List of people executed in the United States in 1938

One hundred and eighty-eight people, one hundred and eighty-six male and two female, were executed in the United States in 1938, one hundred and twenty-two by electrocution, thirty-three by hanging, thirty-two by gas chamber, and one by firing squad. ^[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 1938

No.	Date of execution	Name	Age of person			Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
			At execution	At offense	Age difference
1	January 6, 1938	Salvatore Ossido	27	26	1	Male	White	New York	Electrocution	[2]
2	January 7, 1938	Frank Wilhelm	24	23			Asian	California	Hanging	[3]
3	January 14, 1938	Elvin Jack Odom	27	26			White	Arizona	Gas chamber	[4]
4		Willis Fuller	28	27				Indiana	Electrocution	[5]
5		Albert Lee Hemphill	23	22			Black	Texas		[6]
6	January 15, 1938	Owen J. Cauche	29		7		White	Louisiana	Hanging	[7]
7		Anthony Dallao	33	26
8		Joseph Ugarte	27	20
9		Franklin Robideau	49	49	0			Montana		[8]
10	January 17, 1938	William McKinley Gardner	37	34	3			Ohio	Electrocution	[9]
11		Charles J. Hines	26	25	1
12	January 18, 1938	Anthony DiStasio	26	24	2			Massachusetts		[10]
13		Frank DiStasio	52	50
14	January 21, 1938	James Sermons	29	Unknown	Unknown		Black	North Carolina	Gas chamber	[1]
15		Ramon A. Cota	35	34	1		White	New Jersey	Electrocution	[11]
16	January 24, 1938	John Milton Mercer	29	21	8			Iowa	Hanging	[12]
17		Allen Baldwin Wheaton	21	20	1
18	January 28, 1938	Frank Millhouse	18	15	3		Black	Alabama	Electrocution	[13]
19		R.P. Vaughn	20	17
20		Angelo Ralph Giancola	22	21	1		White	Illinois		[14]
21		Marie Porter	38	37		Female
22	February 4, 1938	Duncan Pigue	27	Unknown	Unknown	Male	Black	Arkansas		[1]
23		James Marshall	30	Unknown	Unknown			North Carolina	Gas chamber	[15]
24	February 7, 1938	Walter Strantz	37	36	1		White	Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[16]
25	February 8, 1938	William John Stephan	31	29	2			New Jersey		[17]
26	February 18, 1938	Roy Leon Righthouse	28	27	1			California	Hanging	[18]
27		Lee Goodwin		Unknown	Unknown
28		Milford Harris Exum	40	Unknown	Unknown			North Carolina	Gas chamber	[19]
29		Edgar Leroy Smoak Sr.		37	3
30	February 23, 1938	Clifford Hawkins	25	24	1			Washington	Hanging	[20]
31	February 24, 1938	Charles James Brown	30	29			Black	New York	Electrocution	[1]
32	February 25, 1938	Leroy Ware	19	Unknown	Unknown			Arkansas
33		Claud Henry Ryan	34	33	1		White	Washington	Hanging	[21]
34	March 4, 1938	John Brown	35		2		Black	Missouri	Gas chamber	[22]
35		William Wright	32	27	5
36	March 5, 1938	Raymond Boyer	33	31	2		White			[23]
37	March 11, 1938	Willie Noble	25	24	1		Black	Arkansas	Electrocution	[24]
38	March 15, 1938	Leroy Kelley	33	32				Texas		[25]
39	March 18, 1938	Lester Warfel Brockelhurst Jr.	24	23			White	Arkansas		[26]
40		Joe Newt Sims	30	29
41		Norman Wesley Robinson	29	27	2		Black	District of Columbia		[27]
42	March 21, 1938	Martin Joseph Sullivan	71	70	1		White	Pennsylvania		[28]
43		Orville Adkins	25	25	0			West Virginia	Hanging	[29]
44		John Travis		24	1
45		Arnett Allen Booth	47	47	0
46	March 22, 1938	Doran Roach	27	26	1		Black	New Jersey	Electrocution	[30]
47	March 25, 1938	Everett Jones	33	32			White	Ohio		[31]
