List of people executed in the United States in 1939

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One hundred and sixty-two people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1939, one hundred and eighteen by electrocution, thirty by gas chamber, and fourteen by hanging.[1]

The state of New Hampshire would conduct its most recent execution this year.

List of people executed in the United States in 1939

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No. Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref.
At execution At offense Age difference
1 January 5, 1939 Salvatore Gati 29 28 1 Male White New York Electrocution [2]
2 Charles Sberna
3 David Lucas Black
4 January 6, 1939 Joseph Arridy 23 21 2 Arab Colorado Gas chamber [3]
5 January 11, 1939 White Miller Tollett 30 29 1 White Tennessee Electrocution [4]
6 January 12, 1939 Vincent Forte 20 18 2 New York [5]
7 January 17, 1939 Dominico Nadal 46 45 1 Nevada Gas chamber [6]
8 January 19, 1939 Ernest Stanley Unknown Unknown Black Tennessee Electrocution [1]
9 January 20, 1939 King Solomon Stovall 24 23 North Carolina Gas chamber
10 LeRoy Hershel McCarthy 28 27 White Oregon [7]
11 Irving Brooks 23 22 Black Virginia Electrocution [8]
12 January 25, 1939 Wilson Wright 20 18 2 Georgia [9]
13 January 26, 1939 Arthur Friedman 21 20 1 White New York [10]
14 Dominick Guariglia 19 18
15 Joseph O'Laughlin 23 22
16 February 1, 1939 John William Cline 25 24 Ohio [11]
17 February 3, 1939 Will Kinard 38 36 2 Black District of Columbia [12]
18 February 9, 1939 Thomas Kirby Gilmore 42 41 1 White New York [1]
19 February 10, 1939 Loren Sylvester Warner 29 24 5 Kentucky [13]
20 Pearlie Houston Evans 37 36 1 Mississippi Hanging [14]
21 John Anderson 27 27 0 Black Virginia Electrocution [15]
22 February 15, 1939 John Flannery Williamson 62 59 3 White Missouri Gas chamber [16]
23 February 16, 1939 Thomas J. Bohan 33 24 9 New York Electrocution [17]
24 Michael Hermanowski 23 22 1
25 February 17, 1939 Fred Ware 24 Unknown Unknown Black Alabama [1]
26 Elgie Stephens 22 2 Louisiana Hanging [18]
27 February 20, 1939 Paul Fried Bunge 53 52 1 White Florida Electrocution [19]
28 February 23, 1939 Michael Alex 27 26 New York [20]
29 February 24, 1939 Franklin Pierce McCall Jr. 22 22 0 Florida [21]
30 February 27, 1939 William McKinley Blackwell 41 39 2 Black Pennsylvania [22]
31 March 3, 1939 Bonnie Griffin 23 21 White Kentucky [23]
32 Arnold Powell 22 20
33 Frank Tracy 33 33 0 Ohio [24]
34 March 6, 1939 Winzell Williams 18 17 1 Black Texas [25]
35 March 10, 1939 Joseph B. Anderson 37 36 White Arkansas [26]
36 Fred L. Brown 47 Unknown Unknown Maryland Hanging [27]
37 March 17, 1939 Joe Lee Kennedy 33 Unknown Unknown Black Alabama Electrocution [28]
38 Edward Wimbush 22 21 1 [29]
39 March 24, 1939 Willie Waters 47 45 2 Kentucky [30]
40 George B. Wingard 20 18 White South Carolina [31]
41 William B. Gentry 24 23 1
42 Roy D. Suttles 30 28 2
43 Herbert H. Moorman 42 40
44 Clayton Crans 29 27
45 John Valentine Bair Jr. 28 1
46 March 27, 1939 Thomas Roy Lockard 26 23 3 Pennsylvania [32]
47 March 28, 1939 Hyman Johnson 22 21 1 Black Tennessee [33]
48 Frank Murray 19 18
49 March 31, 1939 Dave Johnson 33 33 0 Louisiana Hanging [34]
50 April 4, 1939 Hubert Harris 22 21 1 Tennessee Electrocution [1]
51 April 7, 1939 Clarence Bracy 24 23 North Carolina Gas chamber [35]
52 Batt DeJournette 38 37
53 Harry Williams 20 Unknown Unknown Virginia Electrocution [1]
54 April 10, 1939 James Otho Martin 43 42 1 White Tennessee [36]
55 Joseph McKay Unknown Unknown Black
56 James Willis Smith 40 38 2
57 Harvey T. Nealy 19 18 1 Texas [37]
