Executed

Jesse E. Walker

20 years old · died February 11, 1921 · Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Oswego County, New York

Jesse E. Walker, a 20-year-old from Henderson, was executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison in New York on February 11, 1921. He was held on death row there, and his mother and others campaigned for clemency, but the governor did not reduce his sentence. According to the reports, he told the chaplain he worried more for his mother than for himself, and he asked that his body be brought back to Henderson for burial.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

News report

Boyett: Henderson native died in ‘Old Sparky’ 100 years ago at Sing Sing prison The Gleaner, February 5, 2021

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