List of people executed in the United States in 1930

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One hundred and fifty-five people, one hundred and fifty-three male and two female, were executed in the United States in 1930, one hundred and six by electrocution, forty-eight by hanging, and one by gas chamber. [1]

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List of people executed in the United States in 1930

No.Date of executionNameAge of personGenderEthnicityStateMethodRef.
At executionAt offenseAge difference
1January 2, 1930Frank Kowalski25241MaleWhite New York Electrocution [2]
2Arthur Brown3423
3January 3, 1930Anthony Brown31292 California Hanging [3]
4Louis Lazarus38371
5Roy E. Stokes24222
6Henry Wilson21UnknownUnknownBlack Louisiana [1]
7January 9, 1930John E. Schlager32311WhiteNew YorkElectrocution [4]
8January 10, 1930Walter E. Burke332CaliforniaHanging [5]
9James Henry Gregg3432
10Edward Ives50491 Colorado [6]
11Joseph Marrazzo27UnknownUnknown New Jersey Electrocution [7]
12Frank Joseph Pannatiere26UnknownUnknown
13January 17, 1930James Gleason30282CaliforniaHanging [8]
14January 24, 1930Silena Gilmore34340FemaleBlack Alabama Electrocution [9]
15Ben Evers22211Male Arkansas [10]
16January 27, 1930John Ellen41392 Georgia [1]
17January 30, 1930Michael Sclafonia20191WhiteNew York [11]
18Frank Plaia
19January 31, 1930John Jackson55UnknownUnknownBlack Maryland Hanging [1]
20Lawrence Mabry19172White Missouri [12]
21February 3, 1930Giuseppe Guida37361 Pennsylvania Electrocution [13]
22February 10, 1930James Chandler48462BlackCaliforniaHanging [14]
23February 14, 1930James Barker22UnknownUnknownGeorgiaElectrocution [15]
24Ray Evans21201 North Carolina [16]
25John Jones20182 Tennessee [17]
26February 20, 1930John Fields23UnknownUnknown Virginia [1]
27February 21, 1930 Eva Dugan 51483FemaleWhite Arizona Hanging [18]
28Frank A. DiBattista26251Male Connecticut [19]
29Edmond Kelly2726BlackGeorgiaElectrocution [1]
30John Washington3130LouisianaHanging [20]
31Robert V. Lewis Sr.35332White Mississippi
32February 28, 1930 James Howard Snook 50491 Ohio Electrocution [21]
33March 7, 1930Refugio Macias4342HispanicArizonaHanging [22]
34Irkson WebbUnknownUnknownUnknownBlackLouisiana [1]
35Joe WynnUnknownUnknownUnknown
36March 10, 1930George Austin Brownfield54540White Wyoming [23]
37March 13, 1930Bishop Adams41401Black Texas Electrocution [24]
38March 14, 1930Alphonse Dan Reilly2221WhiteCaliforniaHanging [25]
39Carey Gunn20200BlackTennesseeElectrocution [26]
40March 19, 1930Boss Funderburk43UnknownUnknown Florida [1]
41March 21, 1930Mack Brown27261Arkansas [27]
42John Green2827
43Renty Screven50UnknownUnknownGeorgia [28]
44James Britt42411 Indiana [29]
45March 28, 1930Louis Galvano2019White Delaware Hanging [30]
46March 31, 1930Ralph Russell Sloat2928PennsylvaniaElectrocution [31]
47April 4, 1930John Macon3433BlackNorth Carolina [32]
48April 11, 1930Jack Jarvis28262WhiteAlabama [33]
49Aaron Woodward3533Black Illinois [34]
50April 17, 1930Robert Mangum22UnknownUnknownNorth Carolina [35]
51 Henry Colin Campbell Close 61601WhiteNew Jersey [36]
52April 29, 1930Eli Truesdale30UnknownUnknownBlack South Carolina [1]
53May 9, 1930August Vogel25250WhiteIllinois [37]
54James Ernest Brumfield23221BlackNorth Carolina [38]
55Walter E. Crabtree35350White West Virginia Hanging [39]
56May 14, 1930Charles Aragon25232Native AmericanWyoming [40]
57May 16, 1930Armando Boltares241HispanicCalifornia [41]
58Ossie Moore240BlackSouth CarolinaElectrocution [42]
59George Washington2222
60May 22, 1930Jordan Scott32311Texas [1]
61May 23, 1930James Spivey2625WhiteNorth Carolina [43]
62May 26, 1930John Richardson22220Ohio [44]
