k]
Leonard Griffin	Black	24	March 20, 1925	Harlan	Murder	J. V. Gross, white (constable) [40]
Sid Davis	Black	38		Fayette	Murder	John P. Johnson, black [41]
George Farrell	White	24	June 26, 1925	Bourbon	Murder-Robbery	Frank Buchanan, white [42]
Richard Newhouse	White	22
Elmer Hall	White	25
Harry Armand	Black	24	July 3, 1925	Jefferson	Murder-Robbery	A. K. Witten, white [43]
Ray Ross	Black	25	August 28, 1925	Fayette	Rape	Female, 9, black [44]
Ed Harris	Black	42	March 5, 1926	Fayette	Rape	Mrs. Clarence Bryant, white [45] [l]
John Baker	Black	34	May 28, 1926	Jefferson	Murder	Maria Baker, black (wife) [46] [m]
Edward Lake	White	32			Murder	Mary Murphy Smith, white [47] [n]
Elisha Sloan	White	30		Perry	Murder	Dr. Marvin Kingins, white [48]
Smokey Harris	Black	35	December 17, 1926	Christian	Murder	Female, black (wife) [49]
Roger Brannon	White	22		Fayette	Murder-Robbery	William Nelson Fant, white [50] [51]
Raymond Davis	White	28	September 16, 1927	Fayette	Murder-Robbery
Nathan Bard	Black	31	November 25, 1927	Hopkins	Rape	Katherine Breithaupt, 16, white [52] [o]
Bunyan Fleming	Black	32
Clarence McQueen	Black	38	July 13, 1928	Harrison	Murder	Lewis Williams, black [53]
James Howard	Black	22		Jefferson	Murder	Lucy Buckner, black (common-law wife) [54]
Willie Moore	Black	45			Murder	Annie Eslick, black [55]
Orlando Seymour	White	21			Murder-Robbery	William Schanzenbacher, white [56]
Charles P. Mitra	White	23			Murder-Robbery	Marion George, white [57]
Milford Lawson	White	35		Knox	Murder	John Stansberry, white [58] [p]
Hascue Dockery	White	21		Harlan	Murder	Mrs. Bradley Howard, white [59] [q]
Ivan Hutsell	White	27	September 13, 1929	Oldham	Murder	Jesse Ditchler, white [60] [r]
Carl Hoard	White	22		Jefferson	Murder-Robbery	Marion George, white [57]
Richard Edmonds	Black	36	June 13, 1930	Jefferson	Murder-Robbery	Harry S. Long, 55, white [61]
Ballard Ratcliffe	White	41			Murder-Robbery	William A. Muse, white [62]
Walter Holmes	Black	31	April 29, 1932	Hardin	Murder	Thomas Tillery, white [63]	Laffoon
Charles Rodgers	Black	23
A. B. Cooksey	Black	23		Hopkins	Murder	John H. Ashby, 61, white (Madisonville police chief) [63]
Sam Jennings	Black	38	June 17, 1932	Breckinridge	Rape	Mabel Downs, 23, white [64]
Jeff Covington	Black	30	December 17, 1932	Madison	Murder	James D. Turner, 59, white (railroad detective) [65] [s]
Sam McGee	Black	31	April 7, 1933	McCracken	Murder-Robbery	Charles Clark, 19, white [66]
Frank Carson	White	19		Nelson	Murder-Robbery	C. B. James, white [67]
John Young	White	37	April 14, 1933	Jefferson	Murder	Edward Earl Parr and William Leath Mulligan, 39 and 40, white (Louisville police captain and detective sergeant) [68]
Kermit R. Pope	Black	33			Murder	Female, 27, black (wife) [69]
Richard Gaines	Black	25		Caldwell	Murder	Bud Wilson, black [70]
Harve Burton	White	46	November 3, 1933	Elliott	Murder	Female, white (wife) [71]
Ishmael Scott	White	40		Floyd	Murder	Martin Stephens, white [72]
William Waters	White	36		Montgomery	Murder	Stanley Helton, white (Menifee County deputy sheriff) [72] [t]
Walter Dewberry	Black	22	November 10, 1933	Hardin	Murder	Thomas Tillery, white [73]
Will Chaney	Black	49	August 24, 1934	Jefferson	Murder	George Bottoms, 21, black [74]
George W. Tincher	White	37		Scott	Murder-Robbery	Ben Kennon, white [75]
Francis Glenday	White	29	December 7, 1934
Wiley Graves	Black	29	February 22, 1935	Fayette	Murder	Charles W. Taylor, white [76] [u]
Charlie Williams	Black	27	March 1, 1935	Christian	Murder	G. K. Lane, white [77]
