Executed
John Talap
John Talap, a man from Pottsville, was executed in the electric chair at the death house of the Western Penitentiary in Pennsylvania, the first person in the state put to death by electricity. According to the Highland Recorder, the execution took eight minutes before he was pronounced dead, and the paper described it as free of any ghastliness.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: western penitentiary. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.