63May 28, 1930Harold I. Weiss32311ColoradoHanging [45]
64May 29, 1930Stephen Ziolkowski24UnknownUnknownNew YorkElectrocution [46]
65June 2, 1930Robert H. White41392 Nevada Gas chamber [47]
66June 5, 1930Andrew Jackson Hawkins3331Black District of Columbia Electrocution [48]
67June 6, 1930William Pruitt Jr.2422WhiteTexas [49]
68June 13, 1930Richard Edmonds3634Black Kentucky [50]
69Ballard E. Ratcliffe4139White
70Lee Akers17161BlackOhio [51]
71June 20, 1930Jack Bowen30UnknownUnknownAlabama [52]
72Edgar Harris28UnknownUnknown
73Roy Lee Miles29272
74Ambrosia Alford30291Arkansas [53]
75Lucius Jolley23UnknownUnknownGeorgia [1]
76Leonard Jones30UnknownUnknownLouisianaHanging
77James E. Litteral43421WhiteOhioElectrocution [54]
78June 23, 1930John L. Pierce3130BlackPennsylvania [55]
79June 24, 1930Ray Coleman29272WhiteSouth Carolina [56]
80Paul B. Johnson31301
81June 27, 1930Emory Van Dusen24UnknownUnknownBlackGeorgia [1]
82June 28, 1930George Williams68671WhiteOhio [57]
83June 30, 1930Martin Avery1918BlackPennsylvania [58]
84William Henry Sled3130
85Frank Tauza44440White
86July 7, 1930James Flori25241 [59]
87July 10, 1930 Ralph Emmerson Fleagle 49472ColoradoHanging [60]
88July 11, 1930Lawrence L. Dull25241OhioElectrocution [61]
89Preston Rae Clark39363 Washington Hanging [62]
90July 17, 1930Alexander Bogdanoff32311New YorkElectrocution [63]
91Stephen Grzechowiak2928
92Max Rybarczyk3130
93James Edward Forrest23212Black Oklahoma [64]
94Tom Guest48453White
95July 18, 1930 George Johnson Abshier 33312ColoradoHanging [65]
96 Howard Lester Royston 3432
97July 22, 1930Victor Giampietro2422New JerseyElectrocution [66]
98Louis Malanga2321
99John Murray31301
100Joseph Rado27252
101July 25, 1930Bud Nolan42411BlackArkansas [67]
102Antonio Mangiaracina Jr.30282WhiteMissouriHanging [68]
103John Messino2927
104Carl Nasello2220
105August 1, 1930Thomas Laffette Lehew35341California [69]
106August 8, 1930Rainey Williams38380BlackTexasElectrocution [70]
107August 12, 1930Henry O. Lorenz2626WhiteConnecticutHanging [71]
108August 15, 1930William Henry Howell62602ArkansasElectrocution [72]
109John Gomez22211HispanicCaliforniaHanging [73]
110Robert Lee Wilkins44422WhiteWashington [74]
111August 20, 1930Amelio Herrera25241HispanicColorado [75]
112August 22, 1930Theodore Ross240BlackDelaware [1]
113Lee Davis21201TexasElectrocution [76]
114August 28, 1930Jesse Thomas2019WhiteNew York [77]
115William Force2827
116Claude Udwine2928
117August 29, 1930Arthur Schaffer272WashingtonHanging [78]
118September 5, 1930 Carl Panzram 3937 Federal government [79]
119September 12, 1930Jesse Lee Washington21210BlackTexasElectrocution [80]
120Archie Frank Moock33312WhiteWashingtonHanging [81]
121September 19, 1930Elwood Payne330BlackVirginiaElectrocution [82]
122September 22, 1930Arthur Winder27261Pennsylvania [83]
123September 26, 1930Berry Richardson20200North Carolina [84]
124Aaron Sharp
125October 2, 1930 Gordon Stewart Northcott 23212WhiteCaliforniaHanging [85]
126October 3, 1930Leonard ShadlowUnknownUnknown1BlackIllinoisElectrocution [86]
127Lafon FisherUnknownUnknown
128October 10, 1930Harvey Lawrence17170North Carolina [87]
129October 17, 1930Joyce Joseph "Bill Smith" Shepard27243WhiteTexas [88]
130October 31, 1930Alphonso Bellamy18180BlackVirginia [1]
131November 7, 1930Willie Massey25UnknownUnknownNorth Carolina [89]
132Will Sloan28280
133Luz Gonzales Arcos291HispanicTexas [90]
134November 10, 1930Charles Cramer32UnknownUnknownWhiteOhio [91]
135Bert Walker41410
136November 14, 1930Willie Joe DavisUnknownUnknown1BlackArkansas [92]
137Eddie Long3029
138James Turnage2928
139George Washington3029
140Roosevelt Darnell25250WhiteWest VirginiaHanging [93]
141November 17, 1930Harry Coon2323PennsylvaniaElectrocution [94]