William T. DeBoe	White	22	April 19, 1935	Livingston	Rape	Marjorie Johnson, 32, white [78] [v]
James Smith	Black	30	May 24, 1935	Fayette	Murder	Leslie Poyntz, white [79]
Bill Young	White	23	June 28, 1935	Harlan	Murder	Joe Cawood, white [80]
Eulie Lotheridge	White	26	December 6, 1935	Carroll	Murder-Robbery	Theodore Fitschen, 52, white [81]
Neal Bowman	White	33	January 10, 1936	Mercer	Murder-Robbery	Four persons, white [82] [w]	Chandler
Willard Hall	White	33	January 17, 1936	Jefferson	Murder-Robbery	J. B. Schoering, 64, white [83]
Calvin Tate	White	21
James Matthews	White	19	January 31, 1936	McCreary	Murder-Robbery	Cleve Spradlin, white [84]
Bennie Lee	Black	27	February 21, 1936	Bell	Murder-Robbery	James Towns, black [85]
Erleon Whitehead	White	34	March 20, 1936	Barren	Murder-Robbery	John Allen, black [86] [x]
Alfred Drake	Black	30	May 15, 1936	Jefferson	Murder	James Edward Simpson, black (Louisville merchant policeman) [87]
Roy Simmons	Black	22		McCracken	Murder	Richard Kelly, 31, white (railroad detective) [88]
James R. Woodford	Black	22	May 29, 1936	Fayette	Murder-Robbery	J. M. Anderson, 62, white [89]
Homer Young	Black	39	June 5, 1936	Bell	Murder	Enoch Beeler, white [90]
Rainey Bethea	Black	22	August 14, 1936	Daviess	Rape [y]	Elza Edwards, white [91]
George B. Underwood	White	23	February 19, 1937	Bullitt	Murder	Wallace Van Fleet, white [92]
Sam Franklin	Black	24	March 19, 1937	Jefferson	Robbery	J. C. O'Connor, white [93]
Arnold Clift	White	24	July 16, 1937	Laurel	Murder-Robbery	Mr. and Mrs. Reed Taylor, white [94]
Perry Marion	White	27	November 12, 1937
John Montjoy	Black	24	December 17, 1937	Kenton	Rape	Female, white [95]
Troy Triplett	White	22	May 20, 1938	Letcher	Murder	Dolphy Hall, 13, white [96]
Harold Venison	Black	36	June 3, 1938	Kenton	Rape	Eleanor Nieberling, 25, white [97] [z]
Parkie Denny	White	43	September 2, 1938	Madison	Murder	Ethel Yates, 51, white (wife) [98]
Leonard Mosley	Black	43	October 28, 1938	Meade	Rape [aa]	Beulah Fontaine Hook, 57, white
Sylvester Warner	White	29	February 10, 1939	Casey	Murder-Robbery	John and Clay White, white [99]
Bonnie Griffin	White	24	March 3, 1939	Estill	Murder-Robbery	Marion and Martha Short, 75 and 40, white [100]
Arnold Powell	White	23
Willie Waters	Black	46	March 24, 1939	Jefferson	Murder	Female, black (wife) [101]
Arvil Rice	White	20	July 7, 1939	Bell	Murder-Robbery	Walter Dorfman, white [102]
Charles H. Smith	White	40	July 14, 1939	Lyon	Murder	Clayton Sloan, 23, white (cellmate) [103] [ab]
Jack Davis	White	47	July 21, 1939	Leslie	Murder	Abram Combs, white [104]
Edward Higgins	Black	26	July 25, 1939	Mercer	Rape	Mollie Cunningham, 76, white [105] [ac]
Henry Phillips	Black	41	July 26, 1940	Jefferson	Murder	Ella Williamson, 46, black (common-law wife) [106]	Johnson
Ernest Houston	Black	20	August 30, 1940	Jefferson	Murder-Robbery	Arnold Smith, white [107]
Columbus Richardson	Black	27	January 20, 1941	McCracken	Murder	Tom McNary, 63, black [108]
Grover Chism	White	49	July 4, 1941	Hardin	Murder	Schuyler McClune, 68, white [109]
Bill Smiddy	White	35	August 29, 1941	Whitley	Murder	Female, 17, white (wife) [110]
James Satterfield	Black	35	February 20, 1942	Jefferson	Murder	John Bell, race unknown [111]
Eugene Burnam	Black	18	March 27, 1942	Fayette	Rape	Female, 22, white [112] [ad]
Robert Williams	Black	23	June 5, 1942	Fayette	Rape-Robbery	Virgie Wigginton, white [113]
James Lee Robertson	Black	26	August 7, 1942	Fayette	Murder-Rape	Bertha Lehman, 26, white [114] [ae]