58 April 11, 1939 Edward L. Humphries Unknown Unknown White South Carolina [1]
59 April 14, 1939 Tom Williams 28 Unknown Unknown Black Alabama
60 Elvin Lyle Wood 36 36 0 White Illinois [38]
61 April 15, 1939 Willie Williams 33 31 2 Black Tennessee [1]
62 Jesus Herrera 48 47 1 Hispanic Texas [39]
63 April 19, 1939 Harry Chapman 37 35 2 White Ohio [40]
64 Henry Dingledine 29 27
65 Harry B. Dingledine 56 54
66 April 23, 1939 Genaro Lugo 23 22 1 Hispanic Texas [41]
67 James Clifford Miles 22 20 2 Black
68 April 24, 1939 Ernest Miles Hipple 21 1 White Pennsylvania [42]
69 April 26, 1939 Harvey Lafayette Roush 48 47 Ohio [43]
70 April 28, 1939 Archie Lee Short 27 26 Arizona Gas chamber [44]
71 Robert Kenyon 23 21 2 Missouri [45]
72 May 5, 1939 James Dixon 38 37 1 Black North Carolina [1]
73 May 7, 1939 Bennie Randall 20 19 Texas Electrocution [46]
74 May 9, 1939 Nick Babich 54 54 0 White Ohio [47]
75 May 12, 1939 Johnny Smith 30 27 3 Black Florida [48]
76 May 19, 1939 Fred Arnell 18 18 0 Arkansas [1]
77 Fred Dickerson 35 34 1 White
78 James Ervin 38 Unknown Unknown Black Texas
79 May 21, 1939 Johnny Caesar 30 27 3 [49]
80 May 26, 1939 Edward Lee Mattocks 21 Unknown Unknown North Carolina Gas chamber [50]
81 June 3, 1939 Orelle J. Easton 26 25 1 White Indiana Electrocution [51]
82 June 9, 1939 Ray Anderson 33 Unknown Unknown Black Alabama [52]
83 Charles W. White 51 Unknown Unknown
84 Grady Tubbs 23 Unknown Unknown
85 Joseph Frazier 22 21 1
86 Dave Burney 47 46 North Carolina Gas chamber [53]
87 June 14, 1939 Willie Caldwell 23 21 2 Ohio Electrocution [54]
88 June 16, 1939 Robert Nixon 19 18 1 Illinois [55]
89 Ed Alston Unknown Unknown 2 North Carolina Gas chamber [56]
90 June 23, 1939 Harvey Lloyd Nelson 36 35 1 White Georgia Electrocution [57]
91 James Reed Swain 20 18 2 Black Indiana [58]
92 Joseph Broughton 40 39 1 South Carolina [59]
93 June 26, 1939 Ladell Rhodes 26 25 Texas [1]
94 June 30, 1939 James Caruthers 23 25 5 Arkansas [60]
95 Bubbles Clayton 25 20
96 Sylvester Williams 20 0
97 Rafe Lee Walker 32 Unknown Unknown Texas [61]
98 July 7, 1939 Robert Sanders 37 37 0 Alabama [1]
99 J.D. Vaughan 25 Unknown Unknown Georgia
100 Arvel P. Rice 20 19 1 White Kentucky [62]
101 Bricey Hammonds Sr. 24 24 0 Native American North Carolina Gas chamber [63]
102 James Henderson 20 19 1 Black
103 Alfred Caper 23 22
104 July 12, 1939 Pang Young 18 17 Asian Ohio Electrocution [64]
105 July 14, 1939 Charles H. Smith 41 40 White Kentucky [65]
106 Howard Long 33 31 2 New Hampshire Hanging [66]
107 July 21, 1939 Claud David 25 24 1 California Gas chamber [67]
108 Jack Davis 47 46 Kentucky Electrocution [68]
109 July 25, 1939 Edward Higgins 26 26 0 Black [69]
110 July 26, 1939 Arthur Barker 35 34 1 White Georgia [1]
111 July 28, 1939 Otis McGill 34 33 South Carolina [70]
112 August 2, 1939 Wallace W. Green 22 21 Massachusetts [71]
113 Walter St. Saveur 19 18
114 August 4, 1939 Marion Hunter 25 24 Black Georgia [72]
115 Bernhard R. Leuch 48 46 2 White Washington Hanging [73]
116 August 16, 1939 Adrian Hubert Miller 31 30 1 Indiana Electrocution [74]
117 August 18, 1939 Mack Jackson 23 Unknown Unknown Black Alabama [1]
118 Milton Williams 27 27 0 Arkansas
119 August 24, 1939 Arthur Perry 24 22 2 New York [75]
120 August 28, 1939 Harley Evans 26 24 White Tennessee [76]
121 September 1, 1939 Arthur Morris 25 23 Black North Carolina Gas chamber [77]
122 September 4, 1939 Harvey A. McGraw 20 20 0 White Florida Electrocution [78]
123 September 8, 1939 William Gibson Smith 25 21 4 California Hanging [79]
124 September 15, 1939 Charles Augustine McLachlan 57 56 1 Gas chamber [80]
125 Paul Leslie Buttry 39 37 2 Washington Hanging [81]