48		James Jackson	28	26	2		Black	Virginia		[32]
49		Jasper McNeill	24	24	0
50	March 28, 1938	Ralph E. Hawk	21	20	1		White	Pennsylvania		[33]
51		Fred Reibaldi	27	26
52		Albert Gregg	32	32	0
53	March 31, 1938	Virgil Terrill	25	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Texas		[34]
54	April 1, 1938	Albert Faria	31	30	1		White	New Jersey		[35]
55		Harry Peter Simmons	27	26			Native American
56	April 8, 1938	Joe Martin	31	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Virginia		[1]
57	April 12, 1938	Frank Palko	25	22	3		White	Connecticut		[36]
58	April 13, 1938	Earnest Gaines		25	0		Black	South Carolina		[1]
59	April 15, 1938	Gus McKinney	19	18	1			Tennessee		[37]
60	April 19, 1938	Marlo Marcus Heinz	32	29	3		White	Iowa	Hanging	[38]
61		Franz A. Jacobsen	30	28	2
62		J.C. Scott	22	22	0		Black	Illinois	Electrocution	[1]
63	April 25, 1938	Edward Rose		20	2		White	Pennsylvania		[39]
64		Theodore Duminiak	20	18
65		John Oreszak
66	April 29, 1938	Waddell Hadley	22	Unknown	Unknown		Black	North Carolina	Gas chamber	[40]
67		Sylvester Outlaw	32	31	1
68		Benjamin Rivers	46	44	2			South Carolina	Electrocution	[41]
69		Johnnie Banks	25	Unknown	Unknown			Texas		[42]
70	April 30, 1938	John Walker Vaughn	32	31	1		White			[43]
71	May 3, 1938	Monroe White	33	32			Black	Indiana		[1]
72	May 6, 1938	Archie Haywood	37	36				Georgia
73		Heber Luther Hicks	40	38	2		White	Indiana		[44]
74		Henderson Young	15	15	0		Black	Texas		[45]
75		Roscoe Young	17	16	1
76	May 10, 1938	Paul Layes	34	32	2		White			[46]
77	May 13, 1938	George Thomas	21	21	0		Black	Georgia		[1]
78		Edward Philip Simpson	40	39	1		White	Massachusetts		[47]
79		Raymond Styers	25	24				West Virginia	Hanging	[48]
80	May 20, 1938	Troy Triplett	23	22				Kentucky	Electrocution	[49]
81		Ollie Armstrong	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Mississippi	Hanging	[50]
82		Alvin Taylor	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
83	May 26, 1938	Terrence Roberts	26	25	1		White	New York	Electrocution	[51]
84	May 31, 1938	Charlie Brooks	41	39	2		Black	Texas		[52]
85	June 1, 1938	John Dee Smith	22	19	3		White	Indiana		[53]
86	June 2, 1938	Lawrence Marks	50	49	1	New York		[54]
87	June 3, 1938	Harold Van Venison	30	30	0	Black	Kentucky	Hanging	[55]
88		Tonnie Moore	26	25	1		Texas	Electrocution	[56]
89	June 10, 1938	Empie Baldwin	25		0		North Carolina	Gas chamber	[57]
90	June 13, 1938	Wendell Forrest Bowers	20	19	1	White	Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[58]
91	June 17, 1938	Levy Lamar Rozier	41	Unknown	Unknown		Georgia		[59]
92		Lonnie Gardner	27	26	1	Black	North Carolina	Gas chamber	[60]
93		Apsom Outlaw	28	27
94		Tommie Wells	24	Unknown	Unknown		Texas	Electrocution	[61]
95		Mark Henry Calhoun	18	Unknown	Unknown
96	June 20, 1938	Orson Williams	28	Unknown	Unknown		Florida		[62]
97	June 24, 1938	Frank Carter	26	25	1		Arkansas		[63]
98		Theo Thomas	28	27
99	June 27, 1938	Thomas B. Williams	19	19	0		Ohio		[64]
100	June 28, 1938	Robert Shaw	28	28		White	Indiana		[65]
101	June 30, 1938	Raymond Batson	32		4	Black	Missouri	Gas chamber	[66]
102	July 1, 1938	Wiley Brice	37	25	12		North Carolina	Electrocution	[67]
103		William Andrew Payne	41	41	0	White		Gas chamber