Otis Peter Smith	Black	30	August 28, 1942	Jefferson	Murder-Robbery	Edward B. Hite, 55, white [115]
Jess Sanders	Black	56			Murder	Katrina Sanders, black (ex-wife) [116]
Burnett Sexton	White	18	January 15, 1943	Perry	Murder-Robbery	Robert McIntyre, white [117]
McCoy Combs	White	21
Ernest Trent	White	26	February 26, 1943	Breathitt	Murder	Hiram Smith, 45, white (constable) [118]
Raymond S. Baxter	White	28		Fayette	Murder-Burglary	Elsa and Marion Miley, 26 (Marion), white [119]
Thomas Penney	White	32
Robert Anderson	White	36
Archie Simpson	Black	20	June 25, 1943	Fayette	Murder-Robbery	Byrd Taulbee, 66, white [120]
William Carson Gray	Black	17
Thomas Bass	Black	25	March 16, 1945	Jefferson	Murder-Robbery	Thomas Brown, 60, white [121]	Willis
Tommy Nelson	White	35		Pike	Murder	Frelin Estepp, 55, white
Carl Fox	Black	18	April 6, 1945	Campbell	Rape	Female, white [122]
Ed Hambrick	Black	26	May 25, 1945
Anderson Adkins	White	33	March 15, 1946	Pike	Murder	Mrs. Tom Johnson, 50, white [123]
Arthur Jones	Black	17	March 22, 1946	Mason	Murder-Robbery	Oliver Greenlee, 80, white [124]
Thomas Earl Warner	Black	20
Edward Calhoun	White	22	March 24, 1946	Garrard	Murder	Harold Hollars, 21, white [125]
Earl L. Tungett	White	25	July 11, 1947	Lyon	Murder	Luther Roscoe Gumm, 62, white (deputy warden) [126] [af]
Luther Williams	Black	27	February 27, 1948	Pulaski	Murder-Rape-Robbery	Ada Hughes, 55, white [127]	Clements
Jasper Nease	White	23	July 30, 1948	Jefferson	Robbery [ag]	Vernon L. Hodge, 26, white [128]
Daniel T. McPeak	White	21	November 5, 1948
Charlie Pool	Black	44	January 28, 1949	Christian	Murder-Rape	Virginia Harris, white [129]
Herbert H. Workman	White	20	March 4, 1949	Jefferson	Robbery [ah]	Vernon L. Hodge, 26, white [128]
Lawrence B. Lightfoot	White	27	June 24, 1949	Campbell	Murder-Robbery	Harvey Childers, 84, white [130]
Raymond Ellison	White	39	February 24, 1950	Muhlenberg	Murder	Imogene Sims, 12, white (wife) [131] [ai]
Columbus Webb	White	42	June 16, 1950	Martin	Murder-Robbery	Elijah Davis, white [132]
Albert Shelkels	Black	20	June 8, 1951	Jefferson	Robbery [aj]	Milton Zimmerman, 30, white [133]	Wetherby
James I. Robinson	White	33	January 18, 1952	Jefferson	Murder-Rape	Joyce Joan Shouse, 3, white [134]
Earl D. Bircham	White	49	February 1, 1952	Jefferson	Murder	John Harold Tennyson, 30, white (Louisville patrolman) [135]
Jessie Lee Quarles	Black	27	April 4, 1952	Christian	Murder-Robbery	Everett Grady, white [136]
Roosevelt Spears	Black	47	February 27, 1953	Campbell	Murder	Charles Edward Thompson, black [137]
Thomas William Reed	Black	45	June 4, 1954	Jefferson	Murder	Louise Young, black (common-law wife) [138] [ak]
Leonard Tarrance	White	26	March 18, 1955	Jefferson	Murder	Francis J. McCormack, white [139]
Roy Tarrance	White	49
Ed Milam	Black	25	September 16, 1955	Christian	Murder-Robbery	Stephen Farmer, white [140]
David Nichols	Black	55	December 23, 1955	Jefferson	Murder	Mary Georgia Roberts, 38, black (common-law wife) [141]	Chandler
Chester Merrifield	White	34			Murder	Alvin Lee Keown, 34, white (policeman) [142]
Robert Lee Sheckles	Black	22	November 30, 1956	Jefferson	Rape	Female, 28, white [143]
Charles C. DeBerry	Black	20			Murder-Burglary	Richard V. Eddins, white [144]
James F. Bowman	Black	44			Murder-Rape	Roberta Busby, 72, white [145]
Kelly Moss	White	47	March 2, 1962	Henderson	Murder	Charles Abbitt, 74, white (stepfather) [146]	Combs

See also

• Capital punishment in Kentucky
• Crime in Kentucky

Notes

