List of people executed in the United States in 1915

One hundred and thirty-two people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1915, sixty-eight by hanging, sixty-three by electrocution, and one by firing squad. ^[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 1915

No.	Date of execution	Name	Age of person			Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
			At execution	At offense	Age difference
1	January 5, 1915	George Green	24	24	0	Male	Black	New Jersey	Electrocution	[2]
2		Griffin J. Johnson	46	46
3		Richard P. Sparks	16	16
4	January 8, 1915	Arthur Neale	19	Unknown	Unknown			Virginia		[1]
5	January 22, 1915	Louis Andrew Larson	44	43	1		White	California	Hanging
6		Lonnie Rowland	26	25			Black	Florida		[3]
7	January 26, 1915	Adolph Kubaszewski	30	Unknown	Unknown		White	New Jersey	Electrocution	[4]
8	January 29, 1915	Burrett Hickman	Unknown	Unknown	1		Black	Georgia	Hanging	[5]
9	February 1, 1915	Ysidro Gonzalez	Unknown	Unknown	0		Hispanic	Texas		[1]
10	February 2, 1915	August Martin	40	40			White	New Jersey	Electrocution	[6]
11	February 5, 1915	Eng Hing	20	17	3		Asian	New York		[7]
12		Yee Dock	30	27
13	February 6, 1915	Floyd McCullum	24	Unknown	Unknown		Black	South Carolina		[8]
14	February 13, 1915	Roswell C. F. Smith	Unknown	Unknown	1		White	Illinois	Hanging	[9]
15	February 19, 1915	Henry Ballard	21	20			Black	Texas		[1]
16	February 23, 1915	John Talap	32	30	2		White	Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[10]
17	February 26, 1915	Robert Kane	28	27	1			New York		[11]
18		Oscar Vogt	37	35	2
19		Vincenzo Campanelli	36	Unknown	Unknown
20		Will Hemphill	21	19	2		Black	Texas	Hanging	[12]
21	March 3, 1915	Federico Sanchez	15	15	0		Hispanic			[1]
22	March 8, 1915	Rocco Tassone	25	23	2		White	Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[13]
23	March 12, 1915	Lewis Johnson	50	48			Black	Alabama	Hanging	[1]
24	March 15, 1915	John Bostic	24	22			White	California		[14]
25		Samuel J. Raber	26	24
26	March 17, 1915	Durant Haile	26	25	1		Black	South Carolina	Electrocution	[15]
27	March 19, 1915	Clay Simms	48	Unknown	Unknown			Arkansas		[16]
28	March 22, 1915	Giuseppe Cino	23	22	1		White	New York		[17]
29	March 26, 1915	Charles Miller	29	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Virginia		[1]
30	April 2, 1915	John Hall	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown			Arkansas		[18]
31		Walter Owens	Unknown	Unknown	1
32	April 5, 1915	Nicholas Mondolo	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		White	Pennsylvania		[1]
33	April 9, 1915	Will Bird	Unknown	Unknown	1		Black	Georgia	Hanging
34	April 15, 1915	Benigno Guerrero	Unknown	Unknown			Hispanic	Texas		[19]
35	April 17, 1915	Joe J. Larkins	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Black			[1]
36	April 30, 1915	Herbert Caple	22	Unknown	Unknown			Virginia	Electrocution	[20]
37	May 11, 1915	Biagio Falzone	23	22	1		White	Massachusetts		[21]
38	May 14, 1915	Peter Krakus	25	25	0			Delaware	Hanging	[22]
39	May 21, 1915	Skipwith Sydner		Unknown	Unknown		Black	Virginia	Electrocution	[1]
40	May 31, 1915	Vincenzo Buoninsegno	36	35	1		White	New York
41	June 4, 1915	Thomas Cole	22	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Virginia
42	June 9, 1915	Alf Goolsby	47	Unknown	Unknown			Georgia	Hanging
43	June 10, 1915	Lemuel Jones	24	23	1			Virginia	Electrocution	[23]
44	June 11, 1915	Clyde Stover	27	27	0			Florida	Hanging	[24]
45		John Turner	Unknown	Unknown	1			Louisiana		[25]
46		Luther Canter	23	23	0		White	Virginia	Electrocution	[26]
47	June 18, 1915	Henry Wilson	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown			Louisiana	Hanging	[1]
48	June 24, 1915	Harry Edgar Hillen	25	24	1			Colorado		[27]
49	June 25, 1915	Lon Carter	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Alabama		[28]
50		Syd Jones	Unknown	Unknown	4
51		Tim Sharp	Unknown	Unknown	1		White
52		Pak Sur Chi	38	Unknown	Unknown		Asian	Hawaii Territory		[1]
53	June 30, 1915	Joseph Ferri	26	25	1		White	New York	Electrocution	[29]
54	July 2, 1915	Early Morris	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Alabama	Hanging	[30]
55		David Dunn	20	19	1		White	New York	Electrocution	[31]
56		Cornelius Jackson	Unknown	Unknown	0		Black	Texas	Hanging	[32]
57		Will Stuart	Unknown	Unknown				West Virginia		[33]
58		Will Thomas	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown					[1]