142November 22, 1930Wash Smith19172Georgia [95]
143November 28, 1930Leon BrownUnknownUnknown1BlackIllinois [96]
144Jess J. Maple36360WhiteTexas
145December 5, 1930Alfred Edwin Boss35332CaliforniaHanging [97]
146George Davis30291
147George Ryley2120
148December 12, 1930William Moya3029Colorado [98]
149William Lenhardt35332IllinoisElectrocution [99]
150James Robert Butler21201New York [100]
151Italo Ferdinandi2322
152James C. Bolger1918
153December 29, 1930William Gimbel2120New Jersey [101]
154Joseph Calabrese22UnknownUnknown
155Arthur Cort23UnknownUnknown

Demographics

Gender
Male153
Female2
Ethnicity
White86
Black63
Hispanic5
Native American1
State
California 15
New York 15
Arkansas 10
New Jersey 10
North Carolina 10
Pennsylvania 9
Texas 9
Ohio 8
Colorado 7
Georgia 7
Illinois 6
Alabama 5
Louisiana 5
South Carolina 5
Missouri 4
Washington 4
Virginia 3
Arizona 2
Connecticut 2
Delaware 2
Kentucky 2
Oklahoma 2
Tennessee 2
West Virginia 2
Wyoming 2
District of Columbia 1
Federal government 1
Florida 1
Indiana 1
Maryland 1
Mississippi 1
Nevada 1
Method
Electrocution 106
Hanging 48
Gas chamber 1
Month
January20
February12
March14
April6
May12
June21
July19
August13
September7
October6
November14
December11
Age
Unknown6
10–197
20–2973
30–3945
40–4915
50–596
60–693
Total155100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
1931 155
1930155
1929 102
Total412

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Executions in the U.S. 1608-2002: The ESPY File" (PDF). Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved October 29, 2025.
  2. "TWO MEN EXECUTED IN BUFFALO MURDER; Brown and Kowalski Had Hoped Almost Until Last Minute for a Reprieve". The New York Times. January 3, 1930.
  3. "Claims Lives for California Crimes". Lewiston Morning Tribune. January 4, 1930. p. 5.
  4. "2 KILLERS GET STAY; THIRD IS EXECUTED; Pair Convicted of Slaying Man and Wife in Franklin Sq., L.I., Win 14-Day Reprieve". The New York Times. January 10, 1930.
  5. "Prison Rioters Hanged". The Bulletin. January 10, 1930. p. 4.
  6. "Canon City Tense As Convict Is Hanged". The Telegraph-Herald and Times-Journal. January 12, 1930. p. 27.
  7. "Slayer Smokes Cigar And Wears Flower To Death Chair". The Pittsburgh Press. January 11, 1930. p. 20.
  8. "Oakland Slayer, 'Five Time Loser,' Executed". Berkeley Daily Gazette. January 17, 1930. p. 9.
  9. "Negro Woman Dies in Electric Chair". Reading Eagle. January 24, 1930. p. 1.
  10. "Murdered Man's Relatives Witness Slayer's Execution". Warsaw Union. January 24, 1930. p. 6.
  11. "Two Gunmen Are Electrocuted". The News-Dispatch. January 31, 1930. p. 2.
  12. "Youth Is Hanged for Murder". Lawrence Journal-World. January 31, 1930. p. 2.
  13. "Pennsylvania Slayer Meets Death in Chair". The Day. February 3, 1930. p. 5.
  14. "L.A. Man Hangs for Wife's Death". Berkeley Daily Gazette. February 10, 1930. p. 6.
  15. "Slayer Executed". St. Petersburg Times. February 15, 1930. p. 12.
  16. "Ray Evans Is Electrocuted". The Mount Airy News. February 20, 1930. p. 8.
  17. "No Respite to Be Granted in Case Of Doomed Negro". The Tennessean via newspapers.com. February 13, 1930. p. 1.
  18. "Mrs. Eva Dugan Goes To Death On Gallows". The Mount Airy News. February 27, 1930. p. 2.
  19. "New England News Budget". The Telegraph. February 21, 1930. p. 4.
  20. "Negro And White Farmer Hanged For Murder". Meriden Record. February 22, 1930. p. 5.
  21. "Snook Pays For Crime Tonight". Rochester Evening Journal. February 28, 1930. p. 33.
  22. "Macias Calmly Goes to Death". Prescott Evening Courier. March 7, 1930. p. 1.
  23. "Slayer of Sheep Herder Hanged at Rawlins, Wyo". The News-Sentinel. March 10, 1930. p. 1.