1. Given a life sentence for killing his wife in 1902, but pardoned by state governor in 1909.
2. Confessed to two other murders in Texas, both of which he was a suspect but not convicted of.
3. Unidentified.
4. Also killed her husband and given a life sentence for his killing. Claimed to have killed up to eight people.
5. Also murdered James Wood prior to this murder.
6. Also raped and robbed another white woman.
7. Vint Carpenter, Cleveland Sparks, and John Howard.
8. Confessed to four other crimes shortly before his execution: the attempted rape of a white woman in Todd County in 1907, the murder of Grace Rogers (white) in Carmi, Illinois in 1912, the murder of Eliza Morman (25, black) in Evansville, Indiana in 1917, and the murder of Sallie Anderson Kraft (55, black) in Camp Taylor the same year. The last three victims were all raped and strangled.
9. Claimed by his wife to have also killed two policemen in Alabama and another in Cairo, Illinois earlier that same year.
10. Nichols also murdered a white man, P. H. Robey, three days later.
11. Previously convicted of manslaughter for killing his superior, police captain Edward H. Powell (35, white), while serving as a county patrolman.
12. Also murdered her two children, 8-year-old Ethel and 5-year-old Wilburn, and attempted to murder Mrs. Bryant.
13. Also killed his first wife in Kansas City, Missouri in 1915 and did a one-year sentence in the penitentiary.
14. Also killed his estranged wife, Mabel, and given a life sentence for her murder.
15. Members of a three-man gang who committed three attempted rapes against teenage girls in March 1926 prior to this crime.
16. Suspected of several other murders, but not charged due to lack of evidence.
17. Also killed Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jenkins, his in-laws, during the same crime.
18. Also killed her husband, John Ditchler.
19. Also killed two other black men, Howard Smith and Phil Owens, prior to this murder. Turner had previously arrested Covington for stealing coal.
20. Also killed deputy sheriff Marion Stapleton during this crime. Reportedly killed up to ten people.
21. Killed another black man in 1930 but acquitted.
22. Serial rapist, also raped two other white women, 50-year-old Amy Driskill and 76-year-old Emma Mentz.
23. George and Will Kaufman, 17-year-old Comer Franklin (gang member, shot for wanting to leave), and Paul Hammond.
24. First documented case in state history of a white person being executed for killing a black victim.
25. Also murdered victim.
26. Previously charged with two shootings (unknown if fatal), serving 110 days in New Albany, Indiana for one and acquitted of the other.
27. The victim died from injuries sustained during the rape shortly after Mosley's execution.
28. Prisoner on life sentence at state penitentiary, had two previous murders on record. Sloan was serving three years for horse theft.
29. Also attempted to rape 23-year-old Mrs. Garnett Leonard (white) shortly before this attack.
30. Also attempted to rape a white girl and a white woman.
31. Previously convicted of killing Sam Kaynor and raping a woman who was with him in March 1941.
32. Serving life sentence for a murder in Louisville, shot Gumm during an escape attempt.
33. Also kidnapped and later murdered the victim in Perry County.
34. Also the murdered victim in Perry County.
35. Charged with having carnal knowledge of Sims in 1947 when she was 11, and married her to avoid potential execution if convicted.
36. Also murdered the victim.
37. Also murdered his second common-law wife, Lena Lewis. Young and Lewis were buried under the coal house behind Reed's home and their skeletal remains were found by a plumber's helper in 1948.