59	July 8, 1915	Willie Bell	Unknown	Unknown	0			North Carolina	Electrocution	[34]
60	July 9, 1915	Matthew Jarrell	24	23	1		White	West Virginia	Hanging	[35]
61	July 12, 1915	Andreas Plewka	30	28	2			Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[36]
62	July 16, 1915	Frank Repetto	27	26	1			Illinois	Hanging	[37]
63		William Henry Sprouse	41	40				Missouri		[38]
64	July 28, 1915	Sam Derrick	30	29				Arkansas	Electrocution	[39]
65	July 30, 1915	Turner G. Graham Jr.	24	24	0	Kentucky		[40]
66		Will Lane	25	Unknown	Unknown		Black
67		Charles Becker	45	41	4	White	New York	[41]
68		Samuel Haynes	52	51	1	Black
69	August 4, 1915	Tommie Grice	17	Unknown	Unknown		South Carolina	[1]
70	August 6, 1915	Millard Carpenter	24	22	2		Alabama	Hanging	[42]
71		George Wesley James	20	18		White
72		John Salter	23	23	0	Black
73		Robert Watkins	Unknown	Unknown
74		Bernard Montvid	23	23		White	Connecticut		[43]
75		Henry Floyd	Unknown	Unknown	1	Black	Georgia		[44]
76		Peter Bolen	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Mississippi		[42]
77		Jim Seales	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
78		Bunyan Walters	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
79	August 13, 1915	Frank Grela	41	41	0	White	Connecticut		[45]
80		John Wade	30	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Florida		[1]
81	August 19, 1915	Will McGriff	Unknown	Unknown	4		Georgia
82	August 20, 1915	Ed Maddox	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Florida		[46]
83		Emmett Thomas	30	Unknown	Unknown
84		George Matthews	32	Unknown	Unknown		Virginia	Electrocution
85		John Lewis Rollins	30	Unknown	Unknown
86	August 27, 1915	Franklyn Edward Creeks	33	32	1	White	California	Hanging	[47]
87		Wish Sheppard	18	18	0	Black	Maryland		[48]
88		Karol Draniewicz	22	20	2	White	New York	Electrocution	[49]
89	September 2, 1915	Jesse McNeil	26	Unknown	Unknown	Black	South Carolina		[50]
90	September 3, 1915	Wallace Smothers	41	41	0		Kentucky		[51]
91		James Eli "Charles" Trull	23	21	2	White	North Carolina		[52]
92		Antonio Salemne	26	25	1		New York		[53]
93		Pasquale Vendetti	47	46
94		Lewis M. Roach	40	38	2
95		Thomas Tarpey	42	Unknown	Unknown
96		William Perry	27	26	1	Black
97	September 6, 1915	S.L. Johnson	Unknown	Unknown	2	White	Mississippi	Hanging	[54]
98	September 10, 1915	David A. Fountain	48	47	1		California		[55]
99		Edward Pryor	31	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Virginia	Electrocution	[1]
100		Charles Forest	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		West Virginia	Hanging
101	September 17, 1915	Sherman Stanfield	18	18	0		Virginia	Electrocution	[56]
102	September 24, 1915	Joe Persons	14	14			Georgia	Hanging	[57]
103	September 25, 1915	Frank Northfoot	Unknown	Unknown	2				[58]
104	September 29, 1915	Nelson Brice	20	18			South Carolina	Electrocution	[59]
105		John Crosby	33	31
106		Meeks Griffin	25	23
107		Thomas Griffin	27	25
108		Joe Malloy	45	40	5
109	October 8, 1915	Burr L. Harris	28	26	2		California	Hanging	[60]
110	October 15, 1915	Ponciano Colaste	26	Unknown	Unknown	Asian	Hawaii Territory		[1]
111		Juan Coronel	22	Unknown	Unknown
112		Feliciano Hirano	21	Unknown	Unknown
113		Charley Logan	17	17	0	Black	South Carolina	Electrocution	[61]
114	October 16, 1915	Joe DeBerry	21	21			Illinois	Hanging	[62]
115	October 22, 1915	Ebenezer B. Tobin	44	43	1		Florida		[63]
116	November 5, 1915	Louis Bundy	21	19	2	White	California		[64]
117		Earl Marvin Loomis	20		1
118	November 8, 1915	Sam Hardin	Unknown	Unknown	0	Black	Georgia		[1]
119		Jake Turner	18	18
120		Guy Young	Unknown	Unknown
121	November 19, 1915	John Henry	29	29			Kentucky	Electrocution	[65]
122		Joe Emmanuel Hill	36	34	2	White	Utah	Firing squad	[66]
123	November 26, 1915	Frank Grano	Unknown	Unknown	0		Maryland	Hanging	[67]
124	November 30, 1915	Anthony Haronovich	26	26			New Jersey	Electrocution	[68]
125	December 7, 1915	Edgar C. Murphy	28	27	1				[69]
126	December 10, 1915	Ramon Villalobo	29	28		Hispanic	Arizona	Hanging	[70]
127		Henry Bookman	28		0	Black	Oklahoma	Electrocution	[71]
128	December 17, 1915	Will Johnson	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Georgia	Hanging	[1]
129		Peter Bouy	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Louisiana
130		Worthy Tolley	50	48	2	White	New York	Electrocution	[72]
131		Ludwig Marquardt	58	Unknown	Unknown
132	December 22, 1915	Lee Ingram	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Georgia	Hanging	[1]