126 September 18, 1939 Earl Clayton Talbott 19 18 1 [82]
127 September 22, 1939 Frank Conner 22 Unknown Unknown Black Arizona Gas chamber [83]
128 James Franklin Godwin 21 20 1 White North Carolina [1]
129 September 29, 1939 Angelo Agnes 33 31 2 Black Colorado [84]
130 Pete Catalina 41 Unknown Unknown White
131 Clarence Sheffield 36 35 1 Black Georgia Electrocution [85]
132 October 6, 1939 Charles Fain 26 35 North Carolina Gas chamber [86]
133 Roy Wright 19 18 White Washington Hanging [87]
134 October 13, 1939 Steven Cygan 35 24 11 Illinois Electrocution [88]
135 October 20, 1939 William Green 39 38 1 Black California Gas chamber [89]
136 October 23, 1939 Paul Ferry 42 39 3 White Pennsylvania Electrocution [90]
137 Willie Bailey 36 32 4 Black
138 Ira Bob Redmon Unknown Unknown Unknown
139 October 24, 1939 Grover Cleveland Odom 51 50 1 White South Carolina [91]
140 October 25, 1939 Lafayette Williams 47 45 2 Ohio [92]
141 October 27, 1939 Charles Price 28 25 3 Black Illinois [93]
142 Willie Richardson 19 19 0 North Carolina Gas chamber [94]
143 October 28, 1939 Claude Bowser Jr. 22 21 1 [1]
144 October 30, 1939 Charles Golden 19 18 Pennsylvania Electrocution [95]
145 Walter Tankard 31 30
146 November 10, 1939 Nelson Charles 38 37 Native American Federal government Hanging [96]
147 November 17, 1939 Sheppard Bruno 45 44 Black Georgia Electrocution [1]
148 November 21, 1939 James Bivins 19 Unknown Unknown
149 Burton Franklin Williamson 43 42 1 White Nevada Gas chamber [97]
150 November 24, 1939 Raymond Williams 20 19 Black North Carolina [98]
151 December 8, 1939 Ralph Verdell Carson 54 52 2 White Washington Hanging [99]
152 December 9, 1939 Harry Leopold 28 27 1 Colorado Gas chamber [100]
153 December 15, 1939 Leamon Steele Unknown Unknown 3 Black Mississippi Hanging [1]
154 Sam Swanson 27 27 0 Virginia Electrocution [101]
155 December 16, 1939 Frank Salazar 24 23 1 Hispanic Texas [102]
156 December 18, 1939 James Fuller 25 25 0 Black Pennsylvania [103]
157 Fletcher LeGrand 22 22
158 December 19, 1939 Harry Lacy 42 38 4 Texas [104]
159 December 21, 1939 Theodore Maselkiewicz 53 52 1 White New York [105]
160 Everett McDonald 41 Unknown Unknown Black
161 Anton Myslivec 54 53 1 White
162 December 30, 1939 Warren Lee Simpson 52 2 Montana Hanging [106]

Demographics

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Gender
Male 162 100%
Female 0 0%
Ethnicity
Black 80 49%
White 75 46%
Hispanic 3 2%
Native American 2 1%
Arab 1 1%
Asian 1 1%
State
North Carolina 16 10%
New York 15 9%
Texas 12 7%
Alabama 10 6%
Ohio 10 6%
Pennsylvania 10 6%
South Carolina 10 6%
Tennessee 10 6%
Georgia 8 5%
Kentucky 8 5%
Arkansas 7 4%
Washington 5 3%
California 4 2%
Colorado 4 2%
Florida 4 2%
Illinois 4 2%
Virginia 4 2%
Indiana 3 2%
Arizona 2 1%
Louisiana 2 1%
Massachusetts 2 1%
Mississippi 2 1%
Missouri 2 1%
Nevada 2 1%
District of Columbia 1 1%
Federal government 1 1%
Maryland 1 1%
Montana 1 1%
New Hampshire 1 1%
Oregon 1 1%
Method
Electrocution 118 73%
Gas chamber 30 19%
Hanging 14 9%
Month
January 15 9%
February 15 9%
March 19 12%
April 22 14%
May 9 6%
June 17 10%
July 14 9%
August 9 6%
September 11 7%
October 14 9%
November 5 3%
December 12 7%
Age
Unknown 6 4%
10–19 13 8%
20–29 76 47%
30–39 34 21%
40–49 22 14%
50–59 10 6%
60–69 1 1%
Total 162 100%

Executions in recent years

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Number of executions
1940 124
1939 162
1938 188
Total 474

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Executions in the U.S. 1608-2002: The ESPY File" (PDF). Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  2. ^ "Three Executed at Sing Sing". The Lewiston Daily Sun. January 6, 1939. p. 1.