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82. Summary of the execution of Neal Bowman , January 10, 1936
83. Summary of the execution of Willard Hall, Calvin Tate , January 17, 1936
84. Documentation for the execution of James Matthews , January 31, 1936
85. Documentation for the execution of Bennie Lee , February 21, 1936
86. Documentation for the execution of Erleon Whitehead , March 20, 1936
87. Summary of the execution of Alfred Drake , May 15, 1936
88. Summary of the execution of Roy Simmons , May 15, 1936
89. Summary of the execution of James Woodford , May 29, 1936
90. Summary of the execution of Homer Young , June 5, 1936
91. Documentation for the execution of Rainey Bethea , August 14, 1936
92. Documentation for the execution of George Underwood , February 19, 1937
93. Summary of the execution of Sam Franklin , March 19, 1937
94. Summary of the execution of Arnold Clift , July 16, 1937
95. Summary of the execution of John Montjoy , December 17, 1937
96. Documentation for the execution of Troy Triplett , May 20, 1938
97. Summary of the execution of Harold Venison , June 3, 1938
98. Summary of the execution of Parkie Denny , September 2, 1939
99. Documentation for the execution of Sylvester Warner , February 10, 1939
100. Documentation for the execution of Bonnie Griffin, Arnold Powell , March 3, 1939
101. Documentation for the execution of Willie Waters , March 24, 1939
102. Documentation for the execution of Arvil Rice , July 7, 1939
103. Documentation for the execution of Charles Smith , July 14, 1939
104. Documentation for the execution of Jack Davis , July 21, 1939
105. Summary of the execution of Edward Higgins , July 25, 1939
106. Summary of the execution of Henry Phillips , July 26, 1940
107. Summary of the execution of Ernest Houston , August 30, 1940
108. Documentation for the execution of Columbus Richardson , January 20, 1941
109. Documentation for the execution of Grover Chism , July 4, 1941
110. Documentation for the execution of Bill Smiddy , August 29, 1941
111. Summary of the execution of James Satterfield , February 20, 1942
112. Summary of the execution of Eugene Burnam , March 27, 1942
113. Summary of the execution of Robert Williams , June 5, 1942
114. Summary of the execution of James Robertson , August 7, 1942
115. Summary of the execution of Otis Smith , August 28, 1942
116. Summary of the execution of Jess Sanders , August 28, 1942
117. Documentation for the execution of McCoy Combs, Burnett Sexton , January 15, 1943
118. Documentation for the execution of Ernest Trent , February 26, 1943
119. Summary of the execution of Raymond Baxter, Thomas Penney, Robert Anderson , February 26, 1943
120. Summary of the execution of Archie Simpsom, William Gray , June 25, 1943
121. Summary of the execution of Thomas Bass , March 16, 1945
122. Documentation for the execution of Carl Fox, Ed Hambrick , April 6, 1945
123. Documentation for the execution of Anderson Adkins , March 15, 1946
124. Documentation for the execution of Arthur Jones, Thomas Warner , March 22, 1946
125. Documentation for the execution of Edward Calhoun , March 24, 1946
126. Documentation for the execution of Earl Tungett , July 11, 1947
127. Summary of the execution of Luther Williams , February 27, 1948
128. Documentation for the execution of Daniel McPeak, Jasper Nease, Herbert Workman , November 5, 1948
129. Documentation for the execution of Charlie Pool , January 28, 1949
130. Documentation for the execution of Lawrence Lightfoot , June 24, 1949
131. Summary of the execution of Raymond Ellison , February 24, 1950
132. Documentation for the execution of Columbus Webb , June 16, 1950
133. Summary of the execution of Albert Shelkels , June 8, 1951
134. Summary of the execution of James Robinson , January 18, 1952
135. Summary of the execution of Earl Bircham , February 1, 1952
136. Documentation for the execution of Jessie Quarles , April 4, 1952
137. Documentation for the execution of Roosevelt Spears , February 27, 1953
138. Summary of the execution of Thomas Reed , June 4, 1954
139. Summary of the execution of Leonard Tarrance, Roy Tarrance , March 18, 1955
140. Documentation for the execution of Ed Milam , September 16, 1955
141. Summary of the execution of David Nichols , December 23, 1955
142. Summary of the execution of Chester Merrifield , December 23, 1955
143. Summary of the execution of Robert Sheckles , November 30, 1956
144. Summary of the execution of Charles DeBerry , November 30, 1956
145. Summary of the execution of James Bowman , November 30, 1956
146. Summary of the execution of Kelly Moss , March 2, 1962