104		John Washington Turner	36	36
105	July 5, 1938	Willie Randolph	34	34		Black	Florida	Electrocution	[68]
106	July 6, 1938	William Hobbs	33	32	1	White	Ohio		[69]
107	July 8, 1938	Hugh Marshall Jr.	20	19			Indiana		[70]
108		Vurtis Neal	24	22	2
109		Anthony Chebatoris	40	39	1		Federal government	Hanging	[71]
110	July 13, 1938	Robert Anderson Snow	27	27	0		Ohio	Electrocution	[72]
111	July 14, 1938	John Henry Seadlund					Federal government		[73]
112	July 15, 1938	Johnnie Jones	35	34	1	Black	Missouri	Gas chamber	[74]
113	July 18, 1938	Michael Fugmann	54	51	3	White	Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[75]
114	July 22, 1938	Mack Davidson	28	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Alabama		[76]
115		Gary Young	41	40	1
116	July 25, 1938	Arthur Mosby	26	Unknown	Unknown		Tennessee		[77]
117	July 29, 1938	L.O. Goodman	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		South Carolina		[1]
118		Fobie Grays	22	22	0		Texas		[78]
119	August 2, 1938	Vince Boss		20	2	White			[79]
120	August 5, 1938	Stanley N. Knapp	20	19	1		Washington	Hanging	[80]
121	August 11, 1938	Felix John Cummings	28	25	3		New York	Electrocution	[81]
122		George Lewis	26	23
123	August 12, 1938	Glen J. Applegate	46	45	1		Federal government	Hanging	[82]
124		Robert J. Suhay	25	24
125	August 18, 1938	John Rylowicz	39	38			New York	Electrocution	[83]
126	August 19, 1938	Curtis Cobb	22	21		Black	Alabama		[84]
127		Willie James Whitfield	17	16
128		Callan Hardy Morgan	37	36		White	Texas		[85]
129		Jesus E. Polanco	22	19	3	Hispanic
130	August 23, 1938	William Albert Brown	24	23	1	Black	New Jersey		[86]
131		Smalley Burrell
132	August 28, 1938	Richard Hammond	31	30			Maryland	Hanging	[1]
133	August 29, 1938	James Albert Turner	25	Unknown	Unknown
134	September 2, 1938	Francisco Aguirre	30	29	1	Hispanic	California		[87]
135		Parkie Denny	44	42	2	White	Kentucky	Electrocution	[88]
136	September 16, 1938	Albert Dyer	33	31			California	Hanging	[89]
137	September 23, 1938	L.J. Jefferson	18	17	1	Black	North Carolina	Gas chamber	[90]
138		Tom Linney	32	31
139	September 26, 1938	William Gentry Peters	44	43			Ohio	Electrocution	[1]
140	September 30, 1938	Henry A. Noelke	33	32		White	Indiana		[91]
141		George Ford	20	Unknown	Unknown	Black	North Carolina	Gas chamber	[1]
142	October 7, 1938	Adam C. Richetti	29	23	6	White	Missouri		[92]
143	October 10, 1938	Fred Holland Mitchell	23	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[93]
144	October 14, 1938	Harrison Wells	49	48	1		California	Hanging	[94]
145	October 21, 1938	John Jelliga	33	33	0	White	Illinois	Electrocution	[95]
146		Henry Mathias	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Louisiana	Hanging	[1]
147	October 26, 1938	Sam Thomas	23	22	1	Black	Ohio	Electrocution
148	October 28, 1938	Ralph Benton	40	39			Georgia
149		Walter Melton	31	30					[96]
150		Leonard Mosley	43	43	0		Kentucky		[1]
151		Granville Allen	28	26	2		Missouri	Gas chamber	[97]
152		Salinas Canedo	26	24		Hispanic	Texas	Electrocution	[1]
153	October 31, 1938	Antonio Peronace	36	35	1	White	Pennsylvania		[98]
154		John W. Deering	40	39			Utah	Firing squad	[99]
155	November 3, 1938	Carl Ferrito	21	20			Ohio	Electrocution	[100]
156	November 4, 1938	Isaac McBride	31	30		Black	Georgia		[101]
157		Byron Ethelbert King	28	25	3	White	Missouri	Gas chamber	[102]
158	November 10, 1938	Buck Etheridge	20	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Georgia	Electrocution	[103]
159	November 18, 1938	Rhuel James Dalhover	32	31	1	White	Federal government		[104]
160		Ed Robinson	33	Unknown	Unknown	Black	North Carolina	Gas chamber	[105]
161	November 21, 1938	Joseph R. O'Donnell	40	37	3	White	Washington	Hanging	[106]
162	November 25, 1938	Jimmie Brown	25	25	0	Black	Alabama	Electrocution	[1]
163		Conrad Vaughan	27	Unknown	Unknown	White
164		Frank Knight	26	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Georgia
165		Otis Cypress	29	29	0		Virginia		[107]
166		George Washington Pingley	44	43	1	White
167	November 29, 1938	Louis Carrol	23	23	0	Black	Mississippi	Hanging	[108]
168	November 30, 1938	George Gilbert	28	27	1		Georgia	Electrocution	[1]
169		Fred Mosley	47	46		White	Ohio		[109]
170	December 2, 1938	Robert Lee Cannon	30	29			California	Gas chamber	[110]
171		Albert Kessel	29	28
172		John Howie				Black	North Carolina		[1]
173	December 7, 1938	Anna Marie Hahn	32	31		Female	White	Ohio	Electrocution	[111]
174	December 9, 1938	Fred Barnes	40	39		Male		California	Gas chamber	[112]
175		Wesley Eudy	34	33
176		Raymond Carter	25	25	0		Black	Georgia	Electrocution	[113]
177		Arthur Mack	26	24	2
178		Arthur Perry	25	23
179		Charlie Rucker	18	18	0
180		Willie Drew Russell	31	31
181		John Henry Williams	21	21
182		Theodore Blanchard	24	24				Mississippi	Hanging	[114]
183		William Baxter Parnell	33	33			White	North Carolina	Gas chamber	[115]
184		George Gates	21	Unknown	Unknown		Black	South Carolina	Electrocution	[1]
185	December 16, 1938	Ed Davis	37	36	1		White	California	Gas chamber	[116]
186		Morris Norman	20	20	0		Black	Texas	Electrocution	[117]
187	December 21, 1938	Stephen Figuli	21		1		White	Ohio		[118]
188	December 30, 1938	Adolph Smith	23	23	0		Black	Alabama		[119]

Demographics

Gender
Male	186	99%
Female	2	1%
Ethnicity
White	94	50%
Black	89	47%
Hispanic	3	2%
Asian	1	1%
Native American	1	1%
State
North Carolina	18	10%
Texas	18	10%
Georgia	15	8%
Ohio	12	6%
Pennsylvania	12	6%
California	11	6%
Alabama	9	5%
Indiana	8	4%
Missouri	8	4%
Arkansas	7	4%
New Jersey	7	4%
New York	7	4%
Federal government	5	3%
Virginia	5	3%
Illinois	4	2%
Iowa	4	2%
Kentucky	4	2%
Louisiana	4	2%
Mississippi	4	2%
South Carolina	4	2%
Washington	4	2%
West Virginia	4	2%
Massachusetts	3	2%
Florida	2	1%
Maryland	2	1%
Tennessee	2	1%
Arizona	1	1%
Connecticut	1	1%
District of Columbia	1	1%
Montana	1	1%
Utah	1	1%
Method
Electrocution	123	65%
Hanging	33	18%
Gas chamber	32	17%
Firing squad	1	1%
Month
January	21	11%
February	12	6%
March	20	11%
April	17	9%
May	14	7%
June	17	9%
July	17	9%
August	15	8%
September	8	4%
October	13	7%
November	15	8%
December	19	10%
Age
Unknown	4	2%
10–19	10	5%
20–29	96	51%
30–39	51	27%
40–49	23	12%
50–59	3	2%
60–69	0	0%
70–79	1	1%
Total	188	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
1939	162
1938	188
1937	150
Total	500

References

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4. "Poison Gas Executes Slayer". San Jose News. January 14, 1938. p. 1.
5. "Electrocuted for Murder". Lawrence Journal-World. January 14, 1938. p. 1.
6. "Wire Briefs". Prescott Evening Courier. January 14, 1938. p. 2.
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8. "Murderer of Family Dies". San Jose News. January 15, 1938. p. 27.
9. "Two Die in Chair". St. Petersburg Times. January 17, 1938. p. 23.
10. "Father, Son Die in Chair for Murder". The Southeast Missourian. January 18, 1938. p. 1.
11. "Hammer-Murderer Dies". The Pittsburgh Press. January 22, 1938. p. 11.
12. "Two Women Witnesses at Double Hanging". The Windsor Daily Star. January 24, 1938. p. 11.
13. "Negro Gets Reprieve". The Tuscaloosa News. January 19, 1938. p. 10.
14. "ILLINOIS EXECUTES WOMAN; First in State in Chair, With Man in Insurance Slaying". The New York Times. January 28, 1938.
15. "Executed for Burglary". The Toledo News-Bee. February 4, 1938. p. 3.
16. "Pays Penalty With Life For 'Murder Expedition;' Displays Little Emotion". Mount Carmel Item via newspapers.com. February 7, 1938. p. 1.
17. "Goes to Chair for Jersey Slaying". The New York Times. February 9, 1938.
18. "Fresno Man Is Hanged For Slaying". The Fresno Bee via newspapers.com. February 18, 1938. p. 1.
19. "Two White Men Die In Prison Gas Chamber, One For Slaying Negro". The Daily Times-News via newspapers.com. February 18, 1938. p. 1.
20. "Slayer Of Two Pays". The News Tribune via newspapers.com. February 23, 1938. p. 1.
21. "Noose Awaits Young Slayer". The Spokesman-Review. February 25, 1938. p. 13.
22. "Executed by Gas". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. March 5, 1938. p. 2.
23. "Slayer Dies With Secret of Identity". The Southeast Missourian. March 5, 1938. p. 1.
24. "Noble v. State". vLex.
25. "Kelley v. State". vLex.
26. "Crime Tourist Goes To Chair". The Tuscaloosa News. March 18, 1938. p. 2.
27. "DC Killer Mum as He Walks to Chair". The Afro-American. March 26, 1938. p. 14.
28. "Sullivan Pays With Life For Mass Slaying Here". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. March 21, 1938. p. 2.
29. "Laughter at Triple Hangings Sharply Condemned by Sheriff". The Southeast Missourian. March 23, 1938. p. 8.
30. "Negro Slayer Dies In Chair in Jersey". Schenectady Gazette. March 23, 1938. p. 33.
31. "Reads Indictment Of Ohio's Penal System, Goes to Chair". The Portsmouth Times. March 23, 1938. p. 29.
32. "Jasper McNeill Pays With Life". The Bladen Journal. March 31, 1938. p. 1.
33. "Triple Execution in Pennsylvania Prison". The Lewiston Daily Sun. March 28, 1938. p. 6.
34. "Huntsville Death House Will Have 8". The Victoria Advocate. March 30, 1938. p. 1.
35. "New Jersey Claims Lives of 2 Killers". Prescott Evening Courier. April 2, 1938. p. 2.
36. "Palko v. Connecticut". Justia Law.
37. "Only Governor Can Save Tenn. Slayer". The Afro-American. January 29, 1938. p. 19.
38. "Two Die on Gallows". The Pittsburgh Press. April 19, 1938. p. 9.
39. "Three Youths Die in Chair". Reading Eagle. April 25, 1938. p. 2.
40. "Two Negroes Die; One Confesses". The News and Observer via newspapers.com. April 30, 1938. p. 11.
41. "Charleston Negro Put to Death for Killing Officer". Herald-Journal. April 30, 1938. p. 4.
42. "Convict Executed on Fourth Attempt". The Pittsburgh Press. April 30, 1938. p. 3.
43. "Slayer John Vaughn Is Executed in Texas Prison". Lawrence Journal-World. April 30, 1938. p. 2.
44. "'Head and Hands' Slayer Pays for Crime in Chair". The Telegraph-Herald. May 6, 1938. p. 1.
45. "Negro Brothers Die Together in Chair". The Southeast Missourian. May 6, 1938. p. 1.
46. "Texan Dies in Chair for Slaying". Kentucky New Era. May 10, 1938. p. 2.
47. "Simpson Executed For Newton Cop Slayings". Lewiston Evening Journal. May 13, 1938. p. 5.
48. "Styers in 'Strait Jacket' For 'Last Mile' to Gallows". The Pittsburgh Press. May 14, 1938. p. 1.
49. "Troy Triplett, 22, Is Executed for Death of 13-year-old Boy". Kentucky New Era. May 21, 1938. p. 1.
50. "Two Negroes Hanged for Calhoun Murder". The Greenwood Commonwealth via newspapers.com. May 21, 1938. p. 1.
51. "Convicted Slayer Dies at Sing Sing". Schenectady Gazette. May 27, 1938. p. 1.
52. "Charlie Brooks Is Refused Clemency". The Victoria Advocate. May 29, 1938. p. 1.
53. "Late Bulletins". Prescott Evening Couriter. June 1, 1938. p. 1.
54. "TO ASK LEHMAN CLEMENCY; Hearings on Pleas of Five Murderers Will Be Held May 20". The New York Times. May 7, 1938.
55. "Negro Dies on Gallows". San Jose Evening News. June 3, 1938. p. 4.
56. "Texas Negro is Executed Today". The Victoria Advocate. June 3, 1938. p. 1.
57. "Negro Pays Penalty". The Bladen Journal. June 16, 1938. p. 2.
58. "Wendell Bowers is Electrocuted". The Evening Independent. June 13, 1938. p. 1.
59. "Georgia Farmer Executed". The Evening Independent. June 18, 1938. p. 2.
60. "Die For Assaults". The Tuscaloosa News. June 17, 1938. p. 2.
61. "2 Negro Rapists Electrocuted". Kentucky New Era. June 17, 1938. p. 3.
62. "Tampa Negro Dies In Electric Chair". St. Petersburg Times. June 21, 1938. p. 5.
63. "Wire Briefs". Prescott Evening Courier. June 24, 1938. p. 2.
64. "Negro Prays, Sings 19 Minutes Before Death". The Telegraph-Herald. June 28, 1938. p. 3.
65. "Robert Shaw Executed". The Montreal Gazette. June 29, 1938. p. 21.
66. "Negro Is Executed in Gas Chamber for Slaying Justice". The Lewiston Daily Sun. June 30, 1938. p. 6.
67. "Turner, Payne Go to Death in N. C." The Spartanburg Herald . July 2, 1938. p. 1.
68. "Jax Slayer Dies in Death Chair". St. Petersburg Times. July 6, 1938. p. 4.
69. "Hobbs Dies in Chair For Killing Officer". The Portsmouth Times. July 7, 1938. p. 5.
70. "Two Youths are Executed". Lawrence Journal-World. July 8, 1938. p. 4.
71. "Federal Hanging Breaks Tradition". The Norwalk Hour. July 8, 1938. p. 6.
72. "Akron Truck Driver Dies In Chair For Killing Woman". The Portsmouth Times. July 14, 1938. p. 4.
73. "Ross Killer Pays Penalty". Reading Eagle. July 14, 1938. p. 4.
74. "Negro Dies for Madrid Crime". The Southeast Missourian. July 15, 1938. p. 1.
75. "Triple Killer Pays With Life". Prescott Evening Courier. July 18, 1938. p. 5.
76. "2 Negroes Die In Prison Chair". The Tuscaloosa News. July 22, 1938. p. 9.
77. "Stolid Negro Executed For Attacking White". The Tuscaloosa News. July 25, 1938. p. 1.
78. "Negro Executed In Chair Today". The Victoria Advocate. July 29, 1938. p. 7.
79. "Governor Awaits Doctor's Report on Boss' Condition". The Victoria Advocate. August 1, 1938. p. 1.
80. "Slayer Pleads For Companion Upon Gallows". Ellensburg Daily Record. August 5, 1938. p. 1.
81. "2 KILLERS GO TO CHAIR; Cummings and Lewis Put to Death for Brooklyn Slaying". The New York Times. August 12, 1938.
82. "NEWYORK GUNMEN HANGED; Suhay and Applegate Executed for Killing G-Man". The New York Times. August 13, 1938.
83. "SLAYER OF TWO EXECUTED; John Rylowicz Put to Death in Chair at Sing Sing". The New York Times. August 19, 1938.
84. "Clemency For Pair Of Negroes Refused". The Tuscaloosa News. August 18, 1938. p. 1.
85. "Two Men Executed in Electric Chair for Their Crimes". The Victoria Advocate. August 19, 1938. p. 1.
86. "Two Negroes Die in Jersey Chair". The Evening Independent. August 24, 1938. p. 14.
87. "People v. Aguirre". Stanford Law School.
88. "Denny v. Commonwealth". CaseMine.
89. "State Hangs Slayer of 3 Little Girls". The Meriden Daily Journal. September 16, 1938. p. 5.
90. "Two Pay Penalty". The Bladen Journal. September 29, 1938. p. 4.
91. "Indiana Slayer Dies In Electric Chair Early Today". Lewiston Morning Tribune. September 30, 1938. p. 2.
92. "Richetti Dies For Massacre". Youngstown Vindicator. October 7, 1938. p. 12.
93. "Negro Put to Death for Killing Woman". The Pittsburgh Press. October 10, 1938. p. 26.
94. "Negro, Charged With Murder, Hanged At Prison". The Oxnard Daily Courier. October 14, 1938. p. 8.
95. "Steel Worker Dies in Electric Chair". The Evening Independent. October 22, 1938. p. 9.
96. "Walter Melton Will Die on October 28th". Waycross Journal-Herald. October 17, 1938. p. 4.
97. "Negro Must Die for Slaying White Man". The Southeast Missourian. October 27, 1938. p. 1.
98. "Slayer Dies At Rockview". Reading Eagle. October 31, 1938. p. 6.
99. "Killer's Bold Front A Bluff". Lewiston Morning Tribune. November 1, 1938. p. 3.
100. "Cleveland Youth Dies For Slaying Policeman". Youngstown Vindicator. November 4, 1938. p. 33.
101. "McBride v. State". vLex.
102. "Kidnapper Saved From Gas Chamber". The Montreal Gazette. November 4, 1938. p. 9.
103. "McBride v. State". vLex.
104. "DALHOVER PUT TO DEATH; 'Trigger Man' of Brady Gang Dies in Indiana Chair". The New York Times. November 18, 1938.
105. "State v. Robinson". CourtListener.
106. "Death Closing In On Two Men". The Spokesman-Review. November 20, 1938. p. 8.
107. "Two Men Executed In Virginia Prison". The Victoria Advocate. November 25, 1938. p. 1.
108. "Carrol v. State". vLex.
109. "Mosley Goes To 'Chair'". The Circleville Herald via newspapers.com. December 1, 1938. p. 1.
110. "Convict Killers Die in Chamber". Ellensburg Daily Record. December 2, 1938. p. 1.
111. "ANNA HAHN DIES IN ELECTRIC CHAIR; Slayer Put to Death in Ohio Penitentiary as Federal Judge Denies Her Last Appeal". The New York Times. December 8, 1938.
112. "Two Prisoners Get Lethal Gas Execution". The Oxnard Daily Courier. December 9, 1938. p. 5.
113. "Six Negro Men Are Executed". The Tuscaloosa News. December 9, 1938. p. 13.
114. "Prisoner Hanged". The Tuscaloosa News. December 9, 1938. p. 14.
115. "'Hex' Killer Dies In Gas Chamber". The Free-Lance Star. December 9, 1938. p. 2.
116. "Ed Davis, Notorious Outlaw, Executed in San Quentin Prison". The Nevada Daily Mail. December 17, 1938. p. 14.
117. "Negro is Executed In Electric Chair". The Victoria Advocate. December 16, 1938. p. 7.
118. "Police Killer Dies in Chair". Youngstown Vindicator. December 22, 1938. p. 2.
119. "Negro Electrocuted For Geneva Robbery". The Tuscaloosa News. December 30, 1938. p. 2.

Preceded by 1937

List of people executed       in the United States in    1938

Succeeded by 1939