  24. "State News Briefly Told". The Victoria Advocate. March 13, 1930. p. 3.
  25. "Reilly Hanging Ends Argument". The Oxnard Daily Courier. March 14, 1930. p. 1.
  26. "Wake up Negro To Execute Him". The Evening Independent. March 14, 1930. p. 31.
  27. "Two Negroes Executed". The Evening Independent. March 21, 1930. p. 17.
  28. "Negro Slayer Pays Penalty". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. March 23, 1930. p. 3.
  29. "Slayer Is Put to Death In Chair In Indiana". The Newburgh News. March 22, 1930. p. 1.
  30. "Youth Hangs for Murder". Greensburg Daily Tribune. March 28, 1930. p. 1.
  31. "Sloat Loses Nerve At Death". Gettysburg Times. March 31, 1930. p. 2.
  32. "Negro Dies in the Electric Chair". The Robesonian. April 7, 1930. p. 1.
  33. "Jarvis Pays With His Life". Times Daily. April 11, 1930. p. 1.
  34. "Glass Used to Separate Chair From Remainder of Death Chamber". The Evening Independent. April 11, 1930. p. 1.
  35. "Mangum Reads Bible As He Dies In Electric Chair". The Mount Airy News. April 24, 1930. p. 2.
  36. "'TORCH MURDERER' EXECUTED AT TRENTON; Henry Colin Close, 60, Put to Death in Chair for Killing of Mrs. Mowry". The New York Times. April 18, 1930.
  37. "Absolves His Kin of Crime". Greensburg Daily Tribune. May 9, 1930. p. 26.
  38. "Negro Electrocuted". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. May 9, 1930. p. 2.
  39. "West Virginia Man Hanged". Greensburg Daily Tribune. May 10, 1930. p. 1.
  40. "Red Man's Life Pays White Man's Justice". The Pittsburgh Press. May 14, 1930. p. 98.
  41. "Latest News". The Washington Reporter. May 16, 1930. p. 1.
  42. "Pay With Lives For Killing Two". Herald-Journal. May 16, 1930. p. 4.
  43. "Claims Innocence On Way to Chair". The Evening Independent. May 23, 1930. p. 8.
  44. "Robber Sings as He Goes to Electric Chair". The Southeast Missourian. May 27, 1930. p. 3.
  45. "Colorado's Hanging Record". The Pueblo Indicator. June 14, 1930. p. 1.
  46. "ZIOLKOWSKI PUT TO DEATH.; Slayer Hurls Cigar at Witnesses of His Execution In Sing Sing". The New York Times. May 30, 1930.
  47. "WHITE IS EXECUTED IN NEVADA BY GAS; Gambler Steps Firmly Into Lethal Chamber, Aids Guards and Smiles at Witnesses". The New York Times. June 3, 1930.
  48. ""Wife Warned Me," Says A. J. Hawkins". The Afro-American. June 14, 1930. p. 2.
  49. "Texas Murderer Dies in Electric Chair". Warsaw Union. June 6, 1930. p. 1.
  50. "3 Men Saved From Electric Chair on Friday 13th". The Meriden Daily Journal. June 13, 1930. p. 4.
  51. "Thomas Booed As He Takes Man To Death". The Toledo News-Bee. June 14, 1930. p. 1.
  52. "Alabama Chair Takes 3 Victims". Rochester Evening Journal. June 20, 1930. p. 18.
  53. "Negro Executed". The Evening Independent. June 20, 1930. p. 12.
  54. "Invokes Blessing, Then Dies In Chair". The Pittsburgh Press. June 21, 1930. p. 7.
  55. "Chester Negro Dies in Chair". Gettysburg Times. June 23, 1930. p. 2.
  56. "Two Die in Chair in Carolina Slaying". Times Daily. June 26, 1930. p. 1.
  57. "Aged Criminal Dies in Chair". The Mount Airy News. July 3, 1930. p. 8.
  58. "Three Men Pay Death Penalty". Reading Eagle. June 30, 1930. p. 1.
  59. "Slayer Gangster is Electrocuted". The Daily Times. July 7, 1930. p. 1.
  60. "Bandit Pays on Gallows for Killing". The Southeast Missourian. July 11, 1930. p. 1.
  61. "Pays in Chair as Holdup Man". The Portsmouth Times. July 12, 1930. p. 2.
  62. "Washington Kills Convicted Killer". The Altus Times-Democrat. July 11, 1930. p. 3.
  63. "Three Die in Chair". The Calgary Daily Herald. July 11, 1930. p. 20.
