List of people executed in the United States in 1924

One hundred and twenty-seven people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1924, sixty-nine by electrocution, fifty-six by hanging, one by firing squad, and one by gas chamber. ^[1]

The execution of Gee Jon this year marked the first time a gas chamber was used as a method of execution in the United States.

List of people executed in the United States in 1924

No.	Date of execution	Name	Age of person			Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
			At execution	At offense	Age difference
1	January 4, 1924	Alexander A. Kels	39	38	1	Male	White	California	Hanging	[2]
2		Edward C. Long	24	23				Ohio	Electrocution	[3]
3		George Parker	32	31				Oregon	Hanging	[4]
4		Philip Connizzaro	26	Unknown	Unknown			West Virginia		[5]
5		Richard Ferri		Unknown	Unknown
6		Nicholas Salamante	43	Unknown	Unknown
7	January 13, 1924	Andrew Jackson "Jack" Pope	45	44	1			Oklahoma	Electrocution	[6]
8		Aaron Harvey	21	20
9	January 15, 1924	Frank Sage	32	32	0			New Jersey		[7]
10	January 18, 1924	Roy Lee Maupin	26	24	2		Black	Iowa	Hanging	[8]
11		Omer Rosencrans Woods	48	46			White	Utah	Firing squad	[9]
12	January 28, 1924	Lawrence Roberts	26	25	1		Black	Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[10]
13	January 29, 1924	Angelino Carlino	39	36	3		White	New Jersey		[11]
14		Antonio Turco	36	33
15	February 1, 1924	John H. Nelson	28	27	1		Black	Ohio		[12]
16		Thomas Jefferson Chandler	37	35	2		White	South Carolina		[13]
17	February 3, 1924	Ed Farrar	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown			Mississippi	Hanging	[14]
18	February 8, 1924	Gee Jon	29	26	3		Asian	Nevada	Gas chamber	[15]
19		Milutin "Mike" Sipcich	56	55	1		White	Ohio	Electrocution	[16]
20		Melvin Johnson	19	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Texas		[17]
21		Mack Matthews	39	Unknown	Unknown
22		Ewell Morris	22	Unknown	Unknown
23		Charles Reynolds	27	Unknown	Unknown
24		George Washington	38	Unknown	Unknown
25	February 15, 1924	Samuel Muratore	42	Unknown	Unknown		White	West Virginia	Hanging	[18]
26	February 25, 1924	George Ware	24	21	3		Black	Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[19]
27	March 7, 1924	George Robertson	54	53	1			Alabama	Hanging	[1]
28		Aurelio Pompa	23	21	2		Hispanic	California		[20]
29		William T. Chambers	20	20	0		Black	Kentucky	Electrocution	[21]
30	March 10, 1924	Dominick Delfino	34	26	8		White	Pennsylvania		[22]
31	March 17, 1924	George H. Bland	32	31	1		Black			[23]
32	March 21, 1924	Bennie Cantelou	Unknown	Unknown	2			Alabama	Hanging	[24]
33	March 22, 1924	Sylvester Garrett	Unknown	Unknown	1			Louisiana		[25]
34	March 28, 1924	William Hollis	24	23				Ohio	Electrocution	[26]
35		Blaine Dyer	36	35				Texas		[27]
36		Earnest Lawson	39	38
37	March 31, 1924	Lorenzo Johnny Savage	25	24				Pennsylvania		[28]
38	April 4, 1924	Levy James	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown			Louisiana	Hanging	[1]
39		Booker T. Williams	19	19	0			Texas	Electrocution	[29]
40	April 10, 1924	Antonio Viandante	41	39	2		White	New York		[30]
41	April 11, 1924	John V. Hendrix	53	51				California	Hanging	[31]
42		George Barber	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Illinois		[1]
43		James Marshall Alexander	Unknown	Unknown	2		White	Louisiana		[32]
44	April 15, 1924	Clem Head	31	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Ohio	Electrocution	[33]
45	April 17, 1924	Reuben Norkin	32	30	2		White	New York		[34]
46		Tommie Curry	25	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Texas		[35]
47	April 18, 1924	Joe Sullivan	34	33	1		White	Arkansas		[36]
48		Lucius Dalton	Unknown	Unknown	0		Black	Illinois	Hanging	[37]
49		Henry Wilson	Unknown	Unknown
50	April 21, 1924	William Albert Bringhurst	38	35	3		White	California		[38]
51		Willard Thompson	40	37
52	April 26, 1924	Joseph McGonigal	Unknown	Unknown	2			Colorado		[39]
53	April 28, 1924	Charles Brooks	52	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Ohio	Electrocution	[40]
54		Wylie N. Morgan	28	26	2		White	Pennsylvania		[41]
55		Albert Platt	56	56	0