  3. ^ "Murderer With 6-Year-Old Mind is Put to Death". The Meriden Daily Journal. January 7, 1939. p. 2.
  4. ^ "Executed for Dynamiting". Lawrence Journal-World. January 11, 1939. p. 3.
  5. ^ "FOUND GUILTY AGAIN ON MURDER CHARGE; Vincent Forte, 20, Faces Chair for Slaying Grocer". The New York Times. May 20, 1938.
  6. ^ "Local Residents Witness Execution of Dominico Nadal at Nevada Prison Tuesday". Mineral County Independent and Hawthrone News. January 18, 1939. p. 1.
  7. ^ "Oregon Slayer Must Die Today". Lewiston Morning Tribune. January 20, 1939. p. 2.
  8. ^ "Reprieved 5 Times, Execution Set Friday". Richmond News Leader. January 18, 1939. p. 3.
  9. ^ "Dies in Chair". St. Petersburg Times. January 26, 1939. p. 4.
  10. ^ "Young Trio Dies in Ossining Chair". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 27, 1939. p. 1.
  11. ^ "Ohio". St. Petersburg Times. January 18, 1939. p. 1.
  12. ^ "Will Kinard Electrocuted". Washington Afro-American. February 11, 1939. p. 3.
  13. ^ "Chandler Is Touched by Letter From Dying Man". Kentucky New Era. February 11, 1939. p. 1.
  14. ^ "Pearlie Evans Goes to Doom at Dawn Today". McComb Daily Journal via newspapers.com. February 10, 1939. p. 1.
  15. ^ "Attacker Executed". The Tuscaloosa News. February 10, 1939. p. 1.
  16. ^ "Man Executed by Gas for Killing Neighbor". St. Louis Post-Dispatch via newspapers.com. February 15, 1939. p. 3.
  17. ^ "2 KILLERS SENT TO CHAIR; Bohan and Hermanowski Are Put to Death at Sing Sing". The New York Times. February 17, 1939.
  18. ^ "Negro To Hang At Opelousas For Wife Murder Last Year". The Eunice News via newspapers.com. November 4, 1938. p. 1.
  19. ^ "Reprieve is Given Murderer". St. Petersburg Times. February 20, 1939. p. 1.
  20. ^ "MUCH-CONVICTED MAN PUT TO DEATH IN CHAIR; Michael Alex, Tried for Murder 6 Times, Dies at Sing Sing". The New York Times. February 24, 1939.
  21. ^ "McCall Faces Death Calmly". Waycross Journal-Herald. February 24, 1939. p. 1.
  22. ^ "Negro Killer Executed". Prescott Evening Courier. February 27, 1939. p. 2.
  23. ^ "Electric Chair of Kentucky Claims Two". The Victoria Advocate. March 3, 1939. p. 1.
  24. ^ "Slayer Pays Debt in Electric Chair". Spokane Daily Chronicle. March 4, 1939. p. 6.
  25. ^ "Negro Whom O'Daniel Reprieved, Executed". Lewiston Evening Journal. March 6, 1939. p. 3.
  26. ^ "'Smokey Joe' Anderson Dies In Arkansas Death Chair". The Windsor Daily Star. March 10, 1939. p. 1.