  64. "Two Executed in Oklahoma For Slayings". The Southeast Missourian. July 17, 1930. p. 1.
  65. "Bank Bandits Go to Gallows". San Jose Evening News. July 18, 1930. p. 13.
  66. "FOUR DIE IN CHAIR AT TRENTON PRISON; McBrien and Companions Pay Penalty for Killing Garage Cashier in Newark Hold-Up". The New York Times. July 23, 1930.
  67. "Negro Executed; Denies His Guilt". St. Petersburg Times. July 27, 1930. p. 5.
  68. "Three Bandits Die For Murder Today". Lawrence Journal-World. July 25, 1930. p. 1.
  69. "Girl Killer Goes To Death". San Jose Evening News. August 1, 1930. p. 1.
  70. "Escapes Lynching to Die in Chair". The Evening Independent. August 8, 1930. p. 14.
  71. "Hangs Tomorrow For New Hampshire Murder". The Border Cities Star. August 11, 1930. p. 5.
  72. "Their Last Embrace". The Southeast Missourian. March 6, 1930. p. 11.
  73. "Last Minute Appeal Fails Boy Hanged". The Oxnard Daily Courier. August 15, 1930. p. 1.
  74. "Wilkins "Confesses" to Hatchet Murder; Says Moock Clear". Spokane Daily Chronicle. August 15, 1930. p. 1.
  75. "Herrera Hanged". The Southeast Missourian. August 21, 1930. p. 1.
  76. "Negro is Executed for Death of Guard". The Vernon Daily Record via newspapers.com. August 22, 1930. p. 3.
  77. "3 Electrocuted for Riot Murder at Auburn Prison". The Grape Belt. August 29, 1930. p. 1.
  78. "Schaffer, Mason County Murderer, Awaits Fate". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. January 31, 1930. p. 13.
  79. "Panzran Dies on Gallows". The Altus Times-Democrat. September 5, 1930. p. 8.
  80. "Mob Quelled". St. Joseph Gazette. July 15, 1930. p. 2.
  81. "Mrs. Moock Carries On For Her Five Children". Spokane Daily Chronicle. September 22, 1930. p. 1.
  82. "Death For Negro Slayer". St. Joseph News-Press. August 12, 1930. p. 16.
  83. "Chair Takes Life of Grocer's Slayer". The Pittsburgh Press. September 22, 1930. p. 4.
  84. "Aaron Sharp..." The Telegraph-Herald and Times-Journal. September 26, 1930. p. 4.
  85. "NORTHCOTT HANGED FOR KILLING BOYS; Californian on Whose Ranch Bones Were Found Confesses, Implicating His Father". The New York Times. October 3, 1930.
  86. "2 Negroes Die In Chair For Murder". The Daily Times. October 3, 1930. p. 7.
  87. "Case in High Court". The Afro-American. October 18, 1930. p. 4.
  88. "Last Curtain Falls on Death Row Drama". The Grape Belt. October 21, 1930. p. 4.
  89. "Execute 2 Negroes In North Carolina". Gettysburg Times. November 7, 1930. p. 1.
  90. "Luz G. Arcos Dies in the Electric Chair". Warsaw Union. November 7, 1930. p. 1.
  91. "2 Ohio Killers Die in Chair". Youngstown Vindicator. November 11, 1930. p. 8.
  92. "Four Die in Chair". The Pittsburgh Press. November 14, 1930. p. 2.
  93. "Rum-Orgy Crime Exacts Penalty". The Portsmouth Times. November 15, 1930. p. 1.
  94. "Farmer Pays Penalty". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. November 17, 1930. p. 7.
  95. "Boy, 19, Electrocuted". The Tuscaloosa News. November 23, 1930. p. 1.
  96. "3 Murderers Are Executed". The Washington Reporter. November 28, 1930. p. 16.
  97. "Priest Collapses as Communicant Tries to Run Up Gallows Stairway". Lewiston Morning Tribune. December 5, 1930. p. 8.
  98. "Convict Executed". Prescott Evening Courier. December 13, 1930. p. 4.
  99. "'Tough Guy' Dies In Electric Chair". The Telegraph-Herald and Times-Journal. December 12, 1930. p. 1.
  100. "'CRY BABY BANDITS' ARE PUT TO DEATH; Sentence on Three Executed at Sing Sing After Clemency Is Denied by Governor". The New York Times. December 13, 1930.
  101. "THREE YOUNG GUNMEN EXECUTED AT TRENTON; Put to Death for Essex County Murders--20-Year-Old Slayer Goes to Chair Smiling". The New York Times. December 30, 1930.
Preceded by
1929
   List of people executed   
   in the United States in   
1930
Succeeded by
1931