Demographics

Gender
Male	132	100%
Female	0	0%
Ethnicity
Black	73	55%
White	49	37%
Asian	6	5%
Hispanic	4	3%
State
New York	19	14%
Georgia	12	9%
Virginia	11	8%
South Carolina	10	8%
Alabama	9	7%
California	8	6%
New Jersey	7	5%
Texas	7	5%
Florida	6	5%
Arkansas	4	3%
Hawaii Territory	4	3%
Kentucky	4	3%
Mississippi	4	3%
Pennsylvania	4	3%
West Virginia	4	3%
Illinois	3	2%
Louisiana	3	2%
Connecticut	2	2%
Maryland	2	2%
North Carolina	2	2%
Arizona	1	1%
Colorado	1	1%
Delaware	1	1%
Massachusetts	1	1%
Missouri	1	1%
Oklahoma	1	1%
Utah	1	1%
Method
Hanging	68	52%
Electrocution	63	48%
Firing squad	1	1%
Month
January	8	6%
February	12	9%
March	9	7%
April	7	5%
May	4	3%
June	13	10%
July	15	11%
August	20	15%
September	20	15%
October	7	5%
November	9	7%
December	8	6%
Age
Unknown	35	27%
10–19	9	7%
20–29	52	39%
30–39	17	13%
40–49	15	11%
50–59	4	3%
Total	132	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
1916	107
1915	132
1914	99
Total	338

