Executed

Ernest Hoefgen

31 years old · died March 10, 1944 · Lansing Correctional Facility, Leavenworth County, Kansas

Ernest Hoefgen, 31, was executed by hanging at the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing on March 10, 1944. Warden Robert Hudspeth oversaw the execution, which the Kansas City Star reported was the first state-supervised hanging in Kansas since 1870.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Kansas State Penitentiary (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

Source

‘In Cold Blood’ killers hanged on gallows like these added to Kansas prison tour Kansas City Star, May 17, 2025

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