56	April 29, 1924	Luigi Rossi	33	33				Ohio		[42]
57	May 5, 1924	John F. Myma	27	25	2			Pennsylvania		[43]
58	May 9, 1924	Mariano Cazares	69	66	3		Hispanic	California	Hanging	[44]
59		Frank Thomas	71	68			White	Kentucky	Electrocution	[45]
60		George Washington Weick	50	49	1
61		Charles Miller	25	23	2		Black
62		Natale Deamore	41	38	3		White	Louisiana	Hanging	[46]
63		Roy Leona	36	33
64		Joseph Bocchio	24	21
65		Andrew Lemantia	35	32
66		Joseph Giglio	33	30
67		Joseph Rini	28	25
68	May 22, 1924	Harle Humphreys	19	18	1	Black	Texas	Electrocution	[47]
69	May 23, 1924	Francisco Cadena	34	32	2	Hispanic
70	May 24, 1924	James Brown Satterfield	45	42	3	White	Georgia	Hanging	[48]
71	June 9, 1924	Edward Henderson	40	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Texas	Electrocution	[1]
72	June 12, 1924	Alberigo Mastrota	32	31	1	White	New York		[49]
73	June 13, 1924	George Edward Whitfield	22	20	2		Washington	Hanging	[50]
74	June 20, 1924	William B. Ward	38	37	1	Black	Arizona		[51]
75		Charlie Simuel	25	37			South Carolina	Electrocution	[52]
76	June 23, 1924	Walter Grymkowski	35	37		White	Pennsylvania		[53]
77		Martin Matlovski	32	31
78	June 24, 1924	Vincenzo Caparra	33	32			Ohio		[54]
79	June 27, 1924	Will Bettis	35	35	0	Black	Arkansas		[55]
80		Spurgeon Rucks	30	30
81		Ralph Michael Waller	34	34		White	Washington	Hanging	[56]
82	June 30, 1924	Joseph Trinkle	22	20	2		Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[57]
83	July 7, 1924	John A. Dailey	35	Unknown	Unknown				[1]
84	July 11, 1924	Gordon Frank Fincher	30	29	1		Alabama	Hanging	[58]
85	July 15, 1924	Edward M. Allen	26	Unknown	Unknown		New Jersey	Electrocution	[59]
86		Anthony Bagdonowitz	24	23	1
87		Tony Briglia	25	Unknown	Unknown
88		Frank W. Taylor	39	Unknown	Unknown
89	July 18, 1924	Charles Merrill	21	19	2		Missouri	Hanging	[60]
90		Hugh Pinkley	35	32	3
91		Seth Orrin Danner	42	38	4		Montana		[61]
92	July 22, 1924	Anthony Staub	59	Unknown	Unknown		New Jersey	Electrocution	[1]
93	July 24, 1924	Eulogia Lozado	26	25	1	Asian	New York		[62]
94	July 25, 1924	Frank Taylor Atkinson	36	35		White	Mississippi	Hanging	[63]
95		Clyde Lee Greer	37	36
96	July 30, 1924	Cyrille J. Vandenhecke	51	45	6		Massachusetts	Electrocution	[64]
97	August 1, 1924	Alto Hamilton	Unknown	Unknown	1	Black	Louisiana	Hanging	[65]
98	August 8, 1924	Alonzo Myhand	29	Unknown	Unknown		Alabama		[66]
99		Porter William Myhand	26	Unknown	Unknown
100		Euzebe Vidrine		25	1	White	Louisiana		[67]
101	August 15, 1924	Alseyo Franklin Champion	29	26	3		California		[68]
102		Harrison Brown	15	15	0	Black	Georgia		[1]
103	August 22, 1924	Martin "Mike" Sliskovich	30	28	2	White	California
104	September 5, 1924	Richard Adolphus Birkes	27	26	1		Oklahoma	Electrocution	[69]
105	September 12, 1924	Otto Clear	18	18	0	Black	Virginia		[70]
106		Fritz Lewis	17	17
107		Tiny McCoy	23	23		White	West Virginia	Hanging	[71]
108	September 13, 1924	Howard Hinton	20	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Georgia	Electrocution	[1]
109	September 19, 1924	Warren Waters	56	55	1	White		Hanging	[72]
110	October 3, 1924	Booker T. Boone	23	23	0	Black	Louisiana		[73]
111		Freeman Coleman	Unknown	Unknown
112		Willie Washington	Unknown	Unknown
113	October 7, 1924	Frank Johnson	19	18	1		Florida	Electrocution	[1]
114	October 10, 1924	Ed Kirby	57	55	2		Texas
115	November 7, 1924	Rubin Robinson	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		South Carolina
116	November 14, 1924	Harry Diamond	26	25	1	White	Indiana		[74]
117	November 28, 1924	Vance Morgan	22	Unknown	Unknown	Black	North Carolina		[75]
118	December 5, 1924	James Avant	41	41	0		Ohio		[76]
119		Frank Harrell	24	24		White	South Carolina		[77]
120		Mortimer Nelson King Sr.	23	23
121	December 12, 1924	Robert Matthew	24		1	Black	California	Hanging	[78]
122		Alfred Sharpe	23		0		Louisiana		[79]
123		Alexander Kuszik	19	Unknown	Unknown	White	Ohio	Electrocution	[80]
124		Thomas M. Walton	39	38	1		Washington	Hanging	[81]
125	December 19, 1924	Joseph Sinuel	23	22		Black	California		[82]
126		Noah Arnold	32	31			Idaho		[83]
127	December 22, 1924	Lester Ferdinand Kahl	24	24	0	White	Illinois		[84]