References

1. "Executions in the U.S. 1608-2002: The ESPY File" (PDF). Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved January 27, 2026.
2. "Crimes and Casualties". The Troy Northern Budget. January 10, 1915. p. 19.
3. "Hang Negro in Florida". Kentucky New Era. January 21, 1915. p. 6.
4. "State v. Kubaszewski". Google Books.
5. "Confesses to New Slaying at Gallows". Atlanta Georgian. January 29, 1915. p. 1.
6. "Meets Death in Chair". Easton Free Press. February 3, 1915. p. 15.
7. "Two Chinese Gunmen in Sing Sing Electric Chair". The Meriden Daily Journal. February 5, 1915. p. 5.
8. "Death Sentence Stands". Herald-Journal. February 5, 1915. p. 1.
9. "Slayer of Child Executed". The Rochester Sentinel. February 13, 1915. p. 5.
10. "New Electric Chair Claims First Victim". The Pittsburgh Press. February 23, 1915. p. 2.
11. "Electrocuted". The Daily Star. February 26, 1915. p. 2.
12. "Hemphill v. State". Google Books.
13. "Young Italian Is Electrocuted". Greensburg Daily Tribune. March 9, 1915. p. 3.
14. "JOHN BOSTIC". Google Books.
15. "Manning Refuses to Commute Sentence". Herald-Journal. March 17, 1915. p. 4.
16. "To Save Whites". Herald-Journal. March 17, 1915. p. 4.
17. "Cino Electrocuted". The Meriden Daily Journal. March 20, 1915. p. 12.
18. "Negro Slayers Electrocuted". The Pueblo Indicator. April 3, 1915. p. 6.
19. "Guerrero v. State". vLex.
20. "Death Penalty for Robbery". The Daily Star. March 23, 1915. p. 2.
21. "Murder Suspect Caught". Boston Evening Transcript. January 5, 1915. p. 4.
22. "Krakus Hanged for Death of Policeman". Meriden Morning Record. May 14, 1915. p. 14.
23. "Negro Electrocuted". The Evening Independent. June 10, 1915. p. 1.
24. "Palatka Sees Negro Hanged". The Evening Independent. June 11, 1915. p. 8.
25. "Caldwell Negro Does Not Retract Charge". The Times via newspapers.com. June 12, 1915. p. 9.
26. "Woman's Slayer Meets Death in Chair". Fincastle Herald. June 17, 1915. p. 3.
27. "Harry Hillen Dies on Gallows". Morgan County Republican. July 2, 1915. p. 7.
28. "3 Alabama Murderers Hung". Warren Sentinel-Leader. June 30, 1915. p. 2.
29. "Osborne Would Not View an Execution". The Day. June 30, 1915. p. 3.
30. "Two Negroes Hanged at Birmingham Today". The Evening Indpeendent. June 25, 1915. p. 1.
31. "Twenty Year Old Dunn Electrocuted at Auburn". The Meriden Daily Journal. July 2, 1915. p. 8.
32. "Death Sentence for Negro". The Victoria Advocate. May 13, 1915. p. 8.
33. "Negro Kills Police Chief; Fear Lynching". The Gazette Times. April 5, 1915. p. 5.
34. "Willie Bell..." The Robesonian. July 15, 1915. p. 2.
35. "Jarrell Meets Death With Prayer on Lips". Wheeling Intelligencer. July 10, 1915. p. 8.
36. "Sentenced to be Electrocuted". Reading Eagle. January 12, 1915. p. 2.
37. "Repetto Hanged at Joliet". The Daily Republican. July 17, 1915. p. 2.
38. "Sprouse Hanged at Clayton". The Daily Republican. July 17, 1915. p. 2.
39. "Arkansas Murderer Executed". The Day. July 28, 1915. p. 1.
40. "Death Chair for Two". The Daily Republican. July 31, 1915. p. 1.
41. "Whitman Hears of Becker's End". The Newburgh Daily News. July 30, 1915. p. 2.
42. "9 Negroes Hang in One Day". Warren Sentinel-Leader. August 11, 1915. p. 2.
43. "Red Hand is Vital Thing Says Alcorn". The Meriden Daily Journal. August 7, 1915. p. 9.
44. "Jenkins Negro Gets Executive Respite". Atlanta Georgian. July 5, 1915. p. 2.
45. "Grela Pays Penalty". The Meriden Daily Journal. August 13, 1915. p. 7.
46. "Five Negroes are Facing Execution". The Telegraph-Herald. August 19, 1915. p. 15.
47. "Execution at Folsom Today". Lewiston Morning Tribune. August 27, 1915. p. 4.
48. "Negro to Hang For Crime in Baltimore". The Evening News. August 26, 1915. p. 15.
49. "State v. Draniewicz". Google Books.
50. "Items of State News in Condensed Form". The Observer. September 7, 1915. p. 3.
51. "Electric Chair for Negro". The Telegraph-Herald. September 2, 1915. p. 1.
52. "Drink-Disgrace-Death". The Dispatch. September 8, 1915. p. 8.
53. "Five Murderers Electrocuted in Sing Sing Chair". The Meriden Daily Journal. September 3, 1915. p. 5.
54. "Governor Brewer Commutes Sentence of Veteran". Eugene Register-Guard. September 3, 1915. p. 4.
55. "Fountain Dies on Gallows for Murder". Berkeley Daily Gazette. September 10, 1915. p. 5.
56. "Attempted Assault on 6-Year-Old Girl". Evening Journal. June 7, 1915. p. 7.
57. "Negro Lad of Twelve Hanged". Middletown News-Signal. September 25, 1915. p. 1.
58. "Northfoot v. State". Google Books.
59. "Five Negroes Electrocuted in Penitentiary Wednesday". The Observer. October 1, 1915. p. 5.
60. "Burr Harris Hanged". Berkeley Daily Gazette. October 8, 1915. p. 2.
61. "Aged Woman Murdered Near Lowndesville". The Observer. March 19, 1915. p. 2.
62. "Joe DeBerry, Negro, Hanged Saturday at Murphysboro". Robinson Constitution. October 20, 1915. p. 1.
63. "Great Crowd Watches Negro Die on Gallows". The Evening Independent. October 22, 1915. p. 1.
64. "Pacific Coast News". The Withrow Banner. November 12, 1915. p. 2.
65. "Engineer Slain at Throttle by Negro Bandits". The Gazette Times. September 10, 1915. p. 1.
66. "I. W. W. at Funeral". Clinton Mirror. November 27, 1915. p. 4.
67. "5,000 Witness Hanging of Murderer of Three". The Meriden Daily Journal. November 26, 1915. p. 5.
68. "Slain for $292 By Husband's Chum". Flushing Daily Times. September 15, 1915. p. 4.
69. "Pays Penalty in Electric Chair". The Mansfield Shield. December 8, 1915. p. 1.
70. "Villalobo v. State". vLex.
71. "Oklahoma Electrocution". Meriden Morning Record. December 11, 1915. p. 9.
72. "Two Murderers Electrocuted at Ossining Today". The Meriden Daily Journal. December 17, 1915. p. 11.

Preceded by 1914

List of people executed       in the United States in    1915

Succeeded by 1916