Gappins
Gappins, a man, was put to death in the electric chair at the South Carolina state penitentiary in Columbia on June 16, 1922, together with two other men, after his appeals failed. One newspaper gave the date as June 10. Petitions for commutation of his sentence, signed by some of the jurors who had convicted him, were presented to the governor, who did not grant them. The execution was held early in the morning with few witnesses, and according to one account his family did not attend and later claimed his body for burial.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. Some of the jurors who convicted him signed petitions for commutation, which the governor did not grant.
Reported by: State of South Carolina (the agency that held him); Newspaper accounts of the execution (reporters).