Demographics

Gender
Male	127	100%
Female	0	0%
Ethnicity
White	70	55%
Black	52	41%
Hispanic	3	2%
Asian	2	2%
State
Louisiana	15	12%
Texas	13	10%
Pennsylvania	12	9%
California	10	8%
Ohio	10	8%
New Jersey	8	6%
Alabama	5	4%
South Carolina	5	4%
West Virginia	5	4%
Georgia	4	3%
Illinois	4	3%
Kentucky	4	3%
New York	4	3%
Arkansas	3	2%
Mississippi	3	2%
Oklahoma	3	2%
Washington	3	2%
Missouri	2	2%
Virginia	2	2%
Arizona	1	1%
Colorado	1	1%
Florida	1	1%
Idaho	1	1%
Indiana	1	1%
Iowa	1	1%
Massachusetts	1	1%
Montana	1	1%
Nevada	1	1%
North Carolina	1	1%
Oregon	1	1%
Utah	1	1%
Method
Electrocution	69	54%
Hanging	56	44%
Firing squad	1	1%
Gas chamber	1	1%
Month
January	14	11%
February	12	9%
March	11	9%
April	19	15%
May	14	11%
June	12	9%
July	14	11%
August	7	6%
September	6	5%
October	5	4%
November	3	2%
December	10	8%
Age
Unknown	13	10%
10–19	8	6%
20–29	45	35%
30–39	38	30%
40–49	11	9%
50–59	10	8%
60–69	1	1%
70–79	1	1%
Total	127	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
1925	144
1924	127
1923	108
Total	379