  27. ^ "Maryland Gibbet Back in Service". The Windsor Daily Star. March 11, 1939. p. 1.
  28. ^ "Kennedy v. State". CaseMine.
  29. ^ "Wimbush v. State". CourtListener.
  30. ^ "Negro Electrocuted for Slaying Wife". Kentucky New Era. March 24, 1939. p. 4.
  31. ^ "Six White Convicts Executed For Slaying". The Tuscaloosa News. March 24, 1939. p. 2.
  32. ^ "Lockard Dies in Chair for Child's Death". The Washington Reporter. March 27, 1939. p. 3.
  33. ^ "Negroes Pay Death Penalty". Middlesboro Daily News. March 28, 1939. p. 1.
  34. ^ "Coed Attacker Dies". The Tuscaloosa News. March 31, 1939. p. 1.
  35. ^ "Vance Negro Dies to Pay for Taking Life in $3 Robbery". The Herald-Sun via newspapers.com. April 8, 1939. p. 3.
  36. ^ "3 Put to Death in Youth Slaying". Herald-Journal. April 11, 1939. p. 2.
  37. ^ "Negro Electrocuted". The Evening Independent. April 10, 1939. p. 3.
  38. ^ "Calmly To His Doom". St. Joseph News-Press. April 14, 1939. p. 4.
  39. ^ "Herrera v. State". CourtListener.
  40. ^ "Three Partners In Crime Die for Slaying". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. April 20, 1939. p. 1.
  41. ^ "Two Men Executed In Texas' Electric Chair". The Daily Times. April 24, 1939. p. 24.
  42. ^ "Commonwealth v. Hipple". CaseMine.
  43. ^ "Quotes Bible as He Goes to Chair". Schenectady Gazette. April 27, 1939. p. 1.
  44. ^ "Goes to Death Calmly". St. Joseph News-Press. April 28, 1939. p. 3.
  45. ^ "Farm Youth Dies to Pay for Slaying". The Southeast Missourian. April 28, 1939. p. 1.
  46. ^ "Another Negro Is Refused Clemency". The Victoria Advocate. April 4, 1939. p. 19.
  47. ^ "Babich Dies For Slaying". Youngstown Vindicator. May 10, 1939. p. 1.
  48. ^ "Story Denied". St. Petersburg Times. May 11, 1939. p. 1.
  49. ^ "Dallas Negro to Be Sunday Chair Victim". The Victoria Advocate. May 21, 1939. p. 61.
  50. ^ "Gets Death Sentence". Herald-Journal. March 11, 1939. p. 3.
  51. ^ "Dies in Chair For His Crime". The Evening Independent. June 3, 1939. p. 10.
  52. ^ "4 Die In Second Largest Mass Execution At Kilby". The Montgomery Advertiser via newspapers.com. June 9, 1939. p. 1.
  53. ^ "State v. Burney". CourtListener.
  54. ^ "State v. Caldwell". CourtListener.
  55. ^ "Negro Put to Death In Illinois Chair". The Victoria Advocate. June 16, 1939. p. 11.
  56. ^ "State v. Alston". CourtListener.
  57. ^ "Slayer Is Executed". The Windsor Daily Star. June 24, 1939. p. 30.
  58. ^ "Execution Lays 'Ghost.'". St. Joseph News-Press. June 23, 1939. p. 14.
  59. ^ "Berkeley Negro Dies in Chair at Early Hour Today". Herald-Journal. June 23, 1939. p. 5.
  60. ^ "3 Negroes Die For Attack on White Girls". Kentucky New Era. June 30, 1939. p. 5.
  61. ^ "Negro is Indicted". Prescott Evening Courier. April 20, 1939. p. 5.
  62. ^ "Condemned Man Refuses Religious Consolation". Kentucky New Era. July 7, 1939. p. 1.
  63. ^ "Three Executed in Gas Chamber". Spokane Daily Chronicle. July 7, 1939. p. 16.
  64. ^ "Chinaman Is Carried To Death in the Chair". Youngstown Vindicator. July 13, 1939. p. 2.
  65. ^ "Man Dies for Third Slaying". Kentucky New Era. July 14, 1939. p. 1.
  66. ^ "New Hampshire Man Is Executed Today". The Victoria Advocate. July 14, 1939. p. 1.
  67. ^ "People v. David". Stanford Law School.
  68. ^ "Dying Slayer Expects to Do Much Better in Next World". Kentucky New Era. July 21, 1939. p. 1.
