Executed
Charles Rosslyn Ferrell
Charles Rosslyn Ferrell was executed in the electric chair at the Ohio penitentiary in Columbus shortly after midnight on Friday, March 1, 1901. The Converse County Herald, citing the penitentiary, reported that the first shock was enough to kill him, though current was sent through his body three times. He had been held at the penitentiary until his execution.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Ohio penitentiary, as reported by the Converse County Herald (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.