References

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2. "Brutal Slayer is Hanged". The Toledo News-Bee. January 5, 1924. p. 2.
3. "Driver's Slayer Electricuted". The Toledo News-Bee. January 4, 1924. p. 2.
4. "Declares His Trial Unfair". The Spokesman-Review. January 8, 1924. p. 5.
5. "Three Hanged in W. Virginia". Painesville Telegraph. January 5, 1924. p. 1.
6. "Two Die in Death Chair". St. Joseph News-Press. January 14, 1924. p. 11.
7. "Slayer of Two Policemen Prays in Electric Chair". Providence News. January 16, 1924. p. 31.
8. "Rope Breaks, But Execution is Not Delayed". The Telegraph-Herald. January 18, 1924. p. 1.
9. "FORMER JUDGE EXECUTED.; Faces Firing Squad in Salt Lake for Wife Murder". The New York Times. January 19, 1924.
10. "Condemned Murderer on Way to Electric Chair Attacks Deputy Sheriff". The Washington Reporter. January 29, 1924. p. 8.
11. "Turko and Carlina Expiate Their Crimes in the Electric Chair at Trenton Prison". Easton Free Press. January 30, 1924. p. 1.
12. "Negro Wife Murderer is Executed Today". Warsaw Union. February 1, 1924. p. 9.
13. "T. Jeff Chandler To Die In Chair Today". Herald-Jorunal. February 1, 1924. p. 2.
14. "Ed Farrar, MS, 1924". M. E. Grenander Special Collections and Archives.
15. "Lethal Gas Ends Slayer's Life". The Toledo News-Bee. February 9, 1924. p. 1.
16. "Slayer Goes to Death in Chair". Painesville Telegraph. February 8, 1924. p. 1.
17. "Texas Puts Five Negroes to Death". The New York Times. February 9, 1924.
18. "Triple Slayer to Be Hanged in W. Virginia". The Pittsburgh Press. January 11, 1924. p. 35.
19. "Negro Electrocuted". Gettysburg Times. February 25, 1924. p. 8.
20. "Murderer Pays For Crime on Gallows". Berkeley Daily Gazette. March 7, 1924. p. 9.
21. "Seven Men in Death's Shadow". Kentucky New Era. February 15, 1924. p. 7.
22. "Law Writes End of Criminal's Fight for Life". Reading Eagle. March 10, 1924. p. 4.
23. "Two Deaths Follow Murder, One in Chair, One in Jail". Reading Eagle. March 17, 1924. p. 12.
24. "Cantelou v. State". Google Books.
25. "Louisiana, F-G, 1879-1988, Undated". M. E. Grenander Special Collections and Archives. p. 111.
26. "Negro Slayer Pays Penalty In Death Chair". Portsmouth Daily Times. March 28, 1924. p. 7.
27. "Electrocute Negress For Texas Murders". The Telegraph-Herald. March 28, 1924. p. 1.
28. "Negro Voodoo Doctor Slayer of Nurse Goes to Death in Chair". The Telegraph. March 31, 1924. p. 1.
29. "Eighth Negro in 1924 Executed in Texas". Lewiston Evening Journal. April 4, 1924. p. 1.
30. "Fight for Life Made by Mrs. Buzzi and Two Men". Rochester Evening Journal and the Post Express. April 3, 1924. p. 1.
31. "Brief State Items Of General Interest". Lyon County Reporter. February 16, 1924. p. 1.
32. "Hang Slayer Who Tortured Murdered Man". St. Petersburg Times. April 12, 1924. p. 1.
33. "Clem Head is Electrocuted". Youngstown Vindicator. April 15, 1924. p. 1.
34. "Dies in Electric Chair as Accessory to Murder". Reading Eagle. April 18, 1924. p. 16.
35. "Huntsville". The Bulletin. April 18, 1924. p. 1.
36. "Slayer of Detective Dies in Electric Chair Today". The Evening Independent. April 18, 1924. p. 1.
37. "Two Are Hanged In Illinois Bastile". Eugene Register-Guard. April 18, 1924. p. 5.
38. "Two Murderers Are Put To Death". Ellensburg Daily Record. April 21, 1924. p. 1.
39. "Reprieve Granted". The Border Cities Star. April 15, 1924. p. 48.
40. "Negro Slayer Must Die; Court Denies New Trial". Youngstown Vindicator. April 23, 1924. p. 5.
41. "Child Slayer Goes to Electric Chair". Reading Eagle. April 28, 1924. p. 1.
42. "Opposes Mercy For Murder". Youngstown Vindicator. April 25, 1924. p. 9.
43. "Scranton Murderer in Chair". Reading Eagle. May 5, 1924. p. 1.
44. "Judge to Set New Date for Execution". Calexico Chronicle. January 25, 1924. p. 1.
45. "3 EXECUTED IN KENTUCKY.; Pay Penalty in the Electric Chair for Three Murders". The New York Times. May 10, 1924.
46. "SIX ITALIANS HANG FOR SINGLE MURDER; Die in Pairs on the Gallows in Louisiana Jail -- Two Have to Be Helped". The New York Times. May 10, 1924.
47. "Electrocute Slayer At Prison In Texas". The Telegraph-Herald. May 23, 1924. p. 2.
48. "Murderer Meets Fate on Gallows Hopeful To Last". The Nevada Daily Mail. May 24, 1924. p. 4.
49. "State v. Mastrota". Google Books.
50. "Whitfield Will Die at Walla Walla". Spokane Daily Chronicle. May 2, 1924. p. 27.
51. "Negro Hanged in Arizona". St. Joseph News-Press. June 20, 1924. p. 10.
52. "An Impressive Scene In Spartanburg Court". The Observer. January 25, 1924. p. 7.
53. "Two Pennsylvania Slayers Executed". Eugene Register-Guard. June 23, 1924. p. 3.
54. "Caparra Electrocuted For Killing Policeman". Portsmouth Daily Times. June 24, 1924. p. 4.
55. "Two Negroes Pay Extreme Penalty". The Evening Independent. June 27, 1924. p. 5.
56. "From Gallows, Hits Divorce". The Spokesman-Review. July 1, 1924. p. 12.
57. "Commonwealth v. Trinkle". vLex.
58. "Alabaman Hanged For Murder of Girl of 16". The Lewiston Daily Sun. July 12, 1924. p. 1.
59. "Alabaman Hanged For Murder of Girl of 16". The New York Times. July 16, 1924.
60. "Two Slayers Hanged". St. Joseph News-Press. July 19, 1924. p. 2.
61. "Seth O. Danner Hanged". Evening Tribune. July 18, 1924. p. 11.
62. "Clemency Not Warranted". The Troy Sunday Budget. July 20, 1924. p. 4.
63. "Woman Unlucky With Husbands Sees Two Hang". Times Daily. July 25, 1924. p. 1.
64. "Belgian Executed at Charlestown Jail Early Today". The Lewiston Daily Sun. July 30, 1924. p. 1.
65. "Belgian Executed at Charlestown Jail Early Today". Herald-Journal. August 1, 1924. p. 11.
66. "Confess on Gallows". Reading Eagle. August 8, 1924. p. 23.
67. "MAKES HIS HANGING LESSON TO COMMUNITY; Louisiana Murderer Is Photographed, Makes a Speech and Has His Coffin Put on View". The New York Times. August 9, 1924.
68. "Death Penalty Is Paid By Slayer". The Toledo News-Bee. August 16, 1924. p. 2.
69. "Murderer Goes To Death Calmly". The Telegraph-Herald. September 5, 1924. p. 1.
70. "2 Caroline Negroes Electrocuted". The Daily Star. September 12, 1924. p. 1.
71. "Slayer Is Hanged". Painesville Telegraph. September 13, 1924. p. 1.
72. "Strange Case of Warren and W. Cantwell Walters". The Robesonian. September 29, 1924. p. 13.
73. "3 Men Die on Same Scaffold". Reading Eagle. October 3, 1924. p. 2.
74. "Goes Unflinchingly To Death In Electric Chair". Middlesboro Daily News. November 14, 1924. p. 1.
75. "3 Shocks Required to Kill Murderer". The Afro-American. December 6, 1924. p. 1.
76. "Execute Avant, Stitle Slayer". Youngstown Vindicator. December 5, 1924. p. 2.
77. "Mortimer King, Frank Harrell Sent to Death". Herald-Journal. December 6, 1924. p. 1.
78. "Negro is Hanged". Eugene Register-Guard. December 12, 1924. p. 1.
79. "Hangs for Murder". Warsaw Daily Times and the Northern Indianian. December 13, 1924. p. 8.
80. "Youth Dies in Electric Chair". Painesville Telegraph. December 12, 1924. p. 1.
81. "Walton is Hanged for Slaying Pals". Spokane Daily Chronicle. December 12, 1924. p. 25.
82. "Negro Hanged". The Oxnard Daily Courier. December 19, 1924. p. 3.
83. "Hang Negro for Murder of Grocer". Ellensburg Daily Record. December 19, 1924. p. 1.
84. "Lester Kahl Paid the Death Penalty". The Nevada Daily Mail. December 22, 1924. p. 1.

Preceded by 1923

List of people executed       in the United States in    1924

Succeeded by 1925