  69. ^ "What Odd Happenings". The Leader-Post. July 26, 1939. p. 8.
  70. ^ "McGill Dies For Slaying In Greenville". Herald-Journal. July 29, 1939. p. 1.
  71. ^ "Lethal Gas May Replace Electric Chair in Mass". Meriden Record. August 3, 1939. p. 3.
  72. ^ "Savannah Killer Dies". Waycross Journal-Herald. August 4, 1939. p. 2.
  73. ^ "State v. Leuch". CaseMine.
  74. ^ "Winchester Girl's Slayer Dies in Chair". Palladium-Item via newspapers.com. August 16, 1939. p. 1.
  75. ^ "Two Decline Switch Job At N. Y. Electric Chair; 'Death's Hired Man' III". Herald-Journal. August 1, 1939. p. 1.
  76. ^ "Mother Prays While Son Goes to Chair". Kentucky New Era. August 28, 1939. p. 3.
  77. ^ "Gassed For Burglary". The Fayetteville Observer. September 2, 1939. p. 4.
  78. ^ "Alabaman, 22 Electrocuted". The Tampa Times via newspapers.com. September 4, 1939. p. 10.
  79. ^ "People v. Smith". Stanford Law School.
  80. ^ "People v. McLachlan". Justia Law.
  81. ^ "Paul Buttry Hanged At Walla Walla Pen Today". Lewiston Morning Tribune. September 15, 1939. p. 1.
  82. ^ "Youth Executed at Walla Walla". Ellensburg Daily Record. September 18, 1939. p. 3.
  83. ^ "Pays With Life". Spokane Daily Chronicle. September 22, 1939. p. 17.
  84. ^ "Convict Meets Death By Gas Without Fear". The Deseret News. September 30, 1939. p. 8.
  85. ^ "Clarence Sheffield Will Die Tomorrow". Waycross Journal-Herald. September 28, 1939. p. 8.
  86. ^ "Cherokee County Negro Executed". The Fayetteville Observer. October 6, 1939. p. 10.
  87. ^ "Yakima Slayer Dies Regretting Life Of Crime". Ellensburg Daily Record. October 6, 1939. p. 15.
  88. ^ "Friday, The 13th, Brings Death To Chicago Slayer". Lewiston Morning Tribune. October 13, 1939. p. 7.
  89. ^ "People v. Green". Stanford Law School.
  90. ^ "New Executioner Gets Praise For His 'Swell Job'". Lewiston Morning Tribune. October 23, 1939. p. 1.
  91. ^ "Slayer Goes To His Death". The Charlotte News via newspapers.com. October 24, 1939. p. 3.
  92. ^ "Ohio's Death Row Empty First Time in 23 Years". Youngstown Vindicator. October 26, 1939. p. 31.
  93. ^ "Charles Price Finally Executed At Chicago". Lewiston Morning Tribune. October 27, 1939. p. 2.
  94. ^ "State v. Richardson". vLex.
  95. ^ "Six Sentenced to Be Executed". Gazette and Bulletin. May 13, 1939. p. 4.
  96. ^ "Alaska Has Hanging; Seventh in History". The Spokesman-Review. November 11, 1939. p. 27.
  97. ^ "Gambler Pays With Life in Gas Chamber". The Telegraph-Herald. November 21, 1939. p. 2.
  98. ^ "State v. Williams". CaseMine.
  99. ^ "Clallam Slayer Goes to Death". Ellensburg Daily Record. December 8, 1939. p. 1.
  100. ^ "Slayer, Before Execution, Says He Was An 'Ingrate'". Lewiston Mortning Tribune. December 9, 1939. p. 5.
  101. ^ "Pittsylvania Man Dies in Chair". The Afro-American. December 30, 1939. p. 23.
  102. ^ "Frank Salazar is Electrocuted at Prison Saturday". The Victoria Advocate. December 14, 1939. p. 7.
  103. ^ "Two Slayers Electrocuted At Rockview". Gazette and Bulletin. December 18, 1939. p. 2.
  104. ^ "Harry Lacy Pays For Womack Death". The Amarillo Globe-Times via newspapers.com. December 19, 1939. p. 6.
  105. ^ "THREE PUT TO DEATH IN CHAIR AT SING SING; Men Pay Penalty for New York, Buffalo and Suffolk Slayings". The New York Times. December 22, 1939.
  106. ^ "Simpson Executed By Man He Had Marked For Death on List". The Independent-Record. December 30, 1939